. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EGY/35 
16 March 2009  
 (09-1278) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EGYPT  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  General Organization for Veterinary Services (GOVS) 
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):  Hydrolyzed feathers meal 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  To Allow Importation of Heat-Treated Feathers Powder 
According to Ministerial Decree No. (205/2009) Requirements  Language:  Arabic  
Number of pages:  2   
6. Description of content:  Allow the importation of heat-treated feather meals according to 
the following requirements: 
- the exported country is free from avian influenza; 
- washing off to remove any obvious faecal contamination; - heat treatment at 135°C and under pressure of two bar for four hours; 
- free from additives and containing 75 per cent of digested protein; 
- free from any causes of disease, fungus (specially aflatoxins) and any offensive 
odour; 
- humidity not more than 8 per cent; - cured protein not less than 80 per cent; 
- ash not more than 4 per cent. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/EGY/35 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[ X ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ X ] Yes   [   ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :       
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :      
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  5 February 2009    
[ X ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Department of Foreign Agricultural Relations 
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation 
Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt 
Tel:  +(20) 3 76 28 195 Fax:  +(20) 3 76 03153 E-mail:  enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Department of Foreign Agricultural Relations  
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation 
Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt Tel:  +(20) 3 76 28 195 Fax:  +(20) 3 76 03153 E-mail:  enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com