. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/JOR/6 
19 March 2004 
 (04-1242) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JORDAN
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture 
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):   Cattle and cattle products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
United States  
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolution No.(13) of 
24 December 2003 and Resolution No.(01) of 19 February 2004 of the animal health committee (SPS) "Suspend the import of live ca ttle, meat (chilled, frozen), meat products, 
bovine fat, meat and bone meal, and animal  feed concentrates containing previous 
products". 
6. Description of content:  Following the confirmation of B ovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 
(BSE) in the United States, the Ministry of Agriculture has imposed a suspension on imports 
of live cattle, cattle meat (ch illed, frozen), meat product, bovine  fat, meat and bone meal and 
animal feed concentrates c ontaining previous products. 
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:   Bovine Spongiform 
Encephalopathy (BSE) to date has not been registered in Jordan and is therefore classified as 
an exotic disease in the national territory. 
9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   The World Health Organization (WHO), the 
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of 
the United Nations (FAO) recommend a ban on the use of meat meal, blood meat, bone meal, 
meat and bone meal and mammalian offal me al in foodstuffs for ruminants within the 
strategies for the prevention of the transmission of BSE. 
10. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Arabic G/SPS/N/JOR/6 
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 11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   19 February 2004 
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Trade Agreement Units/SPS Enquiries 
Ministry of Agriculture 
Amman – Jordan 
Tel: +962 6 568 6151 Ext. 269 Fax: +962 6 568 6310 E-mail:  sps@moa.gov.jo