WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IDN/32/Rev.1 
29 July 2008  
 (08-3625) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Revision
 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  INDONESIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine  Agency, Ministry of Agriculture 
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):  Fresh food of plant origin 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Decree of the 
Minister of Agriculture regarding Food Safety  Control over the Import and Export of Fresh 
Food of Plant Origin.  Complete text can be acce ssed in Website http://karantina.deptan.go.id  
(available in English, 42 pages) 
6. Description of content:  In order to assure the compliance of food safety requirements, as 
well as plant quarantine requirement s, it is deemed necessary to  carry out food safety control 
over the import of fresh food of plant origin at  the designated points of entry, and to improve 
the competitiveness of Indonesia's fresh food of pl ant origin in the international market, it is 
deemed necessary to carry out f ood safety control over the export of fresh food of plant origin 
at the designated points of exit.  This regul ation is an implementa tion of the provision of 
Articles 36, 37 and 41 of th e Government Regulation No. 28 of 2004 concerning Food Safety, 
Quality, and Nutrient.  This draft regulation also  substitutes the previous draft regulation that 
has been notified as G/SPS/ N/IDN/32 dated 17 April 2007.  
This draft decree stipulates su ch requirements of import and export of fresh food of plant 
origin as: 
1. General provisions 
2. Institution of Food Safety for Fresh Food of Plant Origin (food safety competent authority 
and regulatory body for fresh food of plant origin; certification body; food safety 
certificate/document; food safety re-export certificate/document) 
3. The mechanisms of recognition on food safety  control systems of exporting countries 
4. The mechanisms of equivalence agr eement on food safety control systems 
5. Import (import from countries whose food sa fety control systems are recognized and have 
not been recognized yet, and from countries having equivalence agreements and have no 
equivalence agreement yet;  prio r notification;  requirements) G/SPS/N/IDN/32/Rev.1 
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   6. Export (requirements and control) 
7. Laboratory testing 
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] 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:   
− Principles for Food Import and Export Insp ection and Certifica tion (CAC/GL 20-1995) 
− Guidelines for Food Import and Expo rt Control Systems (CAC/GL 47-2003) 
− Guidelines for the Design, Operation, Asse ssment and Accreditation of Food Import and 
Export Inspection and Certific ation Systems (CAC/GL 26-1997) 
− Guidelines on the Judgment of Equivalence of Sanitary Measures Associated with Food 
Inspection and Certification Systems (CAC/GL 53-2003) 
− Codex Alimentarius Joint FAO/WHO Food St andards Program Volume 2B, Pesticide 
Residues in Food-Maximum Resi due Limits, Second Edition, 2000 
− Assuring Food Safety and Quality, Guidelin es for Strengthening National Food Control 
Systems, FAO and WHO, 2003 
− Codex General Standard for Contaminants  and Toxins in Foods.  CODEX STAN 193-
1995, Rev.2-2006 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Government 
Regulation No. 28 of 2004 concerning Food Safety, Quality, and Nutrient (Articles 36, 37 and 
41) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days after publication 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
Indonesian Agricultura l Quarantine Agency 
Ministry of Agriculture 
Jl. Harsono RM No. 3 E Building 7th Floor 
Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 Indonesia Tel:  +(62) 21 781 6480 
Fax:  +(62) 21 781 6481/781 6483 
E-mail:  caqsps@indo.net.id               sps_ind@deptan.go.id Website:  http://karantina.deptan.go.id
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  13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Indonesian Agricultura l Quarantine Agency 
Ministry of Agriculture Jl. Harsono RM No. 3 E Building 7
th Floor 
Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 
Indonesia Tel:  +(62) 21 781 6480 Fax:  +(62) 21 781 6481/781 6483 E-mail:  caqsps@indo.net.id 
              sps_ind@deptan.go.id 
Website:  http://karantina.deptan.go.id