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G/SPS/N/IDN/50/Add.1 
19 July 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 17 July 2012, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Indonesia. 
 
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Revocation of import prohibition of Meat Bone Meal (MBM) from the United State of America 
 Following the outbreak of Bovine Spongiform  Encephalopathy (BSE) in California (United 
States of America) on 24 April 2012, the Indonesi an Government is taking urgent measures to 
prohibit importation of Meat Bone Meal (MBM), offa l, bone in meat and gelatin of bone origin from 
the United States of America.  The import prohibition was notified as G/SPS/N/IDN/50 on 
8 May 2012.  This prohibition is based on the Dictum  6 of the Decree of the Minister of Agriculture 
No. 3238 of 2009 concerning the Categorization of Animal Quarantine Disease and Classification of Carrier, and Ministerial Circular Letter No. 02 of 2012 dated 26 April 2012. 
 Based on the results of the  risk analysis study  of animal health and veterinary public health 
associated with the importation of MBM from the Un ited States of America by the Indonesian Risk 
Analysis Team from Directorate of Animal Health , Directorate General of Livestock and Animal 
Health, and taking into account the review from Ex pert Committee on Animal Health and Veterinary 
Public Health related to BSE, and discussions between expert of BSE and animal health from 
Indonesia and the United States of America, the Mini ster of Agriculture on behalf of the Indonesian 
Government through Ministerial Circular Letter No. 204/PD.620/M/7/2012 dated 5 July 2012 instruct 
to revoke the temporary import prohibition of Meat Bone Meal (MBM) from the United States of 
America. 
 Three other products (offal, bone in meat and ge latin of bone origin) still need risk analysis 
assessment more in-depth and comprehensive due  to their direct impact on human health. 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in period of application of measure 
[ ] Other:    G/SPS/N/IDN/50/Add.1 
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  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: 
Indonesian Agricultural Qu arantine Agency (IAQA) 
Ministry of Agriculture 
Jl. Harsono RM. No. 3 E Building 1st, 5th, and 7th Floor 
Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 Indonesia Tel:  +(62-21) 782 1367, 781 6480 Fax:  +(62-21) 782 1367 / 780 4337 / 781 6481 / 781 6483 
E-mail:  caqsps@indo.net.id 
Website:  http://karantina.deptan.go.id  
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Indonesian Agricultural Qu arantine Agency (IAQA) 
Ministry of Agriculture 
Jl. Harsono RM. No. 3 E Building 1st, 5th, and 7th Floor Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 Indonesia Tel:  +(62-21) 782 1367, 781 6480 Fax:  +(62-21) 782 1367 / 780 4337 / 781 6481 / 781 6483 
E-mail:  caqsps@indo.net.id 
Website:  http://karantina.deptan.go.id  
 
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