G/SPS/N/IDN/131  
 
13 January 2020  
(20-0313) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  INDONESIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency,  Ministry of Agriculture  
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):  Plant and plant product  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All tradi ng partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Japan  
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Decree of Minister of Agriculture concerning  Food 
Safety Control for Radioactive Contamination on Fresh food of Animal and/or Plant Origin 
from Japan . Language(s):  Bahasa Indonesia . Number of pages:  18 
6. Description of content:  Based on the risk assessment conducted by the Indonesian 
National Nuclear Competent Authority and related ministries/institutions, Indonesia is 
proposing the amendment of " The Regulation of Minister of Agriculture (MoA) on Food 
Safety Control for Radioactive Contamination on Fresh Food of Animal and/or Plant Origin 
from Japan " (Regulation of MoA Number 20/Permentan/OT.140/3/2011 in connection with 
the Regulation of MoA Number 66/ Permentan/OT.140/5/2014).  
The amendment will only be applied to fresh agri -food (including animal and plant 
products) exported from Japan to Indonesia. The requirement to conduct radioactivity 
testing and provide Certificate of Non -Radioactivity will be li mited only to fresh food 
produced in seven  prefectures as follows: Ibaraki, Miyagi, Nagano, Niigata, Tochigi, 
Yamanashi, and Yamagata. For traceability purpose, the name of prefecture of origin  shall 
be declared on the Country/Region of Origin  column in He alth Certificate/HC or the Place 
of Origin column  in Phytosanitary Certificate /PC from Japan. Testing requirement for 
Iodine -131 (I -131) will be revoked. The type of regulated commodities and the maximum 
limits for Cesium -137 (Ce -137) remain unchanged.  
The purpose of this communication is to publicly  announce the Ministry's decision in this 
regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for any inquiries.  
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. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CODEX STAN 193 -1995 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  G/SPS/N/IDN/131  
 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] 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:  Decree of 
Indonesian Minister of Health No . 1031 Year 2011   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : January 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : January 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publica tion, and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : January 2020  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 13 March 2020  
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:   
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: