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5 January  2021 
(21-0140) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phy tosanitar y Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: CHILE  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero  (SAG) ( Agricultur e and Livestock 
Service ) 
3. Product s cover ed (provide tariff item number (s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Prepared dishes containing ingredients of animal origin  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X]  All trading partners  
[ ]   Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Health requirements for the importation into Chile of 
prepared dishes containing ingredients of animal origin.  Language (s): Spanish . Number 
of pages: 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHL/21_0142_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: Specific sanitary requirements have been establ ished to ensure 
that any consignment of prepared dishes imported into the national territory has the 
respective  sanitary certification, showing  compliance with the requirements established in 
the Resolution attached  to this notification, which must be issued  by the competent health  
authority of the country o f origin , in the official language of the country of consignment  
and in Spanish.  
Key r equirements  include the following : 
“Prepared dish” shall mean  any culinary preparation containing bovine , ovine, swine or 
poultry meat ingredients, their mixtures and processed versions thereof, which after heat 
treatment are ready for human consumption. The  present  Resolution  does not apply to 
prepared dishes  that have been canned, sterilized  and subjected to UHT; these are 
regulated by a specific  Resolution  on canned foods.  
The sanitary  certification must indicate the product identification, the volume and 
temperature  at which the product was processed , and also the date of manufacture  and 
the expiry date. It must also indicate : the name, official number and address of the 
processing establishment; the name and address of the recipient ; identification of the 
means of transport ; and the seal  and container  number , if applicable.  
Further details can be found in  the document attached to this notification.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [ X] animal health, [  ] plant protection, [  ] 
protect human s from animal /plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/CHL/65 9 
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ]  Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or relat ed text) : 
[X] World Organi sation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Chapters 10.4, 10.9, 8.8, 15.1 and 
15.2 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code  
[ ]  International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.):  
[ ]  None  
Does th is 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:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Approximately 80 days from the date of 
circulation of the n otification.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal.  
[ ]  Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 6 March  2021 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if 
availabl e) of other body:  
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl  
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [ X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl  
 