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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BRA/79
25 June 2003
(03-3395)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BRAZIL
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:
Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco D, Anexo B, sala 406
70043-900 – Brasília-DFTel:  +(5561) 218 2314/15 Fax:  +(5561) 224 3995/218-2316
E-mail:  domc-sda@agricultura.gov.br
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):   Live ruminants, embryos and products derived from these species, including
meat and offals, blood by products, blood meal, meat meal, bone meal, autoclave processed
bone, meal as residues from slaughterhouses, meat from poultry viscera, meal from poultry
feathers, meal from residues from poultry slaughterhouses or any ingredient or raw
material which contains viscera from animals fed with proteins or fat from ruminants.
Milk, dairy products, collagen obtained from skins and heat treated bone meal are
excluded.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Canada
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  Instrução Normativa
Nº 31 from 28 May 2003, published in the Diário Oficial da União (Federal OfficialJournal) from 29 May 2003, Section 1, page 39 (available in Portuguese)
6. Description of content:  The above-mentioned products originated from Canada can not be
imported to Brazil.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[   ] 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:  Detection of case of BSE
in cow in Canada.  Entry of BSE into Brazil would close markets to Brazil's beef exports.
9. 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:  OIE Animal Health CodeG/SPS/N/BRA/79
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10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Instrução Normativa
Nº 31 from 28 May 2003, published in the Diário Oficial da União (Federal Official
Journal) from 29 May 2003, Section 1, page 39 (available in Portuguese)
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   28 May  2003
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Departamento de Defesa e Inspeção Vegetal (DDA)
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco B, 3º andar70043-900 – Brasília-DF
Fax:  +(5561) 218-2701
E-mail: dda@agricultura.gov.br
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry
point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)
Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária
Divisão de Assuntos Sanitários junto à OMC
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco D, Anexo B, sala 414 - 4º andar
70843-900 – Brasília-DF
Fax:  +(5561) 224-3995
E-mail:  domc-sda@agricultura.gov.br