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G/SPS/N/CHL/359 
15 June 2011 
 (11-2925) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health) 
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):  Cereals, roots, tubers, vegetables, fru it, meat and meat products, milk and 
milk products, fish and shellfish and product s thereof, and baby and infant foods. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners [X] Specific regions or countries:  Japan  
5. Title of the notified document:  Dispone exigencia de certificación de ausencia de 
contaminación por radionucleidos en  alimentos importados desde Japón (Requirement for 
certification of the absence of radionuclide c ontamination in food imported from Japan)  
Language(s):  Spanish Number of pages:  2 
Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/CHL/11_1874_00_s.pdf
6. Description of content:  The notified text establish es a radiological certification 
requirement for all tariff item numbers co rresponding to the following types of food from 
Japan:  cereals, roots, tubers, vegetables, fru it, meat and meat products, milk and milk 
products, fish and shellfish and products  thereof, and baby and infant foods. 
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:  To protect consumers 
from potential risks arising from the nucl ear accident that occurred in Japan. 
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)  G/SPS/N/CHL/359 
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   [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[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:   Reglamento 
Sanitario de los Alimentos, Decreto N°  977 de 1996, del Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of 
Health Decree No. 977 of 1996:  Food Hea lth Regulations) (available in Spanish) 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  3 June 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
E-mail:  sps.chile@sag.gob.cl  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
E-mail:  sps.chile@sag.gob.cl