Ministerial Ordinance amending livestock rules: animal disease prevention and breeding

AI summary

Generated by AI from the Japanese source metadata. It is an unofficial monitoring aid, not legal advice, and may contain errors. The area, stage, and impact labels are preliminary keyword-based triage labels. Confirm every point in the original Japanese source.

Summary

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ordinance No. 46 of 2026 is titled as partially amending the Enforcement Regulations of the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases Control. The listing identifies the amended instrument as the Enforcement Regulations of the Livestock Improvement and Propagation Act, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Ordinance No. 96 of 1950, with promulgation on 2026-06-25 and an effective date of 2027-05-01.

Business Impact

Livestock breeders and those engaged in livestock propagation may be affected because the listed amended instrument concerns livestock improvement and propagation, rather than solely the animal disease prevention rules named in the headline; the specific changes are not provided.

Recommended Action

Review of the official Japanese source could clarify the provisions amended in the livestock improvement and propagation regulations and confirm their scope and effective date.

Timeline of related official records

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1. 2026-06-25 — Promulgated (instrument recorded by e-Gov Law Search) 家畜伝染病予防法施行規則の一部を改正する省令（令和八年農林水産省令第四十六号） (this update) Original Japanese source
2. 2027-05-01 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search 家畜伝染病予防法施行規則、家畜改良増殖法施行規則 (this update) Original Japanese source