WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/295/Add.27
12 September 2002
(02-4829)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE – RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE
Submission by Mauritius
AddendumG/SPS/GEN/295/Add.27
Page 2Technical assistance requirements:
Information Training Infrastructure: (Hard
and/or Soft)Specific concern Other
Rights,
obligations
and
practical
operation of
the SPSAgreementImproving the
understanding and
establishing an information
centre on the SPS
Agreement.Workshops, seminars,
training:
- Practical operation of the
SPS Agreement
- Appropriate levels of
protection, Equivalence,and the various specific
aspects of the SPS
Agreement
- Pest Risk AnalysisComputers, software
programmes documents for
the establishment of a
database on SPS issues.Risk analysis, assessment
and management.
Food safety 1.Supporting information
for a comprehensive
international database offood safety law, food
biosafety, regulation and
other information data.
2.Improving the
understanding of the SPS
Agreement and the work
of international standard-setting organization.- Establishing performance
requirements and quality
assurance programmes.
- Developing inspection,
sampling and
investigative procedures.
- Technical training for
HACCP auditors,
technical sanitary officers
and health officers.Hard:
1.Equipment for setting up
of a modernMicrobiology Laboratory
and training of
technicians to operate the
Laboratory.
2.Training in field of Food
Microbiology/
Technology.
3.Laboratory equipment to
test genetically modified
food.Improving capacity
building of staff dealing
with food in labs to carryout their assigned tasks.
Technology transfer.G/SPS/GEN/295/Add.27
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Information Training Infrastructure: (Hard
and/or Soft)Specific concern Other
Food safety
(cont'd.)- Attachment of Health
Inspectors in Developed
Countries in the field of
foodstuffs inspection at
Port and Airport area.
- Refresher course on
SPS/Food safety from
international experts.
- Visit to internationally
recognized Food
MicrobiologyLaboratory.4.Need experts for
knowledge and technical
transfer in the laboratory
methods and improving
laboratories such as
advance analyticaltechniques and quality
assurance.
Soft:
1.SPS-related electronic
software/media forconsumers.
2.Diagnostics and HACCP
techniques.
Animal
healthInformation on diseases
encountered at the regional
and international levels.
Development of electronic
disease surveillanceinformation system.- Advice and Technical
expertise
- In-country and overseas
training and participation
in internationals meeting.
- Technical visits to labs in
advanced countries
regarding animal
quarantine.- Hardware and software
to build a computerized
veterinary management
network throughout the
country.
- Capital goods necessary
to set up an accreditation
laboratory for
animal/fishery products
and training for the staff.- Technology transfer.
- Animal health
management dealing with
SPS Agreement.
- Risk assessment for
animal.G/SPS/GEN/295/Add.27
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Information Training Infrastructure: (Hard
and/or Soft)Specific concern Other
Animal
health
(cont'd.)- Workshops, seminars and
human resource training
programmes and courses
to consolidate the
procedures and
techniques of certificationof animal/fishery
products.
- Training to veterinary
officers in field of
inspection of poultry atslaughter houses to
strengthen the
inspectorate team,
approval of such
slaughter houses andestablishing appropriate
regulations and norms.G/SPS/GEN/295/Add.27
Page 5Technical assistance requirements:
Information Training Infrastructure: (Hard
and/or Soft)Specific concern Other
Plant health Conference/Seminars/
Workshops on:
- Formulation/
recommendation on
inspection strategies;
- Design/set-up/
development of a Plant
Quarantine pest database;
- Developing a database
system and a web-site for
SPS notificationbody/enquiry point.
Providing of:
- Facilitating contact with
counterpart official
services of tradingpartners;
- FAO abridged manual of
phytosanitary regulation.Training on:
- Relevant inspection,
sampling, testing
methods and treatment
procedures;
- In-country and overseas
training in various field
of SPS implementation,
including scholarships;
- Training on post-entry
quarantine procedures.Hard:
- Training in Vapor Heat
Treatment (VHT) and
VHT equipment;
- Equipment (monitoring
and identification kits,camera, computers)
(inclu. Accessories; and
diagnosis tools) and
related training;
- Establishment of a
biotechnology laboratory
for disease diagnosis;
- Establish the procedures
and techniques required
to accredit laboratories;
- Create additional
quarantine laboratories
and provide them with
necessary equipment.Establishment of an
electronic database on
plant health in Mauritius;
Facilitate the export of
foodstuffs;  Technology
transfer;  Plant Healthmanagement dealing with
plant protection as covered
in the SPS Agreement.G/SPS/GEN/295/Add.27
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Information Training Infrastructure: (Hard
and/or Soft)Specific concern Other
Plant health
(cont'd.)Soft:
- Development of a Plant
Quarantine Operation
Manual;
- Establishment of system
of procedure for PRA.
ContactdetailsRights, obligations and practical operation of the SPS Agreement and Plant Health:
Principal Research and Development Officer
Plant Pathology Division, Ministry of Agriculture Food Technology and Natural Resources, Reduit Mauritius
Tel:  (230) 464-4874;  Fax:  (230) 465-9591;  E-Mail:  plpath@intnet.mu
Food Safety:
Principal Medical Officer
Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, Registrar Bdg. – 7th Floor, Port-Louis, Mauritius
Tel:  (230) 201-1199;  Fax:  (230) 201-3393
Animal Health:
Principle Veterinary Officer
Division of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Technology and Natural Resources, Reduit MauritiusTel:  (230) 466-7216;  Fax:  (230) 464-2210G/SPS/GEN/295/Add.27
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(Such information could include, inter alia, a more detailed description of the technical assistance
required, any relevant background information on the reasons for the request, the possibility of using a
regional approach to the provision of the requested assistance and the scope for a coordinated
approach among relevant international organisations.)
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