. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/MAC/10 
3 October 2008  
 (08-4716) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   MACAO, CHINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:   Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau 
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):  Bovines, their meat and meat products , organs and viscera, meat and bone-
meal from bovines and other derivatives from the said animals; for consumption or processing. 
The following commodities are without restriction: 
(a) Milk and milk products; 
(b) Semen; (c) Protein-free tallow (maximum level of insoluble impurities of 0.15% in weight) 
and derivatives made from this tallow; 
(d) Dicalcium phosphate (with no trace of protein or fat); 
(e) Hides and skins; 
(f) Gelatine and collagen prepared ex clusively from hides and skins; 
(g) In vivo derived cattle embryos coll ected and handled in accordance with the 
recommendations of the International Embryo Transfer Society. 
(h) After taking into account the recommendation of international organization such as 
OIE, the international publication of measu res, the related sanitary inspection and 
quarantine stipulation of import product be ing applied by the People’s Republic of 
China or other countries or regions, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau has certified that through the effective measur e being taken, even though the countries 
or regions have Bovine Spongiform Ence phalopathy (BSE) occurrence before, the 
following products are eligible to be imported: 
 (1) Boneless meat derived from the cattle  under 30 months of age at the time 
of slaughter, with spinal column, skull, brain, eyes, spinal cord, dorsal root ganglia, tonsils, distal ileum completely removed; 
 (2) Blood and blood by-products. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
countries and regions  G/SPS/N/MAC/10 
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  5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Temporary suspension 
on the importation of bovine meat and other derivatives from said animals from all BSE affected countries and regions (availa ble in Chinese and Portuguese, 2 pages)  
6. Description of content:  Description of content:  For public health and food safety, the 
Macao Special Administrative Region has imposed a temporary suspension on the 
importation of bovine meat a nd other derivatives from the said animals which suffered 
from or were suspected to suffer from Bo vine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). 
Under the circumstance that beef products, from countries or regions that have been 
temporary suspended for importation due to the occurrence of BSE, have been certified to 
be eligible for importation, Civic and Munici pal Affairs Bureau may suggest and publicize 
the release of the suspension starting from the date authorized by the Chief Executive. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] 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:  Emergency measure to 
prevent the entry of BSE. 
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] 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:    
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Macao Special 
Administrative Region Bulletin no. 53 date d 31 December 2007 (available in Chinese and 
Portuguese) 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  26 December 2007    
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [   ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from: [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: