G/SPS/N/MAR/103  
2 October  2023 
(23-6593) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  French  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : MOROCCO  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires , 
ONSSA  (National Office for Food Safety)  
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): Chilled packaged offal  
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 : Arrêté conjoint du ministre de l'agriculture, de la pêche 
maritime, du développement rural et des eaux et forêts, et du ministre de la santé et de la 
protection sociale, modifiant l'arrêté conjoint du ministre de l'agriculture, de la pêche 
maritime, du développement rural et des eaux et forêts, et du ministre de la santé et d e la 
protection sociale, No. 1289-22 du 10 mai 2022, fixant la liste des produits 
microbiologiquement très périssables, leur date limite de consommation et la température 
de leur conservation  (Joint Order of the Ministry for Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural 
Development, Water Resources and Forestry, and the Ministry for Health and Social 
Protection amending Joint Order No. 1289-22 of 1 0 May 2 022 of the Ministry for 
Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Development, Water Resources and Forestry, and the 
Ministry for Health and Social Protection, establishing the list of of microbiologically highly 
perishable products, their use -by date and storage temperature) . Language(s) : French 
Number of pages : 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/MAR/23_12780_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : Article 2 of the notified Joint Order No. 1289-22 of 9 chaoual 
1434 (1 0 May 2 022) establishes the list of microbiologically highly perishable products, 
their use -by date and storage temperature, provides that any request from the industry to 
amend or supplement the annex to the aforementioned Joint Order must be accompanied 
by a st udy to determine the microbiological shelf life of the products concerned.  
To this end, the Joint Order was amended to include a new use -by date for chilled 
packaged offal in its annex . This use -by date was based on a study carried out at the 
national leve l. 
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/MAR/ 103 
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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) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM number) : 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] 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:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into forc e: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 1 December 2 023 
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:  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  (Standardization and SPS Matters  
Division)  
Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  (Directorate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires , ONSSA (National Office for 
Food Safety)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherka oui 
Tel.: +(212 5) 37 67 65 11/13  
Mobile : +(212 6) 73 99 78 17  
Fax: +(212 5) 37 68 20 49  
Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma  
Website : www.onssa.gov.ma  
13. Text (s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  
Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  
Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Tel.: +(212 5) 37 67 65 11/13  
Mobile : +(212 6) 73 99 78 17  
Fax: +(212 5) 37 68 20 49  
Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma  
Website : www.onssa.gov.ma