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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/159
27 May 1999
(99-2128)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable).
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Poultry
meat and other poultry products
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Importation of Poultry Meat and
Other Poultry Products from Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico (7 pages)
5. Description of content:  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is
proposing to amend the regulations concerning the importation of animal products to relievecertain restrictions on the importation of poultry meat and other poultry products from the
Mexican States of Sinaloa and Sonora. Currently, because of the existence of exotic
Newcastle disease in Mexico, poultry meat and other poultry products from Sinaloa and
Sonora must be cooked, sealed, and packaged, to certain specifications, to be eligible for
importation into the United States. This proposal would establish new, less restrictiveconditions for the importation of poultry meat and other poultry products from Sinaloa and
Sonora into the United States. This action is based on a risk assessment indicating that such
importations would present a negligible risk of introducing exotic Newcastle disease into theUnited States.
6. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety  [ X ] animal health [  ] plant protection
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease  [  ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
7. An international standa rd, guideline or recommendati on does not exist [ X ].
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  We believe this action is in accordance with
international standards set by the Office international des épizooties.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  64 FR 27711,
21 May 1999;  9 CFR Part 94 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  The date of adoption and entry into force will be
announced when the final rule is published in the Federal Register.G/SPS/N/USA/159
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11. Final date for comments:   20 July 1999
Agency or authority designated to handle comme nts:  [  ] National notification authority,
[  ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of
other body:   Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA
Detailed instruction on where and how to send commen ts is in the body of the full text – which
will be sent upon request to the address in paragraph 12.
12. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
USDA/FAS/FSTD
Attn:  Carolyn F. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20250
Tel:  (202) 720 2239
Fax::  (202) 690 0677
E-mail address:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov