African Swine Fever - Countries that Canada recognizes as being free from the disease

Countries officially recognized by Canada as free of African Swine Fever (ASF) which is listed in the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH; founded as Office International des Épizooties (OIE)) Terrestrial Animal Code.

Imports of live animals, germplasm, hatching eggs, animal products and animal by-products from susceptible species originating from countries and/or zones not recognized as free are prohibited.

  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Belize
  • Brazil
    • Please note that only Santa Catarina is recognized free of ASF
  • Chile
  • Costa Rica
  • European Union
    • All European Union Member States are recognized as free of ASF except for affected zones within the following countriesFootnote 1:
      • Bulgaria
      • Croatia
      • Czech Republic
      • Estonia
      • Germany
      • Greece
      • Hungary
      • Italy
      • Latvia
      • Lithuania
      • Poland
      • Romania
      • Slovakia
      • Sweden
  • Guatemala
  • Honduras
  • Iceland
  • Japan
  • Mexico
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Norway
  • Panama
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America
  • Uruguay
EU Member State Date of first ASF outbreak (YYYY-MM-DD)
Bulgaria 2018-08-31
Croatia 2023-06-23
Czech Republic 2022-12-01
Estonia 2014-09-08
Germany 2020-09-09
Greece 2020-02-05
Hungary 2018-04-23
Italy 2022-01-07 Table Note *
Latvia 2014-06-26
Lithuania 2014-01-24
Poland 2014-02-17
Romania 2017-07-31
Slovakia 2019-07-25
Sweden 2023-09-06