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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/MYS/15
17 June 2003
(03-3211)
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 Servi ces, Ministry of Agriculture, Malaysia
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):   Live bovines, beef and beef products and other bovine products including
offals, semen, embryos, biologics and processe d protein such as meat and bone meal, meat
meal, bone meal, blood meal, hoof meal and ho rn meal and other feedingstuffs (including
pet food), premixes and feed additives containing the above products.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Canada
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:   Temporary suspension
of importation of bovines and bovine products from Canada due to bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE) (2 pages).
6. Description of content:   Following the detection of a BSE case in Canada, Department of
Veterinary Services Malaysia has temporarily suspended imports of live bovines, beef andbeef products and other bovine products including offals, semen, embryos, biologics and
processed protein such as meat and bone m eal, meat meal, bone meal, blood meal, hoof
meal and horn meal and other feedingstuff s (including pet food), premixes, and feed
additives containing the above products from Canada effective 24 May 2003.
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:   D u e  t o  r i s k  o f
transmission of BSE agent to animals and humans through consumption of infected bovine
products, the Government of Malaysia has imposed a temporary suspension on the
importation of bovines and bovine products from Canada in order to minimise or eliminate
the risk.
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/MYS/15
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10. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   National Language
and English
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   24 May 2003
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (ifavailable) of other body:
Department of Veterinary Services
8
th and 9th floors, Wisma Chase Perdana
Off Jalan Semantan, Bukit Damansara
50630 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaTelephone:  603 2094 0077
Fax:  603 2093 5804
Email:  wto-sps@jph.gov.my  (attn:  Dr N. Krishnan)
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Department of Veterinary Services
8th and 9th floor, Wisma Chase Perdana
Off Jalaan Semantan, Bukit Damansara
50630 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Telephone:  603 2094 0077
Fax:  603 2093 5804Email:  wto-sps@jph.gov.my  (att:  Dr N. Krishnan)