G/SPS/N/CHL/680  
18 June 2021 
(21-4996) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero , SAG (Agriculture and Livestock 
Service)  
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) : Swine casings  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Fija exigencias sanitarias para la importación de tripas 
de cerdo y deroga Resolución Exenta Nº 3.275 de 1994  (Sanitary requirements governing 
the importation of swine casings,  and repeal of Exempt Resolution No. 3.275 of 1994) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHL/21_4217_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Resolution establishes the following sanitary  
requirements for the importation into Chile of swine casings.  
The key aspects of the text include the following:  
1. For the purposes of this draft Resolution, "swine casings" shall be understood to mean 
swine intestines that, after cleaning, have been proces sed by tissue scraping, 
defatting and washing, and treated with salt.  
2. Sanitary requirements for the country or area of origin in relation to foot -and-mouth 
disease and African swine fever, and for the herd from which the animals originate in 
relation to sw ine vesicular disease;  
3. Requirements for swine in terms of provenance, the way they are raised, the place 
where they are slaughtered and their health status prior to slaughter ; animals must 
not come from areas subject to sanitary restrictions, and abattoirs must be under 
official veterinary medical control and recognised as free from transmissible diseases . 
Ante-mortem and post -mortem inspection requirements  also apply ; 
4. Requirements for establishments of origin : both abattoirs and casing producers must 
have Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG) authorization to export to Chile, 
abattoirs must be under permanent official veterinary medical control, and casing 
producers must have an official monitoring programme;  
5. Product requirements : where casings come from a country or area that does not meet 
the requirements set out in point 2 . I. (a) and (b) of the draft Resolution, they must 
undergo a specific washing, tissue scraping and salting procedure and be kept at a 
specific temperature;  
6. Require ments regarding packaging and the information that is displayed on packaging 
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  7. Regarding transport, the text establishes requirements to ensure that compartments 
remained sealed, the product is kept isolated, and the temperature and h ealth and 
hygiene conditions maintained;  
8. An animal health certificate previously issued by the exporting country is required;  
9. Checks and inspections are to be determined on good grounds by the Service upon 
the arrival of the products.  
Further details can b e found in the document attached to this notification.  
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. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
− OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code  
− Chapter 5.4, Article 5.4.6  
− Chapter 5.7, Article 5.7.3  
− Chapter 8.8, Article 8.8.38  
− Chapter 15.1, Article 15.1.24  
− Chapter 15.2, Article 15.2.24  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it de viates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Approximately 80 days from the date of 
circulation of the notification  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Three months after publication in the Offici al Journal  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 17 August 2 021 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Email : sps.chile@sag.gob.cl  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email : sps.chile@sag.gob.cl