WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/917 
14 April 2009 
 (09-1751) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures  
  
 
   
NOTIFICATIONS ISSUED DURI NG THE MONTH OF MARCH 2009  
 
Note by the Secretariat
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1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights or obligations under the WTO.  
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Notifying Member/Notification/ 
Date of Circulation Region/Country 
affected 
(as identified)  
Product covered  
Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
South Africa 
G/SPS/N/ZAF/26 2 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Maximum levels of Melamine in foodstuffs Contaminants 
Food safety Human health 
Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) Risk assessment 1 May 2009 
New Zealand 
G/SPS/N/NZL/390/Add.1 
4 March 2009 Australia Cooked poultry meat products for human consumption - 
Compartmentalization Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation 
Food safety Human health 
Regionalization 
Territory protection Zoonoses 
Change in date of adoption Not applicaable 
New Zealand 
G/SPS/N/NZL/418 4 March 2009 Australia Alpacas, llamas Animal diseases 
Animal health Human health 
Territory protection 
Zoonoses 17 March 2009  
Chinese Taipei 
G/SPS/N/TPKM/155 
4 March 2009 All trading 
partners Fruits, vegetables, cereals and dry beans Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) Pesticides 3 May 2009  
Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/495/Add.1 
5 March 2009 China Sheep and goats cas ings Animal health 
Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation 
Food safety 
Human health Not applicable  
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Date of Circulation Region/Country 
affected 
(as identified)  
Product covered  
Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/525 5 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Chlorothalonil in lettuce, peanuts, eggplant, carrot, beans, 
papaya, watermelon, melon and pepper Food safety 
Human health Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) 
Pesticides 18 March 2009  
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/380/Corr.1 
5 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Preservatives in prepared and preserved fish products - ICS 
Codes 67.120, 67.220 Food additives 
Food safety 
Human health 30 April 2009 
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/381 
5 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Clethodim, iprodione, fosetyl-aluminum and lambda-
cyhalothrin in various commodities - ICS Codes 65.100, 
65.020, 67.060, 67.080, 67.100, 67.120, 67.220 Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) Pesticides 4 May 2009 
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/382 
5 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Phenmedipham in or on sugar beets (ICS Codes 65.020, 
65.100, 67.080) Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits (MRLs) 
Pesticides 29 April 2009  
India 
G/SPS/N/IND/61 5 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners All pre-packaged food imported or domestically produced Food additives 
Food safety Human health 25 April 2009  
Republic of Korea  
G/SPS/N/KOR/314 
5 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Children's favorite food Food safety 
Human health 20 March 2009  
Republic of Korea 
G/SPS/N/KOR/315 
5 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Children's favorite food Food safety 
Human health 20 March 2009  
Nicaragua 
G/SPS/N/NIC/49/Add.2 
5 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Fishery and aquaculture products Animal health 
Modification of final date 
for comments 
Food safety Human health 
Traceability 10 March 2009  
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Notifying Member/Notification/ 
Date of Circulation Region/Country 
affected 
(as identified)  
Product covered  
Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
Albania 
G/SPS/N/ALB/102 - EMERGENCY 
6 March 2009 Vest-Agder 
Region (Norway) Live animals, herbivores, ruminants, embryos, biological 
products, pathological materials Animal diseases 
Animal health Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation 
Human health Regionalization 
Bluetongue Not applicable 
Albania 
G/SPS/N/ALB/103 - 
EMERGENCY 
6 March 2009 Phongsaly region  
(Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic) Live fowls (domestic and wild), fledglings (24 hour-old 
birds), decorative fowls (regardless of origin until a second 
order is issued), hatching eggs and eggs for human 
consumption, fowl semen, fowl meat, products originating from fowls destined for fowl and animal feed;  for industrial 
and agricultural uses, and pathol ogical material and biological 
products Animal diseases 
Avian Influenza 
Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Food safety 
Human health 
Regionalization Zoonoses Not applicable 
Australia 
G/SPS/N/AUS/198/Add.3 
6 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Chicken meat Animal health 
Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Quarantine measures 
Risk assessment Not applicable 
Australia 
G/SPS/N/AUS/209/Add.2 6 March 2009 Philippines 
Mature hard green bananas  Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Plant health 
Quarantine measuresRisk 
assessment Not applicable 
Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/375/Add.1 
