. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/TPKM/4
1 July 2002
(02-3660)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN,
PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine
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):   Animal and animal products exporting to the Separate Customs Territory of
Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Newcastle disease infected countries and regions.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to
the Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Animals and Animal Products into the
Republic of China and its Appendix 19 Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of
Carcasses, Offals, and Other Products Derived From Poultry (8 pages)
6. Description of content:   The  draft amendment refers to the prohibition of importation of
bone meal, meat meal, meat and bone meal, poultry meal, blood meal, tallow or oil
intended for animal feed, greaves intended for animal feed,  embryo and serum of bovine,
ovine and caprine, live domestic and wild bovine, caprine or ovine, or other animal
products that may transmit bovine spongiform encephalopathy  from countries or zones
where bovine spongiform encephalopathy is know n to occur.  It also adds that poultry
meats or poultry meat products coming from the country which has not yet been recognizedas free from Newcastle disease by the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu,
Kinmen, and Matsu will be allowed to be imported after being treated with heat treatment
before exportation.  The meats or meat products shall be heated to reach a core temperature
at 70°C and maintained for at least 30 minutes, or 80°C for 9 minutes, or 100°C for one
minute, or by other heating method to assure that ND virus shall be destroyed.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:G/SPS/N/TPKM/4
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9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   Draft amendment of
the Requirements and Appendix 19 available in English.
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined
12. Final date for comments:  1 July 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:
Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine
9 F, 51, Section 2, Chungching South Road, Taipei, TaiwanTel:  (+886)-(0)2-2343-1401 ext.2065
Facsimile Number:  (+886)-(0)2-2343-1400
E-mail:  baphiq@mail.baphiq.gov.tw
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine
9 F, 51, Section 2, Chungching South Road, Taipei, Taiwan
Tel:  (+886)-(0)2-2343-1401 ext.2065
Facsimile Number:  (+886)-(0)2-2343-1400
E-mail:  baphiq@mail.baphiq.gov.tw