. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NZL/74
24 October 2000
(00-4410)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  NEW ZEALAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Bovine meat products for human consumption  Regions or countries likely to
be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Japan
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Import health standard for the
importation into New Zealand of bovine meat  products for human consumption from Japan
(5 pages)
5. Description of content: This import health standard allows for the importation of bovine
meat products for human consumption from Japan.  These products are eligible for entry to
New Zealand provided they are accompanied by zoosanitary certification attesting to the
following:
(a) The bovine meat products originate from Japan, which have been free from:
• Foot and mouth disease for the 3 months preceding slaughter and
processing of the animals;
• Rinderpest for the 12 months preceding slaughter and processing of the
animals.
(b) The bovine meat products either do not contain offal, or the offal has been frozen to
minus 18°C for at least 48 hours.
(c) The bovine meat products are derived from animals that passed ante-mortem and
post-mortem veterinary inspection at the time of slaughter
6. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests   
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The import health standard complies with the
recommendations of the Office Internationa l des Epizooties (OIE) International Animal
Health Code: mammals, birds and bees.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  NoneG/SPS/N/NZL/74
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  22 December 2000
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  22 December 2000
11. Final date for comments:  20 December 2000
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:  Barbara Christensen, National Adviser, International Trade,
Biosecurity Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, PO Box 2526, Wellington,
New Zealand;  Tel: (+64) 4 498 9807;  Fax:  (+64) 4 474 4133;
E-mail:  christensenb@maf.govt.nz
12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: