G/SPS/N/PHL/384  
 
9 August 2017  
(17-4308) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMER GENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member : PHILIPPINES  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Agriculture (DA), Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI)  
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): Beef and poultry meat  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practic able: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: Brazil  
5. Title of the notified document : Department of Agriculture (DA) Memorandum Order 
(MO) No. 32, series of 2017, Tempor ary Suspension of Accreditation of All Brazilian 
Foreign Meat E stablishments (FMEs) to Export Meat Into the Philippines . Language (s): 
English . Number of pages:  1 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/PHL/17_3566_00_ e.pdf 
6. Description of content: This order provides the rationale and the conditions in 
instituting this emergency measure imposing a tempor ary suspension of accreditation of 
all Brazilian Foreign Meat Establishments (FMEs) to export meat into the Phili ppines.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection,  
[ ] protect humans fro m animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pest s.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urg ent action: Following media 
reports of the alleged "rotten" meat from Brazil in March 2017 and the submitted 
communication of Brazil to the World Trade Or ganization (WTO) dated 22 March 2017, 
the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the National Meat Ins pection Service (NMIS) 
issued Memorandum No . 0453 on 24 March 2017, instructing all Regional Technical 
Operating Centers to perform more rigorous and tight inspections on all arrivals of beef 
and poultry meat fr om Brazil shipped from 19 March 2017 onwards.  A total of 246 out of 
492 container vans were sampled and subjected to laboratory a nalysis from 1 March to 
30 June 2017 wherein samples from 18 containers (7%) were tested positive for 
Salmonella spp.  
9. 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) :  G/SPS/N/PHL/384  
 
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  [ ] Internation al Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the re levant international standard?  
[ ] 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): 
31 July 2017  
[ ] Trade facilit ating  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  
Department of Agriculture  
Elliptical Road, Diliman  
Quezon City  
Tel: +(632) 926 7439 
Fax: +(632) 928 0590  
E-mail: spspilipinas@da.gov.ph  
or 
National Veterinary Quarantine Services  
Bureau of Animal Industry  
Visayas Avenue, Diliman  
Quezon City  
Tel: +(632) 920 0815  
Fax: +(632) 920 0916  
E-mail: nvqs_bai@yahoo.com  
 quarantine_bai@yahoo.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, D iliman  
Quezon City  
Tel: +(632) 926 7439  
Fax: +(632) 928 0590  
E-mail: spspilipinas@da.gov.ph  
or 
National Veterinary Quarantine Services  
Bureau of Animal Industry  
Visayas Avenue, Diliman  
Quezon City  
Tel: +(632) 920 0815  
Fax: +(632) 920 0916  
E-mail: nvqs_bai@ yahoo.com  
 quarantine_bai@yahoo.com