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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/PHL/22
15 September 2000
(00-3617)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  PHILIPPINES
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Bureau of Animal Industry
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Live swine (01.03), meat of swine (02.03), meat and edible offal of swine
(0206.30.00 to 0206.49.00 and 0210.11 to 0210.20), guts, bladders and stomachs (05.04),
by products (0502, 05.04, 05.06, 05.07, 05.09, 05.11, 23.01, 23.09 and 31.01), pig fat and
oils (02.09, 15.01, 15.03, 15.05, 15.06, 15.16 to 15.18, 15.20 and 15.22), sausages (16.01),
prepared/preserved meat, meat offal or blood (1602.10, 1602.20, 1602.41 to 1602.49,
1602.90), extracts and juice of meat (16.03)  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to
the extent relevant or practicable:  United Kingdom
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Department of Agriculture (DA)
Memorandum Order (MO) No. 10, series of 2000:  Temporary Ban on the Importation of
Live Pigs, Their Meat, Meat Products and By-products Originating from the United
Kingdom (1 page)
5. Description of content:  MO 10 mandates the temporary banning of the enumerated
products in item 3 above in view of the outbreak of Classical Swine Fever disease in the
United Kingdom as confirmed and reported by the Office international des Epizooties
(OIE) .  This MO specifically provides the following:
• Immediate suspension of processing, evaluation and issuance of Veterinary
Quarantine Clearance/SPS Import Permit relevant to imports from the UnitedKingdom;  and
• Stoppage/confiscation of all shipments into the country of affected products from
the United Kingdom.
6. 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           
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  To protect the viability of the hog industry by
preventing the entry and spread of Classical Swine Fever disease in the country.
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Consistent with the 1999 Revised OIE Animal
Health CodeG/SPS/N/PHL/22
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in English
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  Immediately
11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
[    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Philippine National SPS Enquiry Point:
Office of the Director
Policy Analysis Service
Department of Agriculture3
rd floor, DA Bldg., Elliptical Road
Diliman, Quezon City
Tel:  (632) 926 7439
Fax:  (632 928 0590
E-mail address:  policy@da.gov.ph
or
Office of the Director
Bureau of Animal Industry
Visayas Avenue
Diliman, Quezon City
Tel:  (632) 927 0971
Fax:  (632) 928 2429
You may download the document from the Phil ippine Department of Agriculture webside
at:   http//www.da.gov.ph