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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1792 
30 April 2008  
 (08-2079) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  US Food and Drug Administration 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Animal food and feed 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Trading 
partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Substances Prohibited 
From Use in Animal Food or Feed (Final Rule) (available in English, 40 pages) 
6. Description of content:   The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a final rule to 
prohibit the use of certain cattle origin materials in the food or feed of all animals.  These 
materials include the following:   (1) the entire carcass of bovine spongiform encephalopathy 
(BSE)-positive cattle;  (2) the brains and spinal cords from cattle that are 30 months of age and older;  (3) the entire carcass of cattle not inspected and passed for human consumption 
that are 30 months of age or older from which br ains and spinal cords were not removed;  (4) 
tallow that is derived from BSE-positive cattle;  (5) tallow that is derived from other materials prohibited by this rule that contains more th an 0.15 percent insoluble impurities; and (6) 
mechanically separated beef that is derived from  the materials prohibited by this rule.  These 
measures will further strengthen  existing safeguards against BSE.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests    
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The rule uses the international standard for 
impurities in tallow (OIE Terrestrial Animal  Health Code, Chapter 2.3.13 (BSE), Article 
1(e)). G/SPS/N/USA/1792 
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  9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which th ese are available:   Final rule published in 
the Federal Register at 73 FR 22720-22758 (availab le in English).  The notice can be found 
at:  http://www.fda.gov/OHRM S/DOCKETS/98fr/08-1180.pdf
   
10. Proposed date of adoption:  25 April 2008   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  27 April 2008   
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
Dr. Burt Pritchett, Center for Veteri nary Medicine (HFV-222), Food and Drug 
Administration, 7519 Standish Place, Roc kville, Maryland, 20855, USA. Phone: 240-453-
6860  
E-mail:  burt.pritchett@fda.hhs.gov Complete text can be also be found on the Internet at: http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/ DOCKETS/98fr/08-1180.pdf
 .   For access to the docket to read 
background documents or comments received, go to 
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms /dockets/default.htm  and insert the Docket No. 2002N-0273 into 
the "Search'' box and follow the prompts. 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notificati on authority, [   ] Na tional enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Aut hority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov