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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/JPN/101
6 May 2003
(03-2409)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
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):   Feed for deer, sheep and/or goat
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   All
countries
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Amendments of the
Government Ordinance for the Enforcement of the Law concerning the Safety Assuranceand Quality Improvement of Feed and the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed
and Feed Additives (available in English, two pages)
6. Description of content:
1. Deer, sheep and goat are included in the "liv estock, etc" regulated by the Law concerning
Safety Assurance and Quality Improvement of Feed.
2. Feed for cattle, labelled as "feed for cattle", is allowed to be fed to deer, sheep and goat.3. With regard to the standards of feed and feed additives concerning ingredients,
manufacturing and usage, etc., the prohibited ma tters and obligations for cattle are applied
to deer, sheep and goat as well.
The major amendments are as follows:1. Feed for deer, sheep and/or goat, the same as feed for cattle, must not contain meat-
and-bone meal, etc.
2. To prevent contamination in manufacturin g feed for deer, sheep and/or goat, the
production line for them must be exclusive.
3. Feed for deer, sheep and/or goat, the same  as feed for cattle, must be preserved in
separate exclusive containers.
4. The following indication must be show n for certified blood meal, etc., certified
chicken meal, etc., certified protein derive d from fish and shell fish, and feeds made
from or containing them:G/SPS/N/JPN/101
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CAUTION FOR USE AND PRESERVATION
(a) It is prohibited to use this feed for cattle, deer, sheep and/or goat.  (A punitive action
could be taken against the use for those livestock.)
(b) This feed must not be mixed with feed and feed materials for cattle, deer, sheep
and/or goat in its preservation.
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. 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:
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   These new standards
will appear in "KANPO" (Official Government Gazette) when promulgated.
10. Proposed date of adoption:   The date of the promulgation in "KANPO".
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   6-1, 6-2 and 6-3-1:  on th e date of promulgation (to be
announced in the Official Government Gazette);  6-3-2 and 6-3-3:  April 2005;  6-3-4:  within
three months after the date of promulgation.
12. Final date for comments:   30 June 2003
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:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: