G/SPS/N/PHL/505  
7 January 2022  
(22-0171) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member:  PHILIPPINES  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Agriculture  
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 cattle, meat and meat products and bovine processed animal 
proteins derived from cattle  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Canada  
5. Title of the notified document:  Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order 79 
Series of 2021 Temporary Ban on the Importation of Live C attle, Meat and Meat Products 
and Bovine Processed Animal Proteins Derived from Cattle Originating from Canada . 
Language(s): English . Number of pages: 2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/PHL/22_0192_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Order, signed on 29 December 2021, institutes the following 
measures for the importation of meat and meat byproducts derived from cattle from 
Canada:   (1) Temporary suspeension of processing, evaluation of the application and 
issuance of the SPS Import Clearance of meat and meat byproducts derived from cattle 
includinglive cattle importation; (2) All shipments IN TRANSIT/LOADED/ACCEPTED UNTO 
PORT before the officila communication of this Order to the Canadian authorities shall be 
allowed provided the products were slaughtered / produced before 30 November 2021; (3) 
All previously approved SPS Import Clearances which were not yet IN 
TRANSIT/LOADED/ACCEPTED UNTO PORT after the official communication of this Order to 
the Canadian authorities are hereby REVOKED; (4) Shipments with ship ou date after the 
communication of this Order to the Canadian Authorities shall be dealt with as per DA 
Administrative Order 9 series of 2010, Section VII.D; (5) More rigorous and tight 
inspection on all arrivals of meat and meat byproducts derived from cattle including live 
animals and bov ine processed animal proteins by DA Veterinary Quarantine Officers 
assigned at ports of entry.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  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:  The veterinary 
authorities of Canada reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) an 
outbreak of Atypical Bovine Spongiform En cephalopathy (BSE) in the Ponoka County, 
Alberta, Canada last 17 December 2021.   The recent cases of BSE or Mad Cow Disease 
may pose a risk to consumers due to BSE's assumed link with the variant Creutzfeldt -
Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans.  G/SPS/N/PHL/505  
 
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  9. Is there a r elevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Cod e, chapter number) : Chapter 11.4 of the OIE Terrestrial 
Code 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
Immediately      
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Office of the Director  
Policy Research Service  
Department of Agriculture  
Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City  
Tel: +(632) 926 7439  
Fax: +(632) 928 0590  
E-mail: spspilipinas@gmail.com  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry  
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Office of the Director  
Policy Research Service  
Department of Agriculture  
Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City  
Tel: +(632) 926 7439  
Fax: +(632) 928 0590  
E-mail: spspilipinas@gmail.com