. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1141 
25 October 2005 
 (05-4938) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Animal Food and Feed incl uding Animal products ( 0511), Inedible fats 
(1502.00.00 40), Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood (1602.50), Flours, 
meals, pellets of meat or meat offal (2301.10), Animal feed (2309.1015, 2309.1020, 
2309.1030, 2309.1032, 2309.1035,2309.1045)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Substances Prohibited 
From Use in Animal Food or Feed; Proposed  Rule (Available in English,32 pages)  
6. Description of content:  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend 
the agency's regulations to prohibit the use of certain cattle origin materials in the food or 
feed of all animals.  These materials include the following:  the brains and spinal cords from 
cattle 30 months of age and older, the brains  and spinal cords from cattle of any age not 
inspected and passed for human consumption, the entire carcass of cattle not inspected and 
passed for human consumption if the brains and spinal cords have not been removed, tallow 
that is derived from the materials prohibited by this proposed rule that contains more than 
0.15 percent insoluble impurities, and mechanica lly separated beef that is derived from the 
materials prohibited by this proposed rule.  These measures will further strengthen existing 
safeguards designed to help prevent the spr ead of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) 
in US cattle.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [ X ] 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:  BSE Chapter of the OIE Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code  G/SPS/N/USA/1141 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
6 October 2005 (Volume 70, Number 193) [Pages 58569-58601]  
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/05-20196.htm
 or 
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/05-20196.pdf  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  Submit written or electronic comments by 20 December 2005. 
Submit written comments on the information collection provisions by 7 November 2005.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Submit written or electronic comments and request s for a hearing, identified by Docket No. 
2002N-073, by any of the following methods:   Federal eRulemaking Portal:  http://www.regulations.gov
  
 Agency Website:  http://www.fda/dockets/ecomments   
 Fax:  301-827-6870  Mail/Hand delivery/Courier [For paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions]: Division 
of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, 
rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.  
Instructions:  All submissions received must  include the agency name and docket number 
for this rulemaking. All comments recei ved may be posted without change to 
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/default.htm
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13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms Julie Morin, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington 
D.C. 20250. Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@usda.gov  
Complete text can be also be found on the Internet at: 
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/05-20196.htm  or 
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/05-20196.pdf