G/SPS/N/JPN/974  
 
12 April 2022  
(22-2979) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member:  JAPAN  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)  
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 poultry, poultry meat and egg products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Merrick County, State of Nebraska, United States 
of America  
5. Title of the notified document:  Import suspension of live poultry from the State of 
Nebraska and poultry meat and egg products from the Merrick County, State of Nebraska 
in the United States of America.  Language(s): . Number of pages:  
6. Description of content:  In order to prevent the introduction of High Pathogenicity Avian 
Influenza (HPAI) virus into Japan, MAFF has suspended the import of live poultry from the 
State of Nebraska and poultry meat and egg products from the Merrick County, State of 
Nebraska in the United States of America, including those shipped through third countries, 
since 18 March 2022, based on  Articles 37 and 44 of the "Act on Domestic Animal 
Infectious Disease Control", "Animal Health Requirements for day old -chicks and hatching 
eggs to be exported to Japan from the United States" and "Animal Health Requirements for 
the poultry meat etc. to be  exported to Japan from the United States".  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] 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:  An outbreak of HPAI 
was confirmed in poultry holding in the Merrick County, State of Nebraska in the United 
States of America.  
9. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:   
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Chapter 10.4. "Infection with high 
pathog enicity avian influenza viruses"  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  G/SPS/N/JPN/974  
 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Current  "Animal Health Requirements for day -old chicks and hatching eggs to be exported 
to Japan from the United States" and "Animal Health Requirements for the poultry meat 
etc. to be exported to Japan from the United States":  
http://www.maff.go.jp/aqs/hou/require/attach/pdf/25 -186us_re.pdf  
http://www.maff.go.jp/aqs/hou/require/attach/pdf/chicken -meet-82.pdf  
(available in English and Japanese)  
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applic able):  
18 March 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Japan Enquiry Point  
International Trade Division  
Economic Affairs Bureau  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
Fax: +(81 31) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Japan Enquiry Point  
International Trade Division  
Economic Affairs Bureau  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
Fax: +(81 31) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp