WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/493
15 June 2004
(04-2574)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATIONS ISSUED DURING THE MONTH OF MAY 2004
Note by the Secretariat1
1This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice
to the positions of Members or to their rights or obligations under the WTO.G/SPS/GEN/493
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Date of CirculationRegion/Country affected
(as identified) "Product" or issue ObjectiveDeadline for
submission of
comments
European Communities
G/SPS/N/EEC/103/Add.8
4 May 2004EC member States and
countries exporting these
products to the European
CommunitiesAnimal products and by-products not for
human consumption – Processing of inedible
preparationsFood safety
Animal health
Protect humans from
animal/plant pest or
disease60 days after
circulation of the
notification
European Communities
G/SPS/N/EEC/103/Add.9
4 May 2004EC member States and
countries exporting these
products to the European
CommunitiesAnimal products and by-products not for
human consumption – Processing conditions
for animal by-products of fish originFood safety
Animal health
Protect humans from
animal/plant pest or
disease60 days after
circulation of the
notification
European Communities
G/SPS/N/EEC/243
3 May 2004EC member States and
countries exporting these
products to the European
CommunitiesBifenthrin and Famoxadone – MRLs in fruits,
nuts, vegetables, corn, mushrooms, oil seeds,
tea and hopsFood safety
Plant protection60 days after
circulation of the
notification
Bulgaria
G/SPS/N/BGR/21 – EMRG
3 May 2004Texas (United States) Live birds, eggs and products and by-products
– Avian InfluenzaFood safety
Animal health
New Zealand
G/SPS/N/NZL/292
3 May 2004Samoa Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) – Phytosanitary
requirementsPlant protection 2 June 2004
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/171/Rev.1/Add.3
4 May 2004France and Spain Animal and animal products – Classical swine
fever – Final ruleAnimal health
Korea
G/SPS/N/KOR/156
3 May 2004All trading partners Food additives – Standards and specifications Food safety 16 June 2004
India
G/SPS/N/IND/12/Add.1
4 May 2004All trading partners
exporting these products
to IndiaPackaging and packaging material –
Phytosanitary requirementsPlant protection
Protect territory from
other damage from
pestsn.a.
Chinese Taipei
G/SPS/N/TPKM/32
7 May 2004Countries exporting these
products to Chinese
TaipeiLead – MRLs in edible offal of cattle, sheep,
pig and poultryFood safety 15 June 2004
Chinese Taipei
G/SPS/N/TPKM/33
7 May 2004Countries exporting these
products to Chinese
TaipeiLead – MRLs in root vegetables Food safety 15 June 2004G/SPS/GEN/493
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Date of CirculationRegion/Country affected
