. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/231 
30 May 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Notifying Member:  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, 
PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU   
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Executive 
Yuan 
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):  All imported food items produced in the Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma 
and Chiba prefectures of Japan. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Japan  
5. Title of the notified document:  The measure temporarily suspended our acceptance of 
inspection applications for all imported food items produced in the Fukushima, Ibaraki, 
Tochigi, Gunma and Chiba prefectures of Japan.  Language(s):  English  Number of 
pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  The measure has temporarily suspended our acceptance of 
inspection applications for all imported food items produced in the Fukushima, Ibaraki, 
Tochigi, Gunma and Chiba prefectures of Jap an.  This measure came into effect on 
26 March 2011, and was preceded by a public announcement by the Taiwan Food and Drug 
Administration, Department of Health  on 25 March 2011 (FDA food no.1001300991).  
This measure will be strengthened or rel eased by announcement of the Taiwan Food and 
Drug Administration, Department of Health. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] 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:  Due to the accident at 
the Fukushima nuclear power plant after the ea rthquake. High levels of radioactivity were 
found in certain foodstuffs in the Fukushi ma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma and Chiba 
prefectures of Japan. G/SPS/N/TPKM/231 
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  9. Is there a relevant international standard ?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) Codex general standard for contam inants and toxins in food and 
feed - Codex, Standard 193-1995 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[ ] 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 langua ge(s) in which these are available:    
Public announcement of FDA food no.1001300991 
(full texts may be downloaded from the following website:  
http://www.fda.gov.tw/news.aspx?new ssn=7363&key_year=2011&keyword= ) (available 
in Chinese) 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):   
26 March 2011 
[ ] 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:   
Food and Drug Administration  
Department of Health, Executive Yuan No.161-2, Kunyang St, Nangang District, Taipei City 115-61, Taiwan (R.O.C) 
Tel:  +(886 2) 2787 7324 
Fax:  +(886 2) 2653 1062 E-mail:  hcchen@fda.gov.tw 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Food and Drug Administration 
Department of Health, Executive Yuan 
No.161-2, Kunyang St, Nangang District, Taipei City 115-61, Taiwan 
Tel:  +(886 2) 2787 7324 Fax:  +(886 2) 2653 1062 E-mail:  hcchen@fda.gov.tw