WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/511 
17 September 2004 
 (04-3927) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures  
  
 
   
NOTIFICATIONS ISSUED DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2004  
 
Note by the Secretariat
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1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights or obligations under the WTO.  
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Date of Circulation Region/Country affected 
(as identified)  
"Product" or issue  
Objective Deadline for submission 
of comments 
Mexico 
G/SPS/N/MEX/205/ Add.1 - EMRG 
2 August 2004 Any trading partner Live or dead aquatic crustaceans, products and 
by-products – Aquatic health requirements Food safety 
Animal health  
Philippines 
G/SPS/N/PHL/72 - EMRG 
3 August 2004 United States and Canada Beef tripe and ox tongue Food safety 
Animal health  
New Zealand 
G/SPS/N/NZL/301 
4 August 2004 All countries Vitis cuttings and plants in tissue culture - 
Import requirements Plant protection 8 October 2004 
New Zealand 
G/SPS/N/NZL/302 4 August 2004 All countries Prunus cuttings and plants in tissue culture - 
Import requirements Plant protection 8 October 2004 
Australia 
G/SPS/N/AUS/165 
4 August 2004 All countries.   Foods in general – MRLs of agricultural and 
veterinary chemicals Food safety 1 October 2004 
Australia 
G/SPS/N/AUS/166 
4 August 2004 All countries  Foods in general – MRLs for neomycin in 
animal commodities Food safety 1 October 2004 
Australia 
G/SPS/N/AUS/167 
4 August 2004 All countries  Foods in general – MRLs for phosphine  Food safety 1 October 2004 
Australia 
G/SPS/N/AUS/168 4 August 2004 All countries  Foods in general – MRLs for benzocaine in 
abalone and finfish Food safety 1 October 2004 
Australia 
G/SPS/N/AUS/169 
4 August 2004 All countries Foods in general – MRLs for avilamycin in 
pig  commodities Food safety 1 October 2004 
Mexico 
G/SPS/N/MEX/205/Add.1/Corr.1 - 
EMRG 
5 August 2004 Any trading partner Live or dead aquatic crustaceans, products and 
by-products – Aquatic health requirements Food safety 
Animal health  
China 
G/SPS/N/CHN/79 
6 August 2004 All countries and regions 
that export these products 
to China Meat and meat products (include viscera) for 
human consumption – Regulation of 
inspection and quarantine Food safety 
Animal health 
Protect humans from 
animal/plant pest or disease Before 30 October 2004 
China 
G/SPS/N/CHN/80 
6 August 2004 Countries or regions that 
export fresh fruit to China Fresh fruit – Sanitary requirements Food safety 
Plant protection 15 September 2004  
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Date of Circulation Region/Country affected 
(as identified)  
"Product" or issue  
Objective Deadline for submission 
of comments 
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/210 6 August 2004 Not stated Carrageenan and sodium carbonate – 
Marketing authorization Food safety This document is not for 
comment at this time.  A comment period will be 
provided in a revision of 
the document. 
Canada G/SPS/N/CAN/211 
6 August 2004 Not stated Maltogenic amylase enzyme – Marketing 
authorization Food safety This document is not for 
comment at this time.  A 
comment period will be 
provided in a revision of the document. 
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/212 
6 August 2004 Not stated Potassium aluminium sulphate – Marketing 
authorization Food safety This document is not for 
comment at this time.  A 
comment period will be provided in a revision of 
the document. 
India 
G/SPS/N/IND/13/Add.1 - EMRG 12 August 2004 All trading partners 
exporting these products to India Domestic and wild birds, products and by-
products – Avian Influenza Food safety 
Animal health  
European Communities 
G/SPS/N/EEC/246 12 August 2004 EC member States and 
third countries exporting these products to the 
European Communities Benzo(a)pyrene – MRLs in oils and fats, 
liquid oils and fats, foods for infants and young children, smoked and unsmoked fishery 
products, smoked meat products Food safety 45 days after the date of 
circulation of the notification 
Colombia G/SPS/N/COL/77/Add.1 - EMRG 10 August 2004 Venezuela Bovine animals, sheep and swine and 
susceptible species , products and by-products thereof – FMD Animal health 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease  
Malaysia 
G/SPS/N/MYS/18 10 August 2004 Countries exporting these 
products to Malaysia Carcass, meat and edible offal of cattle, pigs, 
sheep, goat, poultry and their products, and fish and fishery products intended for human 
consumption – Drug residues Food safety 60 days from date of 
circulation of the notification 
Brazil G/SPS/N/BRA/94 12 August 2004 All trading partners Glycine max  L. (soybean) grains Food safety 
Plant protection Not established 
Indonesia 
G/SPS/N/IDN/22 
12 August 2004 All countries having trade 
in food  product with 
Indonesia All foods  Food safety 
Protect humans from 
animal/plant pest or disease 60 days after circulation of 
the notification 
Korea G/SPS/N/KOR/163 
16 August 2004 Any trading partner Health functional foods  Food safety 60 days after circulation of 
the notification  
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Date of Circulation Region/Country affected 
(as identified)  
"Product" or issue  
Objective Deadline for submission 
of comments 
Chile 
G/SPS/N/CHL/169 12 August 2004 Paraguay Maize (corn) for consumption – Phytosanitary 
requirements Plant protection 18 August 2004 
Japan 
G/SPS/N/JPN/125 
12 August 2004 All countries Dogs, cats, racoons, foxe s and skunks - Rabies Animal health 
Protect humans from 
animal/plant pest or disease 30 September 2004 
Japan 
G/SPS/N/JPN/126 
12 August 2004 All countries Food additive (Calcium St earate) Food safety 21 October 2004 
Japan 
G/SPS/N/JPN/127 
12 August 2004 All countries Ethiprole – MRLs in apples, tea and rice Food safety 21 October 2004 
Colombia 
G/SPS/N/COL/88 - EMRG 13 August 2004 Ecuador Bovine animals, sheep, swine and products 
thereof - FMD Animal health  
Kenya 
G/SPS/N/KEN/9 - EMRG 
13 August 2004 All southern Africa 
countries, including South 
Africa, Zimbabwe and 
Zambia Domestic and wild birds, hatching eggs, table 
eggs and meat and meat products of domestic 
and wild birds including products intended for 
animal feed and for agricultural and industrial 
use – Avian Influenza Animal health 
Plant protection 
Protect humans from 
animal/plant pest or 
disease  
Chinese Taipei 
G/SPS/N/TPKM/19/Rev.2 
31 August 2004 Trading partners Plants or plant products – Quarantine 
requirements Plant protection 30 September 2004 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/942 18 August 2004 Any US trading partners Ziram – Reregist ration Eligibility Decision Food safety 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease 20 September 2004 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/943 18 August 2004 Any US trading partners Carfentrazone-ethyl in various commodities – 
Establishment of a tolerance Food safety 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease 27 August 2004 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/944 18 August 2004 Any US trading partners Spiromesifen – Registration applications Food safety 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease 20 August 2004 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/945 
18 August 2004 Any US trading partners Abamectin in basil – Establishment of a 
tolerance Food safety 
Protect humans from 
animal/plant pest or 
disease 27 August 2004  
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Date of Circulation Region/Country affected 
(as identified)  
"Product" or issue  
Objective Deadline for submission 
of comments 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/946 18 August 2004 Any US trading partners Spiromesifen – Establishment of a tolerance Food safety 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease 27 August 2004 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/947 18 August 2004 Any US trading partners 2,4-DB (4-2,4-dichlorophenoxy) butyric acid 
and 2,4-DB-DMAS (Dimethylamine 4-2,4-dichlorophenoxy) butyrate – Risk assessments Food safety 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease 27 September 2004 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/948 18 August 2004 Any US trading partners Products containing residues of peanuts, tree 
nuts, milk, soybeans, eggs, fish, crustacean and wheat – Establishmen t of exemptions of a 
tolerance Food safety 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease 20 September 2004 
Colombia 
G/SPS/N/COL/89 – EMRG 16 August 2004 Brazil Bovine animals, sheep, swine and the products 
thereof - FMD Animal health  
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/852/Add.1 
18 August 2004 All trading partners Bitertanol, Chlorpropham, Cloprop, 
Combustion Product Gas, Cyanazine, et al. – 
Tolerance actions Food safety 
Protect humans from 
animal/plant pest or 
disease Objections and requests for 
hearings must be received 
by 21 September 2004 
United States G/SPS/N/USA/874/Add.1 18 August 2004 Any US trading partners Acequinocyl – MRLs in fruits, almond and 
pistachio, goat, horse and sheep Food safety 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease Objections and requests for 
hearings must be received by 20 September 2004 
United States G/SPS/N/USA/949 18 August 2004 Any US trading partners Aspergillus flavus NRRL 21882 and alfa-
guard in peanuts Food safety 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease n.a. 
