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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BRA/67
2 August 2002
(02-4291)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  BRAZIL
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Live adult ostriches
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  South
Africa, Australia, Belgium, France, Israel, Portugal, Spain, United States, Zimbabwe andother countries interested in exporting these products to Brazil
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Portaria (Ministerial Act)
Nr. 23 from 27 June 2002, published in Diário Oficial da União (Federal Official Journal)
on 28 June 2002 and Instrução Normativa (Instruction Norm) Nr. (numbering only after
enactment) as an attachment to the above mentioned Portaria (Portuguese).
6. Description of content:   The new regulation establishes rules for the importation of live
adult ostriches.  Only animals from countries and establishments accredited by theBrazilian sanitary authority will be allowe d to enter the country and, in the accredited
countries, only establishments accredited by their own sanitary authorities are enabled for
export to Brazil. Hygiene and surveillance procedures will have to follow OIE standards.
The animals will be submitted to quarantine at the country of origin and at arrival in Brazil.
At the origin they will have to be certifie d and, in Brazil, examined for the following
diseases:   Newcastle, avian influenza, salmonellosis ( Salmonella Pullorum , Salmonella
Gallinarum , Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium) and mycoplasmosis
(Mycoplasma gallisepticum and M. synoviae ).
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [ X ]  protect territory from
other damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] International Plant Protec tion Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  OIE hygiene and surveillance standard.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
10. Proposed date of adoption:  27 August 2002G/SPS/N/BRA/67
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:  27 August 2002
12. Final date for comments:  26 August 2002
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Departamento de Defesa Animal (DDA)
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco B, 3º andar, sala 32270043-900 – Brasília-DF
Fax:  +(5561) 323-5936
E-mail:  dfqa@agricultura.gov.br
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco D, Anexo B, sala 406
70043-900 – Brasília-DF
Tel:  +(5561) 218 2314/15 Fax:  +(5561) 224 3995/218-2316
E-mail:  domc-sda@agricultura.gov.br