G/SPS/N/JPN/352  
 
25 June 2014  
(14-3658)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
1. Notifying Member:  JAPAN 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Swine blood meal used as feed material 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: United States of America  
5. Title of the notified document: Additional requirements for Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea 
(PED) virus and Porcine Delta Coronavirus on Swine blood meal to be exported to Japan from the United States  Language(s):    Number of pages:   
6. Description of content: In order to prevent PED virus and Porcine Delta Coronavirus 
from entering into Japan, the following requirements are temporarily added to the current requirements: 
 The swine blood meal to be exported to Japan from the United States must be 
spray-dried using spray drier with a heat treatment at a temperature of at least 80°C; and 
 When the swine blood meal arrives in Japan, it must have been under room 
temperature for at least 6 weeks since it was produced. 
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s)  and reason for urgent action: Current 
epidemiological situation where PED and Porcine Delta Coronavirus are endemic in the United States. 
9. Is there a relevant international stan dard? 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 Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
[ ] Yes   [ ] No G/SPS/N/JPN/352 
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
Current "Animal health requirements for Swine blood meal to be exported to Japan from the United States" 
http://www.maff.go.jp/aqs/ho u/require/pdf /21-3284.pdf  (available in English) 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
1 July 2014 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Standards Information Service  
International Trade Division 
Economic Affairs Bureau Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku 
Tokyo 100-8919, Japan  Tel: +(81 3) 5501 8344  
Fax: +(81 3) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp 
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Noti fication Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail a ddress (if available)  of other body:  
Standards Information Service 
International Trade Division 
Economic Affairs Bureau 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku 
Tokyo 100-8919, Japan  
Tel: +(81 3) 5501 8344  Fax: +(81 3) 5501 8343  E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp