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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/JPN/110
24 December 2003
(03-6764)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
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):  Feed
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All
countries
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Amendment of the
Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards on Feed  and Feed Additives (Available in English,
2 pages)
6. Description of content:   
1. Feed for cattle, deer, sheep and goat (hereinaft er referred as "cattle etc.") must not contain
ruminant fat except that which meets all of the following conditions:
(a) Extracted only from edible meat;
(b) Containing insoluble impurities less than 0.02% of total volume.
2. Feed for livestock and fish other than cattle  etc. must not contain ruminant fat derived
from bovine vertebral column or fat from cattle not tested at slaughter.  Only "certified
animal fat", which is confirmed by the Minist er of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to
have been produced in processing plants with  systems to prevent contamination by bovine
vertebral column or cattle which were not tested  at slaughter, is allowed to be used for
this feed.
3. Feed containing certified animal fat must not  be mixed with feed for cattle etc. during
storage.
4. The following indication must be shown on feed containing certified animal fat:
CAUTION FOR USE AND PRESERVATION(a) It if prohibited to use this feed for cattle, deer, sheep and goat.  (Punitive action may
be taken if this feed is used for cattle.);
(b) This feed must not be mixed with feed a nd feed materials for cattle, deer, sheep and
goat for preservation purpos es during its preservation.
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safet y, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
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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:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  These new standards
will appear in "KANPO" (Official Government Gazette) when adopted.
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Late in January 2004
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined considering grace period.
12. Final date for comments:  16 January 2004
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:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: