Agrocalidad extends classical swine fever vaccination for eight months

The Phyto and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control Agency (Agrocalidad) extended by eight months the execution period of the 2025-2026 National Strategic Vaccination Campaign against Classical Swine Fever, so that it will continue from November 1, 2026, until July 1, 2027, throughout the national territory, with the exception of the Galapagos Insular Region. The measure is contained in Resolution No. AGR-AGROCALIDAD/DE-2026-0102-R, signed on October 28, 2026, by the Executive Director of the entity, Eduardo Andrés Cantos Cortez, and published in the Official Registry, Second Supplement No. 409, on Friday, November 13, 2026. Along with the deadline, the regulation extends the validity of the cost of USD 1.80 for the application of the biological product and the official ear tag, as well as the authorization for qualified organizations to acquire button-type identifiers.

The campaign began with Resolution No. 0179, of October 23, 2025, which set its execution between November 1, 2025, and October 31, 2026, always excluding Galapagos. Subsequently, Resolution No. AGR-AGROCALIDAD/DE-2026-0057-R, of May 19, 2026, amended Article 6 of that regulation and established that the cost of the application of the biological product and the official ear tag would be USD 1.80, collected by the vaccination operators and sub-operators (distribution points) nationwide, with the delivery of a single vaccination certificate after immunizing the animals. Its first and second transitory provisions left that cost and the authorization to acquire buttons valid only until October 31, 2026.

The technical basis for the extension is a report dated October 27, 2026, from the competent technical area of Agrocalidad, which concluded there was a need to extend the campaign in Mainland Ecuador until July 1, 2027, to address personnel shortages, allow the period to be finalized without contingencies, and ensure that operators meet the goals agreed upon in the covenants. The request was formulated by the General Coordinator of Animal Health through Memorandum No. AGR-AGROCALIDAD/CSA-2026-001499-M, of October 27, 2026, authorized by the highest authority via a rubric in the Quipux document management system. The resolution invokes literal f) of Article 30 and Article 44 of the Organic Law of Agricultural Health, referring to the immunization of animals and vaccination programs for diseases under official control.

Eight more months and a new schedule

Article 1 of the resolution extends by eight months the deadline set in Article 1 of Resolution No. 0179, dated October 23, 2025. The campaign will therefore be executed between November 1, 2026, and July 1, 2027, with an express territorial exception: the Insular Region of Galápagos is excluded from the extension, as in the original scheme.

Article 4 provides that the District and Territorial Articulation Directorates Type A, the District Directorates Type B, and other competent units of Agrocalidad shall carry out the administrative and legal procedures to extend the validity of the agreements with vaccination operators, so that immunization is not interrupted until July 1, 2027. The execution of the resolution is entrusted to the General Coordination of Animal Health, through the Directorate of Zoosanitary Control and the district directorates.

The price of the dose and the tag remains at USD 1.80

Article 2 extends until July 1, 2027, the value of USD 1.80 corresponding to the application of the biological product and the official tag, established in Article 6 of Resolution No. 0179 and amended by Resolution No. AGR-AGROCALIDAD/DE-2026-0057-R, dated May 19, 2026. This amount is collected by the vaccination operators and sub-operators at distribution points throughout the country.

In parallel, Article 3 extends until the same date the authorization granted to associations, guilds, and organizations qualified by the Agency as operators to acquire button-type identifiers. This maintains the official animal traceability and identification component that accompanies each dose applied during the campaign.

Addenda to agreements before October 31

The Sole Transitory Provision ordered the competent administrative units to manage and formalize the addenda to the agreements signed with vaccination operators by October 31, 2026, to guarantee the continuity of execution from November 1, 2026. The text clarifies that the extension must be implemented through the signing of addenda, subject to the fulfillment of applicable requirements, and that the resolution does not imply an automatic modification of the agreements.

The document further specifies that operators must adhere to the conditions and obligations of the main agreements and their addenda, except for the modifications derived from the extension of the inoculation project. The resolution is effective from its signing, without prejudice to its publication in the Official Registry.

The decision directly affects pig farmers and vaccination operators, who had a deadline of October 31, 2026, and now have an additional eight months of campaign, as well as a stable price of USD 1.80 per dose and ear tag. Maintaining the cost and the authorization to purchase buttons prevents a disruption in the distribution chain and in the registration of immunized animals, while the Agency seeks to close the period with the agreement goals fulfilled.

Source: Official Registry, Second Supplement No. 409, Friday, November 13, 2026, Resolutions section – Agency for Phytosanitary and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control, p. 23 (official reference: AGR-AGROCALIDAD/DE-2026-0102-R).