. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARG/141 
31 January 2011 
 (11-0484) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Notifying Member:  ARGENTINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria , SENASA 
(National Agriculture and Food Quality and Health Service) 
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):  Meat and meat products of poultry a nd swine;  eggs and egg products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Germany and the Netherlands 
5. Title of the notified document:  Comunicado del Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad 
Agroalimentaria, 24 de enero de 2011 (Communiqué from the National Agriculture and 
Food Quality and Health Service of 24 January 2011) Language:  Spanish Number of 
pages:  17 
6. Description of content:  Establishment of a system to monitor polychlorinated biphenyls 
(PCBs) in meat and meat products of poultry and swine and in eggs and egg products from 
the Federal Republic of Germany and the Ki ngdom of the Netherlands.  Surveillance 
sampling will be conducted to detect PCBs;  shipments from which a sample has been 
taken will be held until the results of the analys is are available and released when the result 
is negative. 
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:  The notified measure is 
being taken in response to the detection of dioxins in products of animal origin in the Federal Republic of Germany a nd the Kingdom of the Netherlands. G/SPS/N/ARG/141 
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  9. Is there a relevant international standa rd?  If so, identify the standard: 
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM N°)  
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] 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:  
11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable):  
24 January 2011 
[ ] Trading facility measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.   Address, fax number and E-mail address 
(if available) of other body: 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA) 
Unidad de Relaciones Internacionales Tel.: +(54 11) 4121-5353 Fax: +(54 11) 4121-5360 E-mail: relint@senasa.gov.ar Website: http://www.senasa.gov.ar/