G/SPS/N/JPN/1020  
 
10 May 2022  
(22-3653) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member:  JAPAN  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)  
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):  Live poultry, poultry meat and egg products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  States of Vermont, Alaska, Montana, Kansas and 
Colorado, United States of America  
5. Title of the notified document:  Import suspension of live poultry from States of 
Vermont and Ala ska, and poultry meat and egg products from Caledonia County in 
Vermont, Matanuska -Susitna County in Alaska, Missoula County in Montana, Republic 
County in Kansas and Weld County in Colorado in the United States of America . 
Language(s):  . Number of pages:   
6. Description of content:  In order to prevent the introduction of High Pathogenicity Avian 
Influenza (HPAI) virus into Japan, MAFF has suspended the import of live poultry from 
States of Vermont and Alaska, and poultry meat and egg products from Caledonia County 
in Vermont, Matanuska -Susitna County in Alaska, Missoula County in Montana, Republic 
County in Kansas and Weld County in Colorado in the United States of America, including 
those shipped through third countries, since 2 May 2022, based on Articles 37 and 44 of 
the "Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control", "Animal Health Requirements for 
day old -chicks and hatching eggs to be exported to Japan from the United States" and 
"Animal Health Requirements for the poultry meat etc. to be exported to Japan from the 
United States".  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  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:  Outbreaks of HPAI 
were confirmed in poultry holdings in States of Vermont, Alaska, Montana, Kansas and 
Colorado in the United States of America.  
9. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, iden tify 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) : Chapter 10.4. "Infectio n with high 
pathogenicity avian influenza viruses"  G/SPS/N/JPN/1020  
 
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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:   
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Current  "Animal Health Requirements for day old -chicks and hatching eggs to be exported 
to Japan from the United  States" and "Animal Health Requirements for the poultry meat 
etc. to be exported to Japan from the United States":  
http://www.maff.go.jp/aqs/hou/require/attach/pdf/25 -186us_r e.pdf 
http://www.maff.go.jp/aqs/hou/require/attach/pdf/chicken -meet-82.pdf  
(available in English and Japanese)  
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of applicati on (as applicable):  
2 May 2022 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Japan Enquiry Point  
International Trade Division  
Economic Affairs Bureau  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
Fax: +(81 31) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Japan Enquiry Point  
International Trade Division  
Economic Affairs Bureau  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
Fax: +(81 31) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp