. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/301 
22 March 2007 
 (07-1213) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  BRAZIL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply - MAPA 
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):   Plants processing products destined for animal feed  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Normative Instruction 
Nº 4, issued on 23 February 2007, published in the "Diário Oficial da União" Nº 41 (Federal 
Official Journal) from 1 March 2007, section 1, pages 5 to 10.  The text may be downloaded 
from the following Internet site: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=17664  
(available only in Portuguese, 23 pages, No rmative Instruction and annexes I and II) 
6. Description of content:  The notified regulation approves the technical regulation and the 
Inspection Guidelines on the hygienic-sanitary  conditions and Good Manufacturing Practice 
(GMP) for plants processing products  destined for animal feed.  
 Plants referred to above are given: 
• a period of 365 days after the publication of this normative instruction to provide 
the implementing plan for Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP);  and 
• a period of 545 days after the publication of this normative instruction to comply 
with the approved technical regulation and inspection guidelines. 
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   G/SPS/N/BRA/301 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Not specified. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  1 March 2007 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 March 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Secretariat of Agribusiness International Relations - SRI 
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply - MAPA Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 
70043-900 - Brasília – DF - BRAZIL 
Telephone:  +(5561) 3218-2308/3218-2834 Telefax:  +(5561) 3225-4738 E-mail/Internet:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br   
Web site:  www.agricultura.gov.br  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Secretariat of Agribusiness International Relations - SRI 
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply - MAPA Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 70043-900 - Brasília – DF - BRAZIL Telephone:  +(5561) 3218-2308/3218-2834 Telefax:  +(5561) 3225-4738 
E-mail/Internet:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br  
Web site:  www.agricultura.gov.br