6 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Rice (Oryza sativa L.) – HS code 1006  Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation 
Food safety 
Human health Not applicable 
Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/415/Add.1 
6 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Liqueurs and cordials Beverages 
Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Food safety 
Human health 15 March 2009   
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Date of Circulation Region/Country 
affected 
(as identified)  
Product covered  
Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/383 6 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Bread, flour, whole wheat  flour, unstandardized bakery 
products, unstandardized whole egg, unstandardized egg yolk and modified lecithin - ICS Codes 67.060, 67.120, 67.220 Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Food additives 
Food safety 
Genetically modified organisms 
Human health 14 May 2009  
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/384 
6 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Cyazofamid in or on carrot roots - ICS Codes 65.020, 65.100, 
67.080 Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) Pesticides 13 May 2009  
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/385 
6 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Triflumizole in or on cucurbit vegetables and strawberries - 
ICS Codes 65.020, 65.100, 67.080 Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits (MRLs) 
Pesticides 13 May 2009  
Republic of Korea 
G/SPS/N/KOR/301/Add.3 6 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Live aquatic animals  Animal diseases 
Animal health Food safety 
Human health 
Quarantine measures Change in date of adoption 
Modification of 
content/scope of regulation Not applicable 
Republic of Korea 
G/SPS/N/KOR/316 
6 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Food additives Food additives 
Food safety 
Human health 10 April 2009 
Republic of Korea 
G/SPS/N/KOR/317 
6 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Aquatic animals Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Not applicable 
Chile 
G/SPS/N/CHL/291 
9 March 2009 European 
Communities In vitro  propagation material - Grapevine Plant health 40 days from the 
date of the 
notification  
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Date of Circulation Region/Country 
affected 
(as identified)  
Product covered  
Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
Chile 
G/SPS/N/CHL/292 9 March 2009 Belgium, All 
Trading Partners In vitro  propagation material – Tissue cultures Plant health 40 days from the 
date of the notification 
European Communities 
G/SPS/N/EEC/308/Add.3 
9 March 2009 Botswana Fresh and chilled meat for human consumption Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Adoption/publication/entry into force of regulation 
Foot and mouth disease 
 Not applicable 
Japan 
G/SPS/N/JPN/226 
10 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners • Meat and edible meat offal - HS Codes 02.01, 02.02, 
02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.07, 02.08 and 02.09 
• Dairy and eggs - HS Codes 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08 
• Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers - HS Codes 
07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.07, 07.08, 
07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14 
• Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons - HS Codes 
08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04, 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 
08.09, 08.10, 08.11, 08.13 and 08.14 
• Coffee, tea, mate and spices  - HS Codes 09.01, 09.02, 
09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09, 09.10 
• Cereals - HS Codes 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 
10.06, 10.07 and 10.08 
• Oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits - 
HS Codes 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.08, 
12.10, 12.11, 12.12 and 12.14 Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits (MRLs) 
Pesticides 9 May 2009  
New Zealand 
G/SPS/N/NZL/419 - EMERGENCY 
11 March 2009 Great Britain Cervine semen and embryos Animal diseases 
Animal health Bluetongue Not applicable 
Chinese Taipei 
G/SPS/N/TPKM/153/Add.1 11 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Plants and plant products Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Pests 
Plant health 
Quarantine measures Not applicable  
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Date of Circulation Region/Country 
affected 
(as identified)  
Product covered  
Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
Chinese Taipei 
G/SPS/N/TPKM/154/Add.1 11 March 2009 Australia and 
Peru Fresh fruits Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Fruit fly 
Pests 
Plant health Quarantine measures Not applicable 
Republic of Korea 
G/SPS/N/KOR/318 - 
EMERGENCY 
13 March 2009 Spain (States of 
Extremadura, 
Galicia, Castilla y 
Leon, Adalucia) Nursery stocks, wood and wood products of Pinus spp., Larix  
spp., Cedrus  spp. (except processed wood designated by 
Director General of NPQS) Nematode 
Pests 
Plant health 
Regionalization Not applicable 
Republic of Korea 
G/SPS/N/KOR/319 13 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Livestock products for human consumption, such as milk and 
milk products, meat and meat products, and egg and egg products, etc. Food safety 
Human health Labelling 11 May 2009  
Egypt 
G/SPS/N/EGY/33 
16 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Imported one-day old parent broiler chicks and one-day old 
broiler chicks Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Avian Influenza Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation 
Food safety Human health 
Quarantine measures 
Zoonoses Not applicable 
Egypt 
G/SPS/N/EGY/34 
16 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Imported one-day old broiler ducks Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Avian Influenza 
Adoption/publication/entry into force of regulation 
Food safety 
Human health 
Quarantine measures 
Zoonoses Not applicable  
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Date of Circulation Region/Country 
affected 
(as identified)  
Product covered  
Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
Egypt 
G/SPS/N/EGY/35 16 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Hydrolyzed feathers meals Additives 
Aflatoxins Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Avian Influenza Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation 
Fungi 
Human health 
Zoonoses Not applicable 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1224/Add.2 
16 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Colour additives – Carmine and cochineal extract in foods and 
cosmetics Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation 
Food additives 
Food safety Human health 
Labelling Not applicable 
Albania 
G/SPS/N/ALB/104 - EMERGENCY 
17 March 2009 Egypt Meat, unprocessed milk Animal diseases 
Animal health Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation 
Foot and mouth disease Regionalization 
 Not applicable 
European Communities 
G/SPS/N/EEC/338/Add.2 17 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Chemically defined flavouring substances for use in foodstuffs 
(ICS Code 67.220.20, Spices and condiments) and foodstuffs containing it Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Food additives 
Food safety 
Human health Not applicable  
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Date of Circulation Region/Country 
affected 
(as identified)  
Product covered  
Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1877/Add.2 17 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Genetically engineered (GE) organisms Modification of final date 
for comments Genetically modified 
organisms 
Plant health We will accept all 
comments we receive between 
18 March 2009 
(the day after the close of the 
current comment 
period) and the 
date of the notice 
that we will publish to 
announce the 
date(s) of April 2009 issue 
meeting(s) and 
formally reopen the comment 
period. 
Chile 
G/SPS/N/CHL/293 19 March 2009 European 
Communities Rooted Miscanthus x giganteus  rhizomes Plant heal th 30 April 2009  
Chile 
G/SPS/N/CHL/294 
19 March 2009 Brazil, Ecuador, 
Mexico and 
Viet Nam  Coffee and corn (maize) for consump tion Plant health 30 April 2009  
Chile 
G/SPS/N/CHL/295 
19 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Dry bamboo canes and articles of dry bamboo Plant health 30 April 2009  
Qatar 
G/SPS/N/QAT/3 
19 March 2009 Gulf countries 
(Bahrain, Kuwait, 
Oman, Qatar, 
Saudi Arabia, United Arab 
Emirates) Cheese - ICS Code 67.100 Contaminants 
Food additives 
Food safety 
Human health Labelling 18 May 2009   
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Date of Circulation Region/Country 
affected 
(as identified)  
Product covered  
Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/130/Add.1 23 March 2009 Russian 
Federation Wheat ( Triticum aestivum ) - HS Code 100190 Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Pests 
Plant health 
Territory protection Not applicable 
Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/415/Add.1/Corr.1 
23 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Liqueurs and cordials - HS Code 2208.70 Beverages 
Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation 
Food safety 
Human health Not applicable 
Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/526 23 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Pest tolerance levels for regu lated non-quarantine pests Pests 
Plant health Territory protection 30 April 2009 
Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/527 
23 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Live swine, pork products and thei r by-products Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Classical Swine Fever Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation 
Regionalization Territory protection 
 Not applicable 
Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/528 23 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Cashew nut - HS Code 080130 Food safety 
Human health 8 May 2009  
Republic of Korea 
G/SPS/N/KOR/320 
23 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Food products Aflatoxins 
Bacteria 
Escherichia coli Food safety 
Heavy metals 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) Pesticides 
Toxins 22 May 2009   
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Date of Circulation Region/Country 
affected 
(as identified)  
Product covered  
Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
New Zealand 
G/SPS/N/NZL/420 23 March 2009 Any countries 
using any of the compounds for 
which the new 
MRLs are proposed in 
relation to 
produce/commodi
ties intended for 
export to New Zealand (refer 
also to section 8). Maximum Residue Limits of agricultural compounds Animal health 
Food safety Human health 
Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) Pesticides 
Plant health 11 May 2009  
Republic of Korea 
G/SPS/N/KOR/321 24 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Food products Food safety 
Heavy metals Human health 
Packaging 23 May 2009  
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1762/Add.2 25 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Fruiting vegetables, okra, persimmon, horseradish, rhubarb, 
ginseng, yam, lupine, lentil, cucurbit vegetable, brassica vegetable Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits (MRLs) 
Pesticides 
Plant health 4 May 2009 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1902 
25 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Soy beverages, soy beverage products, soy-based butter 
substitute spreads, soy-based cheese substitutes and soy-based 
cheese substitute products Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation 
Food additives 
Food safety 
Human health Objections and 
requests for a 
hearing must be 
received on or 
before  
15 April 2009  
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Notifying Member/Notification/ 
Date of Circulation Region/Country 
affected 
(as identified)  
Product covered  
Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1905 25 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Beans, dry, seed;  peanut;  peanut, mea l;  and soybean Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits (MRLs) 
Pesticides 4 May 2009  
Albania 
G/SPS/N/ALB/105 - 
EMERGENCY 
26 March 2009 Hazafon province 
(Israel) All live pigs (domestic and wild) Animal diseases 
Classical Swine Fever 
Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Regionalization 
 Not applicable 
Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/529 26 March 2009 Argentina Castor bean ( Ricinus communis ) Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Plant health 
Territory protection Not applicable 
Colombia 
G/SPS/N/COL/166/Add.1 26 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Materials, objects, packaging and equipment that come into 
direct or indirect contact with food
 and alcoholic beverages 
and their basic raw materials Beverages 
Modification of final date for comments 
Food safety 
Human health Packaging 
Traceability 24 April 2009  
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1903 26 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Famoxadone in caneberry subgroup 13-07A; cilantro; onion, 
bulb, subgroup 3-07A; onion, green, subgroup 3-07B; spinach; and vegetable, leafy, except Brassica, group 4 Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) 
Pesticides Objections and 
requests for hearings must be 
received on or 
before 
4 May 2009   
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Date of Circulation Region/Country 
affected 
(as identified)  
Product covered  
Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1904 26 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Propoxacarbazone in grass, forage and grass, hay Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits (MRLs) 
Pesticides Objections and 
requests for hearings must be 
received on or 
before 4 May 2009  
United States G/SPS/N/USA/1906 
26 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Tebuconazole in cherry, sweet, pre- and post-harvest, cherry, 
tart, pre- and post-harvest Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation 
Food safety 
Human health Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) 
Pesticides Objections and 
requests for 
hearings must be 
received on or before 
4 May 2009  
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1907 
26 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Spiromesifen in tomato, paste Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation 
Food safety 
Human health Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) 
Pesticides Objections and 
requests for 
hearings must be 
received on or before 
27 April 2009. 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1908 
26 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Bacillus mycoides isolate J in or on pecans, potatoes, sugar 
beets, tomatoes and peppers Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation 
Food safety 
Human health Pesticides 
Tolerance exemption Objections and 
requests for 
hearings must be 
received on or before 
11 May 2009. 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1909 
26 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners 2-Propenoic acid in or on all commodities Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation 
Food safety 
Human health Pesticides 
Tolerance exemption Objections and 
requests for 
hearings must be 
received on or before 
11 May 2009.  
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Date of Circulation Region/Country 
affected 
(as identified)  
Product covered  
Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1910 26 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners 2-Propenoic acid in or on all commodities Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Food safety 
Human health 
Pesticides Tolerance exemption Objections and 
requests for hearings must be 
received on or 
before 11 May 2009. 
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1911 
26 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners 2-Propenoic acid in or on all commodities Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation 
Food safety 
Human health 
Pesticides Tolerance exemption Objections and 
requests for 
hearings must be 
received on or 
before 11 May 2009. 
Australia 
G/SPS/N/AUS/230 
27 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Hatching (fertile) eggs of ducks Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Newcastle Disease Salmonella 
Zoonoses 20 April 2009  
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/343/Add.1 27 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Pyraclostrobin in or on various commodities – ICS Codes 
65.020, 65.100, 67.060, 67.080, 67.200 Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits (MRLs) 
Pesticides Not applicable 
Canada 
G/SPS/N/CAN/386 27 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Lambda-cyhalothrin in or on leaf lettuce - ICS Codes 65.020, 
65.100, 67.080 Food safety 
Human health Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) 
Pesticides 24 May 2009  
Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia 
G/SPS/N/MKD/2 27 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Veterinary medical products - HS Code 3003 Animal health 
Human health 
Labelling Packaging 26 May 2009   
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affected 
(as identified)  
Product covered  
Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
Republic of Korea 
G/SPS/N/KOR/322 27 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Wood packaging material ISPM 15 
Labelling Plant health 
Quarantine measures 
Wood packaging Not applicable 
Chinese Taipei 
G/SPS/N/TPKM/156 
27 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Endosulfan in or on fruits and vegetables Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) 
Pesticides 26 May 2009  
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1634/Add.1 27 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Chlorimuron-ethyl in or on cranberry, bearberry, bilberry, 
lowbush berry, cloudberry, lingonberry, muntries, partridgeberry Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Food safety 
Human health 
Maximum residue limits (MRLs) 
Pesticides 
Plant health Objections and 
requests for hearings must be 
received on or 
before 11 May 2009. 
United States G/SPS/N/USA/1867/Add.1 
27 March 2009 United States and 
countries 
exporting to the 
United States Non-ambulatory disabled cattle Animal diseases 
Bovine Spongiform 
Encephalopathy (BSE) 
Adoption/publication/entry into force of regulation 
Food safety 
Human health Zoonoses Not applicable 
Albania 
G/SPS/N/ALB/106 - 
EMERGENCY 
30 March 2009 Bayern province  
(Germany) Live fowls (domestic and wild), fledglings (24 hour-old 
birds), decorative fowls (regardless of origin until a second 
order is issued), hatching eggs and eggs for human 
consumption, fowl semen, fowl meat, products originating 
from fowls destined for fowl and animal feed;  for industrial and agricultural uses, and pathol ogical material and biological 
products Animal diseases 
Animal health 
Avian Influenza 
Adoption/publication/entry 
into force of regulation Human health 
Regionalization 
Zoonoses Not applicable  
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Date of Circulation Region/Country 
affected 
(as identified)  
Product covered  
Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
Australia 
G/SPS/N/AUS/231 30 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Live ornamental finfish – Gourami iridovirus and other related 
viruses Animal diseases 
Animal health Quarantine measures 
Risk assessment 25 May 2009  
Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/530 30 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Plant products Food safety 
Human health 15 May 2009  
Brazil 
G/SPS/N/BRA/531 
30 March 2009 Costa Rica Cotton seeds ( Gossypium hirsutum ) - HS Code 120720 Plant health 
Seeds 
Territory protection 29 May 2009  
Japan 
G/SPS/N/JPN/227 
30 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Food additive (2-Methylbutyraldehyde) Food additives 
Food safety 
Human health 29 May 2009  
Chinese Taipei 
G/SPS/N/TPKM/157 
30 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Powdered infant formula – Enterobacter sakazakii 
(Cronobacter  spp.) Bacteria 
Food safety 
Human health 29 May 2009  
United States 
G/SPS/N/USA/1058/Add.1 30 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Silver nitrate and hydrogen peroxide in bottled water Beverages 
Adoption/publication/entry into force of regulation 
Food additives 
Food safety Human health Objections and 
requests for hearings must be 
received on or 
before 17 April 2009  
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Date of Circulation Region/Country 
affected 
(as identified)  
Product covered  
Keywords Deadline for 
submission of 
comments 
India 
G/SPS/N/IND/46/Add.7 31 March 2009 All Trading 
Partners Domestic and wild birds, live poultry and live pig, their 
products and by-products Animal diseases 
Animal health Avian Influenza 
Human health 
Zoonoses Modification of 
content/scope of regulation 
Withdrawal of the measure Not available 
n.a. = not available, not identified 
 
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