G/SPS/N/CHL/702/Rev.1  
25 February  2022 
(22-1837) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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) : Processed meat products of bovine animals, sheep, pigs and poultry  
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 : Establece exigencias sanitarias para la internación a 
Chile de productos cárnicos procesados de bovinos, ovinos, porcinos y aves y deroga las 
Resoluciones Exentas No. 24/2000 y No. 1.552/2008  (Establishment of sanitary 
requirements for the importation into Chile of processed meat products of bovine animals, 
sheep, pigs and poultry, and repeal of Exempt Resolutions No. 24/2000 and No. 
1.552/2008) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 9 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/CHL/22_1810_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of c ontent : The purpose of the notified draft Resolution is to combine 
Exempt Resolutions No. 24/2000 and  No. 1.552/2008 under a new Resolution , including 
sheep, updating and harmonizing the sanitary requirements with the recommendations of 
the World Organisat ion for Animal Health (OIE).  
The draft Resolution lays down sanitary requirements for the importation into Chile of 
processed meat products of bovine animals, sheep, pigs and poultry.  
− Processed meat products are defined and divided into four categories : raw fresh, raw 
mature, raw acid ified and cooked;  
− General conditions for the four categories are established, including:  
• Favourable assessment by the health authority of the country of origin;  
• Sanitary certificate;  
• Sanitary requirements for the animals from which the products originate;  
• Sanitary requirements for the raw material with which the products are processed;  
• Requirements for the establishments of origin;  
• Specific conditions are laid down for the entry of products, according to the category 
of product, animal species and associate d risk diseases;  
• Sanitary requirements are established in relation to the health status of the countries 
of origin, or for compliance with the treatments described;  
• Etc. G/SPS/N/CHL/702/Rev.1  
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  The purpose of the notified revision is to advise that, following the national public 
consultation process and in the SPS/WTO Committee, amendments were made to the 
original content as follows:  
− It was specified that the "diseases of concern" refer to those described in the 
Resolution;  
− The point on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) specifically concerning  raw fresh 
bovine meat was removed and a new version of the BSE requirement was added to 
point 2 "General conditions for the four categories";  
− All health requirements related to contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) were 
removed;  
− Concerning raw fresh processed meat products of pigs, "...and this health condition 
must be favourably assessed by SAG" was added to point i;  
− The health declarations for African swine fever (ASF) were amende d: 
Before : "...must be declared free of..." . 
Now: "...must comply with the provisions laid down in the OIE Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code to be considered free from...";  
− The requirement for swine vesicular disease was amended : 
Before : "country or area free of" . 
Now: "establishment of origin free of" . The specific treatment of this disease was also 
removed in point 4.2 "Treatment";  
− "Notifiable avian influenza" has been replaced by "avian influenza", without further 
clarification ; 
− Concerning raw fresh processed meat products of poultry, t he following amendmen t 
was made:  
Before : "The establishment of origin of the poultry shall be included in a health and 
production programme, which shall be supervised by the competent health authority of 
the country of origin, and which shall be equivalent to the relevant requirements in 
Chile".  
Now: "The establishment of origin of the poultry from which the processed meat 
products originate shall be included in a health and production programme, which 
includes surveillance plans for avian influenza and Newcastle d isease by the competent 
health authority of the country of origin . It shall also have an official Salmonella control 
and reduction programme, which shall be approved and supervised by the competent 
health authority of the country of origin.";  
− Under the sam e heading as above, the text in square brackets has been removed : 
"Where poultry are subject to a vaccination programme against avian influenza using 
inactivated vaccines, the vaccination plan shall be favourably assessed by SAG [and, 
on the basis of this assessment, the type of monitoring and sentinelization to be 
applied at the farm of origin shall be determined]".  
Further details can be found in the document 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) : Chapters 8, 10, 11, 14 and 15 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 G/SPS/N/CHL/702/Rev.1  
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  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) : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Approximately 50 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) : One month after 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 the date of circulation of the 
notification  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] Nat ional 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