(as identified) "Product" or issue ObjectiveDeadline for
submission of
comments
Iceland
G/SPS/N/ISL/5/Add.1 – EMRG
11 May 2004British Columbia
(Canada)Live poultry and birds, fertile eggs, raw
poultry and bird products – Avian Influenza –
Extension of banFood safety
Animal healdh
Iceland
G/SPS/N/ISL/2/Add.2 – EMRG
11 May 2004Texas (United States) Live poultry and birds, fertile eggs, raw
poultry and bird products – Avian Influenza -
Extension of banFood safety
Animal healdh
Iceland
G/SPS/N/ISL/4/Add.1 – EMRG
11 May 2004Cambodia, China, Hong
Kong, China; Indonesia,
Japan, South Korea, Laos,
Pakistan, Chinese Taipei,
Thailand and VietnamLive poultry and birds, fertile eggs, raw
poultry and bird products – Avian Influenza -
Extension of banFood safety
Animal healdh
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/817/Add.1
4 May 2004All trading partner Molinate – Cancellation order Food safety
Protect humans from
animal/plant pest or
disease
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/522/Add.1
4 April 2004n.a. Fosthiazate – MRLs in tomatoes – Final rule Food safety
Australia
G/SPS/N/AUS/151/Add.1
5 May 2004Thailand Fresh mangosteen fruit – Import conditions Plant protection n.a.
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/906
5 May 2004All trading partners Food for human and animal consumption
except for meat, poultry and egg productsFood safety 28 July 2004
Japan
G/SPS/N/JPN/116
5 May 2004All countries Terrestrial mammals (muscle, fat, liver,
kidney and other edible offal), poultry
(muscle, liver and other edible offal), milk,
globefish – Food additivesFood safety 23 June 2004
Korea
G/SPS/N/KOR/157
5 May 2005All trading partners Plants or plant products – Pest risk assessment Plant protection Within 60 days after
circulation of the
notification
Guatemala
G/SPS/N/GTM/21/Add.1 - EMRG
10 May 2004Canada, European
Communities, United
Kingdom, United States
and countries having
reported outbreak of BSELive ruminants, products and by-products and
all ruminants specific risk materials - BSEAnimal health
Protect humans from
animal/plant pest or
disease
Chinese Taipei
G/SPS/N/TPKM/34
11 May 2004China, North Korea, New
York and Illinois (United
States)Plants and plant products – Anoplophora
glabripennisPlant protection 60 days after
circulation of the
notificationG/SPS/GEN/493
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Date of CirculationRegion/Country affected
(as identified) "Product" or issue ObjectiveDeadline for
submission of
comments
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/784/Add.1
11 May 2004All trading partners 6-Benzyladenine – Exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance in pistachio, and
amendment of the exemption for applesFood safety
Protect humans from
animal/plant pest or
diseasen.a.
Canada
G/SPS/N/CAN/178/Add.1
12 May 2004n.a. Transglutaminase – Final rule Food safety
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/765/Add.1
12 May 2004All trading partners Meat (beef and pork) and poultry products –
Registration requirementsFood safety
Korea
G/SPS/N/KOR/158
13 May 2004All countries and regions Animal quarantine measures – livestock
epidemicsFood safety
Animal health
Protect humans from
animal/plant pest or
diseasen.a.
Chinese Taipei
G/SPS/N/TPKM/31/Corr.1
13 May 2003Countries exporting these
products to Chinese
TaipeiFerrous bisglycinate chelate – Establishment
of the application standardFood safety 15 June 2004
European Communities
G/SPS/N/EEC/221/Add.1
13 May 2004EC member States and
countries exporting these
products to the European
CommunitiesWood and wood packaging material –
Extension of the proposed date of entry into
forcePlant protection n.a.
European Communities
G/SPS/N/EEC/242/Add.1
13 May 2004EC member States and
third countries exporting
these products to the
European CommunitiesJelly mini-cups containing food additives –
Final ruleFood safety n.a.
France
G/SPS/N/FRA/7
13 May 2004All countries exporting
these products to FranceProducs of animal origin intended for
exhibitions/fairs – Sanitary requirementsFood safety
Animal health
Protect humans from
animal/plant pest or
disease3 months after
circulation of the
notification
Canada
G/SPS/N/CAN/202
19 May 2004n.a. Wine – Volatile acidity level Food safety 22 July 2004
Canada
G/SPS/N/CAN/203
19 May 2004n.a. Ceftiofur, monensin, pirlimycin and
teflubenzuron – MRLs in foodsFood safety
Animal health22 July 2004G/SPS/GEN/493
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Date of CirculationRegion/Country affected
(as identified) "Product" or issue ObjectiveDeadline for
submission of
comments
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/907
14 May 2004All trading partners Food for human consumption except for meat,
poultry and egg products – Food labellingFood safety 6 July 2004
Korea
G/SPS/N/KOR/159
13 May 2004All trading partners 2,4-D and dithiocarbamate – Standards and
specifications of foodsFood safety 60 days after
circulation of the
notification
Korea
G/SPS/N/KOR/160
13 May 2004All trading partners Plants and plant products – Phytosanitary
requirementsPlant protection 60 days after
circulation of the
notification
Japan
G/SPS/N/JPN/117
14 May 2004All countries Food additives (2-Ethyl-3,(5or6)-
dimethylpyrazine, 2,3,5,6-
Tetramethylpyrazine, zinc gluconate, copper
gluconate) – Standards specificationsFood safety 26 July 2004
European Communities
G/SPS/N/EEC/103/Add.8/Corr.1
19 May 2004EC member States and
countries exporting these
products to the European
CommunitiesAnimal products and by-products not for
human consumption – Processing of inedible
preparations – Cancellation of the notificationFood safety
Animal health
Protect humans from
animal/plant pest or
disease60 days after
circulation of the
notification
Thailand
G/SPS/N/THA/112
14 May 2004Countries which were
reported or suspected to
have incidences of BSEAnimal feed with meat meal, bone meal,
blood meal or any other meal of ruminant
origin as ingredients - BSEAnimal health n.a.
