G/SPS/N/CHL/627  
14 April 2020 
(20-2857) 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  (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) : Viscera meal, meat and bone meal, and oils and fats of poultry, 
swine and horses  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the e xtent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Modifica resolución No. 1748/2017, que establece las 
exigencias sanitarias para la internación de harina de vísceras, harina de carne y hueso y 
aceites o sebos de aves, cerdos y equinos  (Amendment to Resolution No. 1748/2017 
establishing sanitary requirements for the importation of viscera meal, meat and bone 
meal, and oils and fats of poultry, swine and horses) Language( s): Spanish  
Number of pages : 2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHL/20_2551_00_s.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHL/20_2551_01_s.pdf  
6. Description of co ntent : The notified text amends Exempt Resolution No. 1748 of 2017 
as follows:  
1. The following paragraph is to be added to point B.i:  "The animals come from farms 
that have not been subject, over the past 12 months, to sanitary restrictions arising 
from diseases notifiable to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) that affect 
the species covered by this Resolution."  
2. The second bullet point in point B.ii is to be replaced with the following text:  
"Subjected to a minimum temperature of 90°C for at l east 60 minutes, stirr ed 
continuously, or a minimum temperature of 121°C for at least 10 minutes at an 
absolute pressure of 3 bar."  
3. The final paragraph in point E is to be replaced with the following text : "These results 
must be shown on the official sanit ary certificate."  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
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  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 Ani mal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
Article 15.2.22 of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code  
[ ] 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 deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available : 
Resolución Exenta No.1748, de 2017  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 40 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 ): Upon publication in the Official Journal  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 30 days from t he date of publication of the 
notification  
 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  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, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl