WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/957 
17 July 2009 
 (09-3530) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures  
  
 
   
NOTIFICATIONS ISSUED DURI NG THE MONTH OF JUNE 2009  
 
Note by the Secretariat
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1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights or obligations under the WTO.  
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Notifying 
Member/Notification/ 
Date of Circulation Region/Country 
affected 
(as identified) Product covered Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
Bahrain, Kingdom of 
G/SPS/N/BHR/48 2 June 2009 All Trading Partners Quick frozen peaches ( Prunus P ersica) - HS Code 2005, 
ICS Code 67.080 Food safety 
Human health Labelling 
Packaging 1 August 2009 
Bahrain, Kingdom of 
G/SPS/N/BHR/49 2 June 2009 All Trading Partners Tehena for direct consumption - HS Code 2005, ICS Code 
67.080 Food safety 
Human health Labelling 
Packaging 1 August 2009 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1930 
2 June 2009 All Trading Partners Iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium in wheat, forage;  wheat, grain;  
wheat, hay;  and wheat, straw Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety 
Human health Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) 
Pesticides Not applicable 
Albania 
G/SPS/N/ALB/117 - 
EMERGENCY 
3 June 2009 Region of Guangxi, 
Guilin city (China) Meat, unprocessed milk Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. Food safety 
Foot and mouth disease 
Human health Regionalization Not applicable 
Albania 
G/SPS/N/ALB/118 - 
EMERGENCY 3 June 2009 Province of Qinghai 
(China) Live fowls (domestic and wild), fledglings (24 hour-old 
birds), decorative fowls (regardless of origin until a second 
order is issued), hatching eggs and eggs for human consumption, fowl semen, fowl meat, products originating 
from fowls destined for fowl and animal feed;  for industrial 
and agricultural uses, and pathological material and 
biological products originating from fowls Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Avian Influenza Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety 
Human health 
Regionalization Zoonoses Not applicable  
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affected 
(as identified) Product covered Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
Albania 
G/SPS/N/ALB/119 - EMERGENCY 
3 June 2009 Dubai city (United 
Arab Emirates) Meat and unprocessed milk Animal diseases 
Animal health Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety Foot and mouth disease 
Human health 
Regionalization Not applicable 
China 
G/SPS/N/CHN/116 - 
EMERGENCY 5 June 2009 Mexico; Texas and 
California (United 
States) Live swine and relative swine products Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg. 
Food safety 
H1N1 influenza Human health 
Regionalization 
Zoonoses Not applicable 
China 
G/SPS/N/CHN/117 - 
EMERGENCY 
5 June 2009 New York, Ohio and 
other states in which 
A/H1N1 occurred 
(United States) Live swine and relative swine products Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. Food safety 
H1N1 influenza 
Human health Regionalization 
Zoonoses Not applicable  
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affected 
(as identified) Product covered Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
China 
G/SPS/N/CHN/118 - EMERGENCY 
5 June 2009 Alberta (Canada) Live swine and rela tive swine products Animal diseases 
Animal health Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety H1N1 influenza 
Human health 
Regionalization 
Zoonoses Not applicable 
Chinese Taipei 
G/SPS/N/TPKM/162 5 June 2009 All Trading Partners Plants or plant products ( Frankliniella occidentalis ) Plant health 
Pests Quarantine measures 24 July 2009  
New Zealand 
G/SPS/N/NZL/357/Add.2 
8 June 2009 All Trading Partners Processed animal feeds of plant origin Animal feed 
Animal health 
Plant health Not applicable 
The Philippines 
G/SPS/N/PHL/153/Add.1 
9 June 2009 Belgium Live poultry (HS Code 0105), poultry meat (HS Code 0207), 
day-old chicks (HS Code 0105.11), eggs (HS Code 0407) 
and semen (HS Code 0511.99) Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Avian Influenza 
Food safety Human health 
Regionalization 
Withdrawal of the measure Zoonoses Not applicable 
The Philippines 
G/SPS/N/PHL/154 
9 June 2009 The Netherlands Meat of bovine animals (HS Codes 0201, 0202) Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) 
Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety 
Human health Zoonoses Not applicable  
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(as identified) Product covered Keywords Deadline for 
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comments 
The Philippines 
G/SPS/N/PHL/155 9 June 2009 Denmark Meat of bovine animals (HS Codes 0201, 0202) Animal diseases 
Animal health Bovine Spongiform 
Encephalopathy (BSE) 
Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg. 
Food safety 
Human health 
Zoonoses Not applicable 
Chile 
G/SPS/N/CHL/296/Add.1 11 June 2009 All Trading Partners Ready-to-eat food s unable to support the growth of L. 
monocytogenes  and ready-to-eat foods able to support the 
growth of L. monocytogenes  Bacteria 
Modification of final date for comments 
Food safety 
Human health Listeria monocytogenes 2 July 2009  
Chile 
G/SPS/N/CHL/297/Add.1 
11 June 2009 All Trading Partners Meat of swine, of poultry and of bovine animals, fish, milk 
and eggs, including products derived therefrom Dioxins 
Modification of final date 
for comments Food safety 
Human health 
Polychlorinated biphenyls 2 July 2009  
Chile 
G/SPS/N/CHL/298/Add.1 
11 June 2009 All Trading Partners Ovine and caprine semen Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Modification of final date 
for comments 2 July 2009  
Chile 
G/SPS/N/CHL/303 
11 June 2009 Bolivia Sunflower seeds for consumption or processing Plant health 
Seeds 40 days from the 
date of the 
notification 
Costa Rica 
G/SPS/N/CRI/75 
11 June 2009 All Trading Partners Fishery products - Sharks Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety 
Human health Not applicable  
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affected 
(as identified) Product covered Keywords Deadline for 
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comments 
Costa Rica 
G/SPS/N/CRI/76 11 June 2009 All Trading Partners Live cattle Animal health 
Animal welfare Human health Not applicable 
Costa Rica 
G/SPS/N/CRI/77 - 
EMERGENCY 11 June 2009 All Trading Partners Citrus ( Citrus  spp.)  propagation material and fruit.  
Propagation material of other Huanglongbing (HLB) host 
plants Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Plant diseases Plant health 
Territory protection Not applicable 
Costa Rica 
G/SPS/N/CRI/78 - 
EMERGENCY 
11 June 2009 All Trading Partners Fresh Cucurbitaceae fo r consumption Adopti on/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Fruit fly 
Pests Plant health 
Territory protection Not applicable 
Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia G/SPS/N/MKD/2/Add.1 
11 June 2009 All Trading Partners Veterinary medical products (HS Code 3003) Animal diseases 
Animal health Modification of final date 
for comments 
Human health Labelling 
Packaging 26 June 2009  
Korea, Republic of 
EMERGENCY G/SPS/N/KOR/318/Add.1 
11 June 2009 Spain Nursery stocks, wood and wood products of Pinus  spp., 
Larix  spp., Cedrus  spp. – Pinewood nematode Nematode 
Pests Plant health 
Regionalization 
Withdrawal of the measure Not applicable 
New Zealand 
G/SPS/N/NZL/422 
11 June 2009 Australia, Canada, the 
European Union, the 
United States Shelf-stable spray dried egg powders or  crystals Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Animal health 10 August 2009  
New Zealand 
G/SPS/N/NZL/423 
11 June 2009 All Trading Partners Unpasteurised milk products for human consumption Animal health 
Food safety 
Human health 20 July 2009   
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(as identified) Product covered Keywords Deadline for 
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Argentina 
G/SPS/N/ARG/126 12 June 2009 All Trading Partners Fish, molluscs and crustaceans (including eg gs and gametes) Animal health 11 August 2009  
Chile 
G/SPS/N/CHL/304 
12 June 2009 All Trading Partners Animals of the Procyonidae and Mustelidae families Animal health 
Human health 40 days from the 
date of the 
notification 
Chile G/SPS/N/CHL/305 
12 June 2009 Panama Fresh melons and watermelons for consumption Plant health 
Risk assessment 60 days from the 
date of the 
notification 
Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia 
G/SPS/N/MKD/3 - 
EMERGENCY 12 June 2009 All Trading Partners Live animals - mammals (HS Code 01);  meat and edible 
meat offal, products of animal origin and preparations of 
meat (HS Codes 02, 05, 16);  prepared animal fodder (HS 
Code 23) Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. Food safety 
Human health 
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) 
Zoonoses Not applicable 
Japan 
G/SPS/N/JPN/230 12 June 2009 United States Sweet cherries (HS Code 080920) – Codling moth Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. Equivalence 
Plant health Not applicable 
Korea, Republic of 
G/SPS/N/KOR/212/Add.5 12 June 2009 All Trading Partners Plants or plant products Fruit fly 
Pests Plant health 
Quarantine measures 
Modification of content/scope of regulation 11 August 2009   
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affected 
(as identified) Product covered Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
Philippines 
G/SPS/N/PHL/150/Add.1 12 June 2009 All Trading Partners Foods derived from recombinant-DNA plants Modification of final date 
for comments Food safety 
Genetically modified 
organisms Human health 
Risk assessment 31 July 2009  
Philippines 
G/SPS/N/PHL/151/Add.1 
12 June 2009 All Trading Partners Recombinant-DNA plant material s in food and feed Modification of final date 
for comments 
Food safety 
Genetically modified organisms 
Human health 
Risk assessment 31 July 2009  
Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/198/Add.3 
15 June 2009 All Trading Partners Animals of the bovine and bubaline species Animal health 
Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety Human health 
Traceability Not applicable 
Korea, Republic of 
G/SPS/N/KOR/329 15 June 2009 All Trading Partners Food additives Food additives 
Food safety Human health 8 August 2009  
Korea, Republic of 
G/SPS/N/KOR/330 
15 June 2009 All Trading Partners Food products Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits (MRLs) 
Pesticides 
Veterinary drugs 14 August 2009   
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(as identified) Product covered Keywords Deadline for 
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United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1869/Add.1 15 June 2009 All Trading Partners Bottled water - HS Code 2201 Bacteria 
Beverages Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Escherichia coli Food safety 
Human health Not applicable 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1885/Add.1 
15 June 2009 Israel Eggplant Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Fruit fly 
Pests Plant health Not applicable 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1923/Add.1 
15 June 2009 Germany and Poland Live birds, poultry products, eggs, game birds, other birds Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Avian Influenza Food safety 
Human health 
Regionalization Risk assessment 
Zoonoses Not applicable 
Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/375/Add.2 16 June 2009 All Trading Partners Rice ( Oryza sativa  L.) – HS code 1006 Food safety 
Human health Change in date of adoption Not applicable 
Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/413/Add.1 
16 June 2009 All Trading Partners Meat, milk, honey, eg gs and fishery Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety Human health 
Pesticides 
Veterinary drugs Not applicable  
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affected 
(as identified) Product covered Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/351/Add.1 16 June 2009 All Trading Partners Chlorothalonil in or on cucurbit vegetables (ICS Codes: 
65.020, 65.100, 67.080) Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits (MRLs) 
Pesticides Not applicable 
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/360/Add.1 
16 June 2009 All Trading Partners Fluazinam in or on potatoes  (ICS Codes: 65.020, 65.100, 
67.080) Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety 
Human health Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) 
Pesticides Not applicable 
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/361/Add.1 
16 June 2009 All Trading Partners Imidacloprid in or on Saskatoon berries  (ICS Codes:  
65.020, 65.100, 67.080) Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety 
Human health Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) 
Pesticides Not applicable 
Costa Rica 
G/SPS/N/CRI/79 
16 June 2009 All Trading Partners Bovine animals and products thereof - HS Codes 0201 and 
0202 - Brucellosis Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. Food safety 
Human health 
Zoonoses Not applicable  
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(as identified) Product covered Keywords Deadline for 
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Costa Rica 
G/SPS/N/CRI/80 16 June 2009 All Trading Partners Bovine animals and products thereof: - HS Codes 0201 and 
0202 - Tuberculosis Animal diseases 
Animal health Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety Human health 
Zoonoses Not applicable 
Costa Rica 
G/SPS/N/CRI/81 
16 June 2009 All Trading Partners Products of animal origin Animal health 
Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety Human health Not applicable 
European Communities 
G/SPS/N/EEC/294/Add.1 
16 June 2009 EC member States and 
third countries 
exporting the products concerned to the EC Food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings - HS 
Codes 0910, 2103, 2106, 2901 to 2940, 3302, 3507. ICS: 
67.220 and foods in which they are used Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food additives Food safety 
Human health Not applicable 
European Communities 
G/SPS/N/EEC/340/Add.1 16 June 2009 All Trading Partners Food contact materials Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. Food safety 
Human health 
Labelling Packaging Not applicable 
New Zealand 
G/SPS/N/NZL/295/Add.1 
16 June 2009 All Trading Partners Grains and seeds for consumption, feed or processing Plant health 
Quarantine measures 
Modification of content/scope of regulation No opportunity 
for comments is 
required. 
Chinese Taipei 
G/SPS/N/TPKM/151/Add.1 
16 June 2009 All Trading Partners Horses Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Quarantine measures Salmonella Not applicable  
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United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1931 16 June 2009 Saxony (Germany) Animals and animal products Animal diseases 
Animal health Avian Influenza 
Food safety 
Human health Regionalization 
Risk assessment 
Zoonoses 13 July 2009  
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/362/Add.1 
17 June 2009 All Trading Partners Fenamidone in or on bulb vegetables (ICS Codes 65.020, 
65.100, 67.080) Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety Human health 
Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) Pesticides Not applicable 
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/364/Add.1 
17 June 2009 All Trading Partners Sethoxydim in or on grain lupin (ICS Codes 65.020, 65.100, 
67.060) Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety Human health 
Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) Pesticides Not applicable 
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/365/Add.1 
17 June 2009 All Trading Partners Metalaxyl in or on root vegetables, except sugar beets  (ICS 
Codes 65.020, 65.100, 67.080) Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety Human health 
Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) 
Pesticides Not applicable  
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(as identified) Product covered Keywords Deadline for 
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comments 
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/368/Add.1 17 June 2009 All Trading Partners Imidacloprid in or  on ginseng, nectarines, peaches and 
potatoes (ICS Codes 65.020, 65.100, 67.080) Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits (MRLs) 
Pesticides Not applicable 
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/369/Add.1 
17 June 2009 All Trading Partners Flucarbazone-sodium in or on livestock commodities (ICS 
Codes 65.020, 65.100, 67.100, 67.120) Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety 
Human health Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) 
Pesticides Not applicable 
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/370/Add.1 
17 June 2009 All Trading Partners Cyazofamid in or on cucurbit vegetables (ICS Codes 65.020, 
65.100, 67.080) Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety 
Human health Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) 
Pesticides Not applicable 
European Communities 
G/SPS/N/EEC/289/Add.2 
17 June 2009 EC member States and 
third countries 
exporting these 
products to the European Communities Plant protection products; CN heading 3808 (Fungicides, 
Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth 
regulators, among other similar products) excluding 3808.40 
ex-post Food safety 
Human health 
Plant health 
Pesticides As soon as 
possible in order 
to take account of 
any relevant comments before 
the final adoption 
of the regulation. 
Korea, Republic of 
G/SPS/N/KOR/331 
17 June 2009 All Trading Partners Apparatus, containers and packages for food products Food safety 
Human health 
Packaging Polychlorinated biphenyls 16 August 2009   
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Mexico 
G/SPS/N/MEX/216 17 June 2009 All Trading Partners Epidemiological surveillance, prevention and control of 
vector-borne diseases Food safety 
Human health Plant health Not applicable 
Mexico 
G/SPS/N/MEX/216/Add.1 
17 June 2009 All Trading Partners Epidemiological surveillance, prevention and control of 
vector-borne diseases Food safety 
Human health 
Change in date of adoption Modification of 
content/scope of regulation Not applicable 
Mexico 
G/SPS/N/MEX/217 
17 June 2009 All Trading Partners Cereals and cereal and semolina flours and mixtures thereof 
- Bakery products Food safety 
Human health Not applicable 
Mexico 
G/SPS/N/MEX/217/Add.1 17 June 2009 All Trading Partners Cereals and cereal an d semolina flours and mixtures thereof.  
Bakery products Food safety 
Human health Not applicable 
Albania 
G/SPS/N/ALB/120 - 
EMERGENCY 22 June 2009 China Meat, unprocessed milk Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg. 
Foot and mouth disease 
Regionalization Not applicable 
Chinese Taipei 
G/SPS/N/TPKM/163 
22 June 2009 All Trading Partners Pesticides in fru its, vegetables and cereals Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) Pesticides 21 August 2009  
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/391 
23 June 2009 All Trading Partners Sucralose as sweetener in pickles (ICS Codes 67.080, 
67.220) Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food additives 
Food safety 
Human health 27 August 2009   
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European Communities 
G/SPS/N/EEC/342 23 June 2009 All EC member States 
and all third countries which have an EU 
approved Salmonella 
control programme for flocks of laying hens, 
being (on 1 June 2009) 
only Croatia   Table eggs (HS Code 0407) Animal diseases 
Animal health Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. 
Food safety Human health 
Salmonella 
Zoonoses 22 August 2009  
Korea, Republic of 
G/SPS/N/KOR/332 
23 June 2009 All Trading Partners Health /functional foods Aflatoxins 
Contaminants 
Food safety Heavy metals 
Human health 
Toxins 22 August 2009  
New Zealand 
G/SPS/N/NZL/424 
23 June 2009 All Trading Partners Specified processed bee products Animal health 22 August 2009  
Argentina 
G/SPS/N/ARG/127 24 June 2009 Chinese Taipei Oncidium  spp. and Phalaenopsis spp. plants Plant health 23 August 2009  
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1932 
24 June 2009 Bács-Kiskun and 
Csongrád counties  
(Hungary) Animals and animal products Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Avian Influenza Regionalization 
Zoonoses 15 July 2009  
Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/144/Add.3 25 June 2009 All Trading Partners Livestock and Agricultural International Surveillance Animal health 
Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg. 
Food safety 
Human health 
Plant health 
Territory protection Not applicable  
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Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/444/Add.1 25 June 2009 All Trading Partners Bananas and heliconias and parts thereof - Moko disease 
(Ralstonia solanacearum  Race 2) Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. Plant diseases 
Plant health 
Regionalization Territory protection Not applicable 
New Zealand 
G/SPS/N/NZL/425 
25 June 2009 All Trading Partners Fish food and fish bait Animal feed 
Animal health 
Food safety 
Human health 
Risk assessment Territory protection 24 August 2009  
New Zealand 
G/SPS/N/NZL/426 
25 June 2009 China Fresh onion ( Allium cepa  Liliaceae) bulbs for human 
consumption Plant health 
Risk assessment 31 July 2009  
Thailand 
G/SPS/N/THA/177 
25 June 2009 All Trading Partners Food seasonings derived from the hydrolysis or fermentation 
of soybean protein  (ICS Code 67.040) Food safety 
Human health 24 August 2009  
Mexico 
G/SPS/N/MEX/218 29 June 2009 All Trading Partners Cocoa, cocoa products and by-products Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. Food safety 
Human health 
Plant health Not applicable 
Mexico 
G/SPS/N/MEX/218/Add.1 
26 June 2009 All Trading Partners Cocoa, cocoa pr oducts and by-products Food safety 
Human health 
Plant health n/a 
Korea, Republic of 
G/SPS/N/KOR/333 
29 June 2009 All Trading Partners Food additives Food additives 
Food safety 
Heavy metals 
Human health 22 August 2009   
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European Communities 
G/SPS/N/EEC/307/Add.1 30 June 2009 EC member States and 
third countries exporting these 
products to the 
European Communities Foodstuffs of animal origin  Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of reg. Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits (MRLs) 
Veterinary drugs Not applicable 
Chinese Taipei 
G/SPS/N/TPKM/164 
30 June 2009 All Trading Partners Polycarbonate baby bottles Food safety 
Human health 
 29 August 2009  
n.a. = not available, not identified 
 
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