. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHN/5
6 May 2002
(02-2543)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  General Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection and
Quarantine (AQSIQ), Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC)
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):  Animal-origin foodstuffs
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  The
Netherlands
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  Public Notice of the
State General Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine and
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, [2002] No.36 (1 page, available in
Chinese)
6. Description of content:  AQSIQ local authorities detected chloramphenicol residue in
salted casings imported from the Netherlands on 28 March 2002.  It was also officially
confirmed in France, Germany and Ireland that chloramphenicol residue was found in beef
and feed from the Netherlands. In order to prevent harmfully contaminated foodstuffs from
entering into China and to protect people’s lives and public health, import of animal-origin
foodstuff from the Netherlands shall be suspended from the date of publication of this
Public Notice.  Inspections shall be carried out strictly with regard to the animal-origin
foodstuffs arriving from the Netherlands, and consignments with residue substance harmfulto human health found shall be destroyed.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] 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:  To prevent harmfully
contaminated foodstuffs from entering into China and to protect people’s lives and public
health.
9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:G/SPS/N/CHN/5
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10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Gazette of Ministry
of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and/or Gazette of General Administration of
Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (Available in Chinese).
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  19 April 2002, duration to
be decided.
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: