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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/MYS/11
25 September 2001
(01-4547)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  MALAYSIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Veterinary Services, Ministry of  Agriculture
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable). Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable: Live cattle, beef and beef products including offals and processed protein such
as meat and bone meal, meat meal, bone meal, blood meal, hoof m eal, horn meal, poultry
offal meal, feather meal, dry greaves and other feedingstuffs (including pet food), mixtures,
premixtures, and feed additives, containing these products, originating from Japan.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Temporary suspension on the
importation of live cattle, beef and beef products including offals and processed protein
such as meat and bone meal, meat meal, bone meal, blood meal, hoof meal, horn meal,
poultry offal meal, feather meal, dry greaves and other feedingstuffs (including pet food),mixtures, premixtures, and feed additives, containing these products, from Japan
5. Description of content: Following the report on a 5 year-old Holstein cow with symptoms
and laboratory confirmation of BSE, in a dairy farm in the Chiba Prefecture, Japan on
10 September 2001, the Department of Veterinary  Services, Ministry of Agriculture has
imposed a temporary suspension on the importation of live cattle, beef and beef products
including offals and processed protein such as  meat and bone meal, meat meal, bone meal,
blood meal, hoof meal, horn meal, poultry offa l meal, feather meal, dry greaves and other
feedingstuffs (including pet food), mixtures, premixtures, and feed additives, containing
these products, from Japan with immediate effect.
6. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s): Based on the reported case of BSE in Japan and in order
to eliminate the risk of introducing BSE agent through importation of live cattle and beef
and beef products, the Department of Veterinary Services Malaysia has imposed a
temporary suspension on the importation from Japan with immediate effect.
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:           G/SPS/N/MYS/11
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  National language
and English
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  12 September 2001
11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
[    ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Department of Veterinary Services
8th & 9th floor, Wisma Chase Perdana
Off Jalan Semantan, Bukit Damansara
50630 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel:  603 254 0077
Fax:  603 253 5804
E-mail:  wto-sps@jph.gov.my
              (Attn:  Dr N Krishnan)