WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/234
8 March 2001
(01-1123)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATIONS ISSUED DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2001
Note by the SecretariatG/SPS/GEN/234
Page 2Notification/
Date of CirculationRegion/Country
affected
(as identified)"Product" or issue ObjectiveDeadline for
submission of
comments
European CommunitiesG/SPS/N/EEC/103/Add.17 February 2001EC member States
and countriesexporting to the
European
CommunitiesAnimal by-products not for human
consumption – BSE – Extension of thecomment periodFood safety
Animal healthProtect humans
from animal/plant
pest or disease28 February 2001
Korea
G/SPS/N/KOR/85 – EMRG
2 February 2001Countries listed in
the notificationLive ruminants, their meat products and by-
products (except hide, skin, milk and milk
products) – BSEFood safety
Animal health
Protect humans
from animal/plantpest or disease
KoreaG/SPS/N/KOR/86 – EMRG
2 February 2001United States and
CanadaLive cervids and their products including
venison and venison products – Chronic
Wasting Disease (CWD)Animal health
Protect humans
from animal/plant
pest or disease
JapanG/SPS/N/JPN/64
2 February 2001n.a. Seafood – Vibrio parahaemolyticus Food safety 6 April 2001
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/360/Add.1
2 February 2001n.a. Pre-chill poultry carcasses – Salmonella
and E. Coli – Extension of the comment
periodFood safety 2 April 2001
Peru
G/SPS/N/PER/225 February 2001Countries
exporting theseproducts to PeruPlantain and banana ( Musa spp.) Plant protection
Protect territoryfrom other
damage from
pestsn.a.
Peru
G/SPS/N/PER/23
5 February 2001Countries
exporting this
product to PeruCitrus plants – Citrus black spot, Sweet
orange scab and citrus cankerPlant protection
Protect territory
from other
damage frompestsn.a.
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/283/Add.1
6 February 2001n.a. Diazinon – Revised risk assessment Food safety 2 April 2001G/SPS/GEN/234
Page 3Notification/
Date of CirculationRegion/Country
affected
(as identified)"Product" or issue ObjectiveDeadline for
submission of
comments
New ZealandG/SPS/N/NZL/78 – EMRG
5 February 2001Canada Deer/elk velvet Animal health
Protect humans
from animal/plantpest or disease
PhilippinesG/SPS/N/PHL/26
6 February 2001United Kingdom
(except East
Anglia)Live pigs and semen – Classical Swine
FeverFood safety
Animal health27 February 2001
European Communities
G/SPS/N/EEC/110
8 February 2001EC member States
and countries
importing and
exporting food to
the EuropeanCommunitiesFood or foodstuff Food safety
Animal health
Plant protection
Protect humans
from animal/plantpest or disease30 March 2001
European Communities
G/SPS/N/EEC/111
8 February 2001EC member States
and countries
exporting to the
European
CommunitiesSpecified pathogen free (SPF) eggs for
vaccine productionAnimal protection 30 February 2001
European Communities
G/SPS/N/EEC/112 – EMRG
8 February 2001EC member States
and countries
importing orexporting
feedingstuffs of
animal origin to the
European
CommunitiesFeedingstuffs of terrestrial animal origin –
TSEFood safety
Animal health
Peru
G/SPS/N/PER/24 – EMRG8 February 2001United Kingdom,
Ireland, France,Portugal,
Switzerland, the
Netherlands,
Belgium,
Luxembourg,Denmark, Spain,
Germany and ItalyLive bovine animals, products and sub-
products of bovine, sheep or goat origin(except semen, milk and dairy products);
concentrated food . - BSEFood safety
Animal healthProtect humans
from animal/plant
pest or diseaseG/SPS/GEN/234
Page 4Notification/
Date of CirculationRegion/Country
affected
(as identified)"Product" or issue ObjectiveDeadline for
submission of
comments
United StatesG/SPS/N/USA/347/Corr.1
9 February 2001n.a. Animal drugs – Enrofloxacin for poultry Food safety 21 February 2001
New Zealand
G/SPS/N/NZL/65/Add.29 February 2001All countries Used vehicles – Inspection and certification Plant protection
Protect humansfrom animal/plant
pest or diseasen.a.
Indonesia
G/SPS/N/IDN/14 – EMRG
12 February 2001EC member States Live anim als and animal products of
ruminant origin – BSEFood safety
Animal health
Protect humans
from animal/plant
pest or disease
United StatesG/SPS/N/USA/39213 February 2001n.a. Biological pesticide – Alternaria destruens Plant protection 9 March 2001
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/393
13 February 2001n.a. Foramsulfuron – MRLs in corn Food safety 9 March 2001
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/394
13 February 2001n.a. Endothall – MRLs in cottonseed and apples Food safety 9 March 2001
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/395 - EMRG
13 February 2001South Africa Ruminants or swine and their products –
Foot-and-mouth diseaseAnimal health 10 April 2001
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/396
13 February 2001n.a. Crustaceans and processed crustaceans –
Ionizing radiationFood safety n.a.
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/283/Add.26 February 2001n.a. Diazinon – Revised risk assessment Food safety 2 April 2001
Canada
G/SPS/N/CAN/95
14 February 2001n.a. Ethylenebisdithiocarbamate fungicide –
MRLs in various fruits and vegetablesFood safety
Protect humans
from animal/plant
pest or disease12 March 2001G/SPS/GEN/234
Page 5Notification/
Date of CirculationRegion/Country
affected
(as identified)"Product" or issue ObjectiveDeadline for
submission of
comments
JapanG/SPS/N/JPN/65 - EMRG
19 February 2001Meat, viscera derived from cattle, sheep,
goat and water buffalo, meat products made
from the said meat and viscera – TSEFood safety.
Protect humans
from animal/plantpest or disease
AustraliaG/SPS/N/AUS/126
19 February 2001Principally Asia Prawn and prawn products Animal health n.a.
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/397
19 February 2001n.a. Atrazine – Preliminary risk assessment Food safety 16 April 2001
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/398
19 February 2001n.a. Bifenthrin – MRLs in bananas Food safety 16 March 2001
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/399
19 February 2001n.a. Flumioxazin – MRLs in soybean seed,
peanut nutmeat and sugar caneFood safety 16 March 2001
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/364/Add.119 February 2001n.a. Clomazone – MRLs in tuberous and corm
vegetables (except potato) and cucubitvegetablesFood safety n.a.
Chile
G/SPS/N/CHL/70
20 February 2001United States Stone fruit ( Prunus spp.) Plant protection 25 March 2001
Chile
G/SPS/N/CHL/71
20 February 2001Countries
exporting these
products to ChilePlants and parts thereof of ornamental
speciesPlant protection 25 March 2001
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/400
20 February 2001n.a. Food – Irradiation Food safety 19 March 2001
Korea
G/SPS/N/KOR/87 – EMRG
20 February 2001Countries listed in
the notification
(30 countries)Meat, offal and meat products of ruminant
origin; animal rendered protein (except
milk, milk products, hide and skin) - BSEFood safety
Animal health
Protect humansfrom animal/plant
pest or diseaseG/SPS/GEN/234
Page 6Notification/
Date of CirculationRegion/Country
affected
(as identified)"Product" or issue ObjectiveDeadline for
submission of
comments
United StatesG/SPS/N/USA/222/Add.1
23 February 2001n.a. Flutolanil - MRLs in potatoes and rice Food safety 23 April 2001
United States
G/SPS/N/USA/331/Add.123 February 2001n.a. Dimethylpolysiloxane residues Food safety 23 April 2001
Bulgaria
G/SPS/N/BGR/3/Rev.2–
EMRG
26 February 2001United Kingdom,
Ireland, France,
Portugal,
Switzerland, the
Netherlands,
Belgium,Denmark, Spain,
Germany and ItalyBovine animals and by-products and
preparations from organs of bovine and
ovine animals – BSE.Food safety
Animal health
Protect humans
from animal/plant
pest or disease
MalaysiaG/SPS/N/MYS/8 – EMRG
26 February 2001EC member States
and SwitzerlandLive cattle and processed protein – BSE Food safety
Animal health
Protect humans
from animal/plant
pest or disease
New ZealandG/SPS/N/NZL/79 – EMRG26 February 2001France and
GermanyInedible bovine by-products – BSE Animal health
Thailand
G/SPS/N/THA/41/Corr.1
27 February 2001n.a. Vinegar Food safety 60 days from the
WTO circulation
date
ArgentinaG/SPS/N/ARG/60 – EMRG
28 February 2001n.a. Feedingstuffs of animal origin – Drug
residues in foodFood safety
Singapore
G/SPS/N/SGP/14 – EMRG
26 February 2001United Kingdom Meat and meat products derived from
sheep, goats, pigs ad game, except for game
of avian origin – Foot-and-mouth diseaseAnimal health
n.a. = not available, not identified
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