. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/MYS/16 
7 January 2004  
 (04-0032) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  MALAYSIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Department of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Malaysia 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):   Live bovines, beef and beef products  and other bovine products including 
offals and processed proteins such as meat  and bone meal, meat meal, bone meal, blood 
meal, hoof meal and horn meal and other feed ingstuffs (including pet food), premixes and 
feed additives containing the above produc ts from the United States of America. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:    
United States of America  
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:   Temporary suspension 
of importation of bovines and bovine products  from the United States of America (USA) 
due to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). (2 pages). 
6. Description of content:   Following the report on the detection of a presumptive case of 
BSE in the State of Washington, USA on 23 D ecember 2003, the Department of Veterinary 
Services Malaysia has temporarily suspended imports of live bovines, beef and beef products and other bovine products  including offal and processed proteins such as meat and 
bone meal, meat meal, bone meal, blood m eal, hoof meal and horn meal and other 
feedingstuffs (including pet food), pre-mix es, and feed additives containing the above 
products from the USA effective 24 December 2003. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s)  and reason for urgent action:   D u e  t o  r i s k  o f  
transmission of BSE agent to animals and hum ans through consumption of infected bovine 
products, the Government of Malaysia h as imposed a temporary suspension on the 
importation of bovines and bovine products from the USA. 
9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties, 
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  G/SPS/N/MYS/16 
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 10. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   National Language 
and English 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   24 December 2003 
12. 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:   
Department of Veterinary Services 
9th floor, Wisma Chase Perdana 
Off Jalan Semantan, Bukit Damansara 
50630 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Telephone:  603 2094 0077 Fax:  603 2093 5804 
Email:  wto-sps@jph.gov.my
 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] Na tional enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Department of Veterinary Services 
9th floor, Wisma Chase Perdana 
Off Jalan Semantan, Bukit Damansara 50630 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Telephone:  603 2094 0077 
Fax:  603 2093 5804 
Email:  wto-sps@jph.gov.my