G/SPS/N/ARE/148  
 
9 April 2018  
(18-2118) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE)  
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): Poultry products including poultry meat (HS Code: 0207)  
4. Regions or countries like ly to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Brazil  
5. Title of the notified document: Regulate the importation of frozen and chilled poultry 
meat and its products from Brazil.  Language(s): English . Number of pages: 2 
6. Description of content: United Arab Emirates has stated a new procedure to export 
frozen and chilled poultry meat and its products from Brazil to the United Arab Emirates to 
ensure the safety of the imported food products. The procedure mainly involves the 
following points:  
1. All frozen and chilled poultry meat and its products should comply with the United Arab 
Emirates  standards for requirements of m icrobiological  criteria for food stuffs 
UAE.S  1016, especiall y regarding the salmonella  bacteria, as the poultry meat and its 
products should be tested in order to ensure that they are free from pathogenic 
salmonella , specifically  Salmonella typhimurium  and Salmonella Enteritidis ; 
2. The competent authority in Brazil s hould declare , in the accompanying health 
certificates for export of meat and meat products to the United Arab Emirates,  that the 
meat/meat products are tested and found free from Salmonella typhimurium  and 
Salmonella Enteritidis , as an additional declarat ion. 
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.  
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 Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International P lant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/ARE/148  
 
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  [ ] 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) : 20 March 2018  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 20 March 2018  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 20 March 2018  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ministry of Climate Change and Environment  
Eng. Majd Mohamed Alherbawi  
Director of Food Safety Department  
P.O. Box 1509  
United Arab Emirates - Dubai  
Tel: +(971 4) 214 8472  
Fax: +(971 4) 265 5822  
Mobile: +(971 50) 6260516  
E-mail: mmalherbawi@moccae.gov.ae  
Website: http://www.moccae.gov.ae  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Climate Change and Environment  
Eng. Ahlam Almannaei  
Agricultural Engineer in Food Safety Department  
SPS Enquiry Point 
P.O. Box 1509  
United Arab Emirates - Dubai  
Tel: +(971 4) 214 8495  
Fax: +(971 4) 265 5822  
Mobile: +(971 50) 5903056  
E-mail: aaalmannaei@moccae.gov.ae  
Website: http://www.moccae.gov.ae