. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/580 
4 November 2009  
 (09-5504) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Feed for ruminants and ruminants 
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:  Normative Instruction nº41 of 8 October 2009 
Language:  Portuguese  Number of pages:  6 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2009/sps/BRA/09_3835_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified document approves the procedures to be adopted 
during the inspection of feed for ruminants in farm or facilities of raising and the 
procedures for the destination of ruminants which had access to ingredients of animal 
origin forbidden in the feed. 
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 stan dard?  If so, 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)  Terrestrial Animal Health Code 
Chapter 6.3  
[ ] 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:    G/SPS/N/BRA/580 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  The document 
was published in the "Diário Oficial da Uniã o" Nº 194 (Federal Official Journal) from 
9 October 2009, section 1, page  8-9 (available in Portuguese) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  9 October 2009 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  9 October 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  9 October 2009 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Secretariat of Agribusiness International Relations - SRI 
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply - MAPA 
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 
70043-900 - Brasília - DF - Brazil Tel:  +(5561) 3218 2308/3218 2834 Fax:  +(5561) 3225 4738 E-mail:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br Website:  http://www.agricultura.gov.br/
 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: