G/SPS/N/MAR/97  
26 April 2023 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : MOROCCO  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires , 
ONSSA (National Office for Food Safety)  
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) : Animal feed  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Projet de décret relatif à la qualité et à la sécurité 
sanitaire des aliments pour animaux  (Draft Decree on the quality and safety of a nimal 
feed). Language(s) : French Number of pages : 20 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/MAR/23_9264_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Decree is part of the implementation of Law 
No. 28-07 on food safety, enacted by Dahir No. 1.10.08 of 26 Safar 1431 (1 1 February 
2010). It lays down the conditions and requirements to be met by feed for animals 
producing products for human consumption and provisions for the labelling of such feed.  
The aim of the notified draft is to ensure that commercial animal feed does not pose a 
risk to an imal health or cause harmful changes to food of animal origin consumed by 
humans, and that it does not pose a risk to human health, while complying with 
international standards for the labelling of feed.  
Thus, the notified draft Decree:  
− sets out general and specific requirements for raw materials, additives and compound 
feeds;  
− lays down all obligatory labelling information, including nutrition declarations for the 
relevant animal species;  
− makes feed business operators responsible for taking all pr ecautions to ensure that 
prohibited substances are not used in feed;  
− specifies that all labelling information must be in Arabic and possibly in one or more 
other languages, and that it must be understandable, visible, legible and indelible;  
− establishes the  analytical constituents of compound feeds and the permitted 
tolerances;  
− lays down technical provisions on impurities, milk replacers, binding or denaturing 
feed materials, ash content and water content;  
− sets out the list of raw materials authorized by ord er of the Minister responsible for 
agriculture.  
Lastly, it should be noted that the draft Decree establishes a transitional period for its 
entry into force of six months from its publication in the Official Journal to enable G/SPS/N/MAR/97  
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  producers and importers to comp ly with its provisions and to allow animal feed placed on 
the market before its entry into force to be sold until stocks are exhausted.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/pl ant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CXC 54-2004 Code of Practice on Good Animal 
Feeding  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM number) : 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed r egulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Ye s [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [X] Six months from date of publication, 
and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 June 2 023 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number  and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  (Standardization and SPS Matters 
Division)  
Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  (Directorate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires  (National Office for Food 
Safety)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Tel.: (+212) 5 37 67 65 11/13  
Mobile : (+212) 6 73 99 78 17  
Fax: (+212) 5 37 68  20 49  
Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma  
Website: http://www.onssa.gov.ma  G/SPS/N/MAR/97  
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  13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  (Standardization and SPS Matters 
Division)  
Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques et des Affaires Ju ridiques  (Directorate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires  (National Office for Food 
Safety)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Tel.: (+212) 5 37 67 65 11/13  
Mobile : (+212) 6 73 99 78 17  
Fax: (+212) 5 37 68 20 49  
Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma  
Website: http://www.onssa.gov.ma