. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/SGP/36 
15 December 2008  
 (08-6144) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
 
1. Notifying Member:  SINGAPORE
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore 
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):  Pork and pork products (HS codes Ch apters 2, 5, 15, 16, 19 and 21) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[   ] All trading partners, or 
[ X ] Specific regions or countries:  Ireland  
5. Title of the notified document:  Suspension of import of pork and pork products from 
Ireland into Singapore (No document)  Language:     Number of pages:       
6. Description of content:  The Irish Government has recalled all Irish pork products 
produced from pigs slaughtered in Ireland after laboratory results of animal feed and pork 
fat samples obtained by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) confirmed the presence of dioxins.  Following this announcem ent, Singapore has suspended the import of 
all pork and pork products from Ireland on 7 December 2008. 
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Dioxins are 
environmental contaminants that pose a food safety risk to consumers.  It is illegal for dioxins to be in food products.  The suspen sion is to mitigate the risk pending further 
investigation by the Irish authority. 
9. Is there a relevant international standard ?  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 G/SPS/N/SGP/36 
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Does this proposed regulation conform to  the revelant international standard? 
 [   ] Yes   [ X ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   N o t  
applicable 
11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable):  
7 December 2008 
[   ] Trading Facility measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] 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:   
 Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore  
 (Attn: Ms Sherie Low Xin Yi)  5 Maxwell Road, #02-03  Tower Block, MND Complex 
 Singapore 069110 
 Republic of Singapore  E-mail:  low_xin_yi@ava.gov.sg