G/SPS/N/PHL/498  
 
20 September 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member:  PHILIPPINES  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Agriculture  
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):  Live cattle, meat and meat products derived from cattle  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Brazil  
5. Title of the notified document:  Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No. 54 
Series of 2021, Temporary Ban on the Importation of Live Cattle, Meat and Meat Products 
Derived from Cattle from Brazil . Language(s): English . Number of pages: 1 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/PHL/21_5923_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Order signed on 16 September 2021 institutes the following 
measures for the importation of meat and meat by -products derived from cattle from 
Brazil:  
1) Temporary suspension of the processing of the application and issuance of the Sanitary 
and Phytosanitary (SPS) Import Clearance of meat and meat by-products derived from 
cattle including live cattle importation;  
2) All shipments in transit/loaded/accepted unto port before the official communication of 
this Order to the Brazilian authorities shall be allowed provided the slaughter and 
production date i s on or before 31 August 2021;  
3) All previously app roved SPS Import Clearances which were not yet in 
transit/loaded/accepted unto port after the official communication of this Order to the 
Brazilian authorities are hereby revoked;  
4) Shipments with ship out dat e after the communication of this Order to the Brazilian 
authorities shall be dealt with as per DA Administrative Order 9 series of 2010, 
Section  IV.D;  
5) More rigorous and tight inspection on all arrivals of meat and meat by -products derived 
from cattle incl uding live cattle by DA Veterinary Quarantine Officers assigned at ports 
of entry.  
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.  G/SPS/N/PHL/498  
 
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  8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  The veterinary 
authorities of Brazil reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) an 
outbreak of Atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in the states of Mato Grosso 
and Minais Gerais, Brazil last 3 September 2021. BSE is a   zoonotic  disease and there are 
studies showing that the atypical type of BSE or Mad Cow Disease may pose a risk to 
consumers due to BSE's assumed link with the variant Creutzfeldt -Jakob disease (vCJD) in 
humans.  
9. Is there a relevant international standard? If s o, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Chapter 11.4 of the OIE Terrestrial 
Code 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] 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:   
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
Immediately  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Office of the Director  
Policy Research Service  
Departmen t of Agriculture  
Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City  
Tel: +(632) 926 7439  
Fax: +(632) 928 0590  
E-mail: spspilipinas@gmail.com  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Office of the Director  
Policy Research Service  
Department of Agriculture  
Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City  
Tel: +(632) 926 7439  
Fax: +(632) 928 0590  
E-mail: spspilipinas@gmail.com