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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/682
13 January 2003
(03-0161)
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 (APHIS)
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):   Animals, meat, and other animal products
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   C h a n g e  i n  D i s e a s e
Status of Great Britain, English, Volume 67 Number 242 pp. 77148-77152
6. Description of content:   The USDA-APHIS is amending its regulations governing the
importation of certain animals, meat and ot her animal products by adding Great Britain
(England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man) to the list of regions considered free of
rinderpest and foot and mouth disease and to th e list of regions subject to certain import
restrictions on meat and animal products because of their proximity to or trading relationships
with rinderpest or FMD infected regions.  This fi nal rule follows an interim rule that removed
Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the lists due to the detection of FMD in those
regions.  Based on the results of an evaluation of the current FMD situation in Great Britain
which took into account, among other things, that  Great Britain has met the standards of the
Office International des Epizooties for being cons idered to free of FMD, we have determined
that Great Britain can be added to the list of regions considered free of FMD.  This rule
relieves certain FMD related prohibitions and restrictions on the importation of ruminants
and swine and fresh (chilled or frozen) meat and other products of ruminants and swine into
the United States from Great Britain.
7. 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
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] 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:   EnglishG/SPS/N/USA/682
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10. Proposed date of adoption:  17 December 2002
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  17 December 2002
12. Final date for comments:
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:  Mr. Bill Janis U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1027,
Washington DC 20250 Tel. 202 720 9047 Fax 202 720 0677 William.Janis@usda.gov ]
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Mr. Bill Janis U.S. Department of Agri culture, Stop 1027, Washington DC 20250 Tel. 202
720 9047 Fax 202 720 0677 William.Janis@usda.gov