G/SPS/N/SAU/355/Add.1  
 
23 July 2019  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 23 July 2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of  the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . 
 
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Conditions regarding to importing beef meat and beef meat products from countries recognised as 
having a  BSE risk  
The proposal of amendments to the existing conditions for importing conditions regarding to importing 
beef meat and beef meat products from countries recognised as having a BSE risk, notified in 
G/SPS/N/SAU/3 55 (27 June 2018) was adopted as SFDA administrative order No. 67579 dated 
11 July 2019 (8/11/1440 H) taking into consideration the recommendations of the SFDA  food safety 
committee  and WTO Members comments. The implementation of this order should be comin g into 
force after export country complies with:  
1. Exported beef meat and beef meat products from countries recognised as having a BSE risk 
wishing to export to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia must be accompanied with a health certificate;  
2. Procedure for lifting a te mporary ban on the export of meats and their products to the Kingdom 
of Saudi Arabia notification G/SPS/N/SAU/93/Add.2;  
3. Procedures for approving foreign competent control authorities and establishments interested in 
exporting livestock meat and poultry mea t and their products to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
notification G/SPS/N/SAU/92/Add.2.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/SAU/19_4111_00_x.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Membe rs, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  G/SPS/N/SAU/355/Add.1  
 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
Saudi Food and Drug Authority  
SFDA - 3292 North Ring road Al Nafel Area Unit (1) - Riyadh 13312 - 6288 
Tel: +(966 11) 275 9222, ext. 3331  
Fax: +(966 11) 210 9825  
E-mail: SPSEP.Food@sfda.gov.sa  
Website: http://www.sfda.gov.sa   
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Saudi Food and Drug Authority  
SFDA - 3292 North Ring road Al Nafel Area Unit (1) - Riyadh 13312 - 6288 
Tel: +(966 11) 275 9222, ext. 3331  
Fax: +(966 11) 210 9825  
E-mail: SPSEP.Food@sfda.gov.sa  
Website: http://www.sfda.gov.sa   
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