New Zealand
G/SPS/N/NZL/293
14 May 2004All countries MRLs of agricultural compounds Animal health
Plant protection18 June 2004
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/432/Add.1
18 May 2004Australia and New
ZealandCattle – Brucellosis and tuberculosis testing Animal health
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/763/Add.1
19 May 2004All trading partners Procedures for re-establishing a region as free
of a disease – Final ruleAnimal health
New Zealand
G/SPS/N/NZL/293/Corr.1
24 May 2004All countries MRLs of agricultural compounds Animal health
Plant protection
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/722/Rev.1
24 May 2004All trading partners Pelargonium spp. and Solanum spp – Potato
brown rotPlant protection 22 June 2004
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/134/Add.2
24 May 2004Chinese Taipei Orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis in growing
media – Final rulePlant protectionG/SPS/GEN/493
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Date of CirculationRegion/Country affected
(as identified) "Product" or issue ObjectiveDeadline for
submission of
comments
Kenya
G/SPS/N/KEN/8 – EMRG
24 May 2004China; Hong Kong,
China; India; Macao,
China and ThailandDomestic and wild birds, hatching eggs, meat
and meat products not for human consumption
– Avian InfluenzaAnimal health
New Zealand
G/SPS/N/NZL/279/Add.1
23 May 2004European Communities Egg powders – Import health standard Animal health n.a.
New Zealand
G/SPS/N/NZL/294
25 May 2004All countries supplying
food to Australia, as well
as domestically produced
foods sold in AustraliaFood derived from insect-protected
glufosinate ammonium-tolerant cotton line
MXB-13 - GMOsFood safety 19 July 2004
Bulgaria
G/SPS/N/BGR/22
23 May 2004All countries Import of fresh poultry meat – Import
requirementsFood safety
Animal healthn.a.
Chinese Taipei
G/SPS/N/TPKM/35
27 May 2004All countries Processed products containing meat – FMD,
rinderpest, bovine contagious
pleuropneumonia, African swine fever,
Newcastle disease or Avian InfluenzaAnimal health 15 July 2004
Chinese Taipei
G/SPS/N/TPKM/36
27 May 2004Countries exporting these
products to Chinese
TaipeiSodium ү –polyglutamate – Establishment of 
standardsFood safety 5 July 2004
Chinese Taipei
G/SPS/N/TPKM/37
27 May 2004Countries exporting these
products to Chinese
TaipeiMarsupial animals – Rabies, brucellosis
tuberculosis, Aujeszky's disease, Japanese
encephalitis, tularaemia and trypanosomiasisAnimal health 15 July 2004
Chinese Taipei
G/SPS/N/TPKM/38
27 May 2004All countries Animal feed preparations - FMD, rinderpest,
bovine contagious pleuropneumonia, African
swine fever, Newcastle disease or Avian
InfluenzaAnimal health 15 July 2004
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/690/Add.7
27 May 2004All trading partners Food for human and animal consumption,
except meat, poultry and egg products –
Bioterrorism – Extension of the comment
periodFood safety
Animal health
Protect humans from
animal/plant pest or
disease13 July 2004
New Zealand
G/SPS/N/NZL/295
27 May 2004All countries Grains/seeds for consumption – Phytosanitary
requirementsPlant protection Trade facilitation
n.a. = not available, not identified
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