Korea 
G/SPS/N/KOR/98/Add.8 - EMRG 18 August 2004 State of New York 
(United States) Propagative and non-propagative materials – 
Sudden Oak Death Disease – Phytosanitary measures Plant protection  
New Zealand 
G/SPS/N/NZL/303 
18 August 2004 All countries Beta (beet) seed for sowing – Clavibacter 
michiganensis  pv. sepedonicus Plant protection 9 October 2004 
New Zealand 
G/SPS/N/NZL/304 – EMRG 
18 August 2004 All trading partners Cycas nursery stock (plants, cuttings and 
tissue culture) Plant protection  
New Zealand 
G/SPS/N/NZL/305 
18 August 2004 All countries Changes to the MRLs of agricultural 
compounds Animal health 
Plant protection 24 September 2004  
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Date of Circulation Region/Country affected 
(as identified)  
"Product" or issue  
Objective Deadline for submission 
of comments 
United Arab Emirates 
G/SPS/N/ARE/4 - EMRG 18 August 2004 Japan, South Korea and 
Thailand All species of living birds and hatchery eggs – 
Avian influenza Animal health 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease  
United Arab Emirates 
G/SPS/N/ARE/5 - EMRG 18 August 2004 South Africa All species of living birds and hatchery eggs – 
Avian influenza Animal health 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease  
Chinese Taipei 
G/SPS/N/TPKM/42 18 August 2004 Countries exporting these 
products to Chinese Taipei Fruits, vegetables, tea and cereals – Pesticide 
residue limits Food safety 10 October 2004 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/950 
20 August 2004 All trading partners Meat (beef and pork) products – Addition of 
San Marino to the list of countries eligible to 
export meat and meat products to the US Food safety 12 October 2004 
Peru 
G/SPS/N/PER/79 
19 August 2004 All countries importing 
these products to Peru Plants, vegetable products and other regulated 
articles – Technical and administrative 
procedures Plant protection 30 September 2004 
Colombia 
G/SPS/N/COL/90 - EMRG 
18 August 2004 Countries trading these 
product with Colombia Panela  - unrefined brown cane sugar – 
Sanitary requirements Food safety 
Protect humans from 
animal/plant pest or 
disease Upon publication in the 
Official Journal (12 
months) 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/941.Add.1 - EMRG 
20 August 2004 Any US trading partners Cattle – Tuberculosis testing requirements – 
Withdrawal of the interim rule Animal health  
Germany 
G/SPS/N/DEU/8/Add.1 20 August 2004 Trading partners Foodstuffs of animal and plant origin – MRLs 
of several pesticides Food safety 
Plant protection n.a. 
Costa Rica 
G/SPS/N/CRI/35 
20 August 2004 All trading partners Wood packaging material Plant protection 60 days 
Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/95 
20 August 2004 All countries All vegetables, plants, their parts and by-
products – Risk analysis requirements Plant protection 27 September 2004 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/951 24 August 2004 Any US trading partners bacillus Thuringiensis var. aizawai strain 
PS811 Cry1F insecticidal protein – Establishment of regulations Food safety 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease 10 September 2004 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/952 
24 August 2004 Any US trading partners Various herbicides in various commodities – 
Revocation of tolerances Food safety 
Protect humans from 
animal/plant pest or 4 October 2004  
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(as identified)  
"Product" or issue  
Objective Deadline for submission 
of comments 
disease 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/953 24 August 2004 Any US trading partners Ethylene Glycol – Establishment of a 
tolerance Food safety 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease 3 September 2004 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/954 24 August 2004 Any US trade partners Methoxyfenozide – MRLs in soybean Food safety 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease 13 September 2004 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/955 24 August 2004 Any US trade partners Pentachloronitrobenzene in cotton, vegetables 
and turf Food safety 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease 4 October 2004 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/956 24 August 2004 Any US trading partners Acetamiprid in tuberous and corn vegetables Food safety 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease 3 September 2004 
Chile 
G/SPS/N/CHL/170 
26 August 2004 All countries exporting 
goods to Chile Wood packaging material – Quarantine 
regulations Plant protection 29 October 2004 
Iceland 
G/SPS/N/ISL/4/Add.2 – EMRG 23 August 2004 Cambodia; China; Hong 
Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Laos; Pakistan; 
South Korea; Thailand; 
Vietnam Live poultry and birds, fertile eggs, raw 
poultry and bird products – Avian Influenza - Extension of the ban Food safety 
Animal health  
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/775/Add.1 
24 August 2004 Any US trading partners Fenvalerate – Cancellation order Food safety 
Protect humans from 
animal/plant pest or 
disease n.a. 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/853/Add.1 
24 August 2004 Any US trading partners Diazinon – Cancellation order Food safety 
Protect humans from 
animal/plant pest or 
disease n.a. 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/877/Add.1 
24 August 2004 Any US trade partners Propiconazole – MRLs in corn, pineapple and 
peanuts Food safety 
Protect humans from 
animal/plant pest or 
disease Objections and requests for 
hearings must be received 
by 4 October 2004  
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Date of Circulation Region/Country affected 
(as identified)  
"Product" or issue  
Objective Deadline for submission 
of comments 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/890/Add.1 24 August 2004 Any US trading partners Propamocarb hydrochloride in lettuce, 
vegetable and tomatoes – Establishment of tolerances Food safety 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease Objections and requests for 
hearings must be received by 4 October 2004 
United States G/SPS/N/USA/957 24 August 2004 Any US trading partners S-metolachlor in various commodities Food safety 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease 13 September 2004 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/958 24 August 2004 Any US trading partners Propanoic acid in various commodities Food safety 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease 4 October 2004 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/959 24 August 2004 Any US trading partners Forchlorfenuron  in almonds and fruits– 
Establishment of time limited tolerance Food safety 
Protect humans from animal/plant pest or 
disease 11 August 2004.  
Objections and requests for hearings must be received 
by 12 October 2004. 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/960 
24 August 2004 Any US trading partners Actinovate soluble containing Streptomyces 
lydicus WYEC 108 to co ntrol root decay fungi Food safety 
Protect humans from 
animal/plant pest or 
disease 4 September 2004 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/961 
24 August 2004 Any US trading partners Meat (beef and pork) and poultry products – 
Foreign inspection system supervisory visits Food safety 18 October 2004 
India 
G/SPS/N/IND/14 – EMRG 26 August 2004 All trading partners 
exporting theses products to India Domestic and wild birds, day-old chicks, 
ducks, turkey, their products and by-products – Avian Influenza Food safety 
Animal health  
European Communities 
G/SPS/N/EEC/235/Add.3 - EMRG 
27 August 2004 Cambodia, Indonesia, 
Japan, Laos, Pakistan, 
China; Hong Kong, China; South Korea, 
Thailand and Vietnam Several poultry and poultry products – Avian 
Influenza Food safety 
Animal health  
European Communities 
G/SPS/N/EEC/241/Add.1 27 August 2004 Canada and United States Fresh meat, meat products and meat 
preparations of farmed and wild cervids – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) – Final rule Food safety n.a. 
Japan 
G/SPS/N/JPN/128 
27 August 2004 All countries Astaxanthin and Canthaxanthin – MRLs in 
finfish and crustaceans Food safety 
Animal health 10 October 2004 
Republic of Korea 
G/SPS/N/KOR/164 
27 August 2004 Any trading partners Food additives Food safety 17 October 2004  
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(as identified)  
"Product" or issue  
Objective Deadline for submission 
of comments 
Republic of Korea 
G/SPS/N/KOR/98/Add.9 27 August 2004 Germany, the 
Netherlands, England and United States (states of 
California and Oregon) 
and Spain Propagative and non-propagative materials – 
Sudden Oak Death Plant protection n.a. 
European Communities 
G/SPS/N/EEC/236/Corr.1 
27 August 2004 EC member States and 
countries exporting these 
products to the European 
Communities Various pesticides – MRLs in cereals, 
foodstuffs of animal origin and certain 
products of plant origin, including fruit and 
vegetables Food safety 
Plant protection  
European Communities 
G/SPS/N/EEC/237/Corr.1 
31 August 2004 EC member States and 
countries exporting these 
products to the European 
Communities Various pesticides – MRLs in cereals, 
foodstuffs of animal origin and certain 
products of plant origin, including fruit and 
vegetables Food safety 
Plant protection  
n.a. = not available, not identified 
 
 
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