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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/MYS/8
26 February 2001
(01-0931)
Committee on Sanitary and 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 number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Live cattle and processed protein such as meat and bone meal, meat meal,
bone meal, blood meal, hoof meal, horn meal, poultry offal meal, feather meal, dry greaves
and other feedingstuffs (including pet food), mixtures, premixtures, and feed additives,
containing these products  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent
relevant or practicable:  United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany,
the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Italy,  Austria, Finland, Greece, Luxembourg and
Switzerland.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Ban on the importation of live
cattle and processed protein such as meat and bone meal, meat meal, bone meal, blood
meal, hoof meal, horn meal, poultry offal meal, feather meal, dry greaves and other
feedingstuffs (including pet food), mixtures, premixtures, and feed additives, containing
these products  from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany,
the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Italy,  Austria, Finland, Greece, Luxembourg and
Switzerland.
5. Description of content:  The Government of Malaysia has imposed an import ban on live
cattle and all the products specified in paragraph 3 above from the United Kingdom,Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
Italy, Austria, Finland, Greece, Luxembourg,  and Switzerland with immediate effect.
6. 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           
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  The Government of Malaysia is concerned about the
cases of BSE and failures in the implementation of feedingstuffs rules in the several EC
member States and the risk of cross-contamination of cattle feed with feed destined to other
animals, in these countries. The Government of Malaysia therefore has decided to impose aban on the importation of live cattle and the products mentioned in paragraph 3 above, from
the countries concerned in order to eliminate the risk of entry of BSE agent into Malaysia.
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           G/SPS/N/MYS/8
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in national
language and in English
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  Immediately
11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
[    ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Department of Veterinary Services
8th & 9th floors, Wisma Chase Perdana
Off Jalan Semantan, Bukit Damansara50630 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel:  603 254 0077
Fax:  603 253 5804
E-mail:  wto-sps@jph.gov.my
(Attn:  Dr. N. Krishnan)