International treaty

UK-India CETA Chapter 6: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

Text of chapter 6 of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and India.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Published: 24 July 2025
• Last updated: 15 July 2026 — See all updates

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This chapter contains provisions which facilitate trade whilst ensuring the protection of human, animal, and plant life and health.

It does not create any new permissions or authorisations for imports from India. All products imported into the UK will have to comply with our food safety and biosecurity standards, as they do already.

The chapter protects the UK’s regulatory autonomy to set our own independent standards, ensuring the UK can continue to uphold our high level of protection for human, animal, and plant life and health.

Provisions on equivalence and regionalisation will aid the export of agri-food products to India and facilitate the safe import of such products to the UK. The UK and India have committed to cooperate on antimicrobial resistance and animal welfare, and will cooperate and exchange information and expertise.

Published 24 July 2025

Last updated 15 July 2026 — Show all updates

1. 15 July 2026

   Page updated to reflect that the agreement entered in to force on 15 July 2026.

2. 24 July 2025

   First published.