G/SPS/N/CHL/728  
9 May 2022 
(22-3621) 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) : Fresh, chilled and frozen poultry meat and edible 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 : Fija exigencias sanitarias para la internación a Chile de 
carne de aves de corral fresca, enfriada o congelada y despojos  comestibles, y deroga 
Resolución Exenta n° 3.817 de 2006  (Establishment of sanitary requirements for the 
importation into Chile of fresh, chilled and frozen poultry meat and edible offal, and repeal 
of Exempt Resolution No. 3.817 of 2006) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/CHL/22_3260_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The draft measure lays down sanitary r equirements, including 
requirements concerning the country or area of origin, flock of origin, animals, meat and 
edible offal, packaging and transport and the corresponding health certification.  
The requirements include:  
1. Edible offal is included in this draft, the scope of the measure is identified and product 
definitions provided;  
2. The country or area of origin must be declared free of avian influenza and Newcastle 
disease, as established by the OIE, and must be approved by Chile;  
3. The country or area of origin must have a permanent surveillance programme for 
avian influenza and Newcastle disease, in accordance with the requirements 
established by the OIE, that is approved by SAG;  
4. The flock of origin of the poultry from which the consignment of meat an d edible offal 
originates must be incorporated into a sanitary and production programme . It must 
also have an official Salmonella control and reduction programme that is approved 
and supervised by the official Service;  
5. The poultry must have hatched or been imported as day -old chicks and been  reared 
and slaughtered in the country or exporting area free of avian influenza and Newcastle 
disease . Furthermore, they cannot have been vaccinated against avian influenza with 
live vaccines, and must have been sla ughtered, processed and stored in an 
establishment that is approved by SAG, and inspected pre - and post -mortem under 
the permanent monitoring of an official veterinarian;  
6. The m eat and edible offal must be covered by an official health certificate, issued b y 
the competent health authority of the country of origin, in the language of the country 
of origin and in Spanish.  G/SPS/N/CHL/728  
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  Further details can be found in the draft Resolution 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 Aliment arius 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) : Section 5 of the OIE  Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code, Chapters 10.4 y 10.9  
[ ] 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, h ow and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available : 
Agriculture and Livestock Service Exempt Resolution No. 3.817 of 2006  
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 Official 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) : 8 July 2 022 
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