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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NZL/254
30 July 2003
(03-4037)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   NEW ZEALAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
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):  Fish food, fish bait, Artemia salina  and Artemia fransiscana
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:  Import health standard for
the importation into New Zeala nd of fish food, fish bait, Artemia salina  and Artemia
fransiscana  from all countries (Available in English, 7 pages)
6. Description of content:  This import health standard allows for the importation of fish food,
fish bait, Artemia salina  and Artemia fransiscana  into New Zealand from all countries.  It
includes the following safeguards against diseases of concern:
1. The product must comprise only non-viable animal, aquatic animal, plant or mineral
products, with the exception of viable Artemia salina  and Artemia fransiscana  cysts.
2. The product must either be shelf stable and packaged for retail sale as aquaria food in
hermetically sealed containers;  or comprise marine fish only and have been frozen
prior to importation or have been subject to  irradiation;  or if the product comprises
fish-meal, poultry meal, poultry feather meal  or poultry oil, it must have undergone
heat treatment.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
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:  Risk Analysis for the
Importation of Chicken Meat (Available in English, 149 pages) ISBN : 0-478-07987-7 plus
additional data modeling.
10. Proposed date of adoption:   22 September 2003G/SPS/N/NZL/254
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:   22 September 2003
12. Final date for comments:  15 September 2003
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:
Gillian Mylrea, National Adviser International Trade, Animal Biosecurity Group, MAF
Biosecurity Authority, PO Box 2526, Wellingt on, New Zealand;  Tel:  +(64) 4 470 2778;
Fax:  +(64) 4 474 4133  E-mail:  gillian.mylrea@maf.govt.nz
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:
Ms Sally Griffin, Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, 101-103 The Terrace,
Wellington, New Zealand;  Te l:  +(64) 4 474 4140;  Fax:   +(64) 4 470 2730;  E-mail:
sps@maf.govt.nz
Website:  www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/sps/transparency/notifications/index.htm