 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/856/Add.1 
11 October 2004 
 
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
Addendum
 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 8 October 2004, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States . 
 
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Importation Ban of Birds from Southeast Asia:  Amendment of Order to Embargo Bird and Bird 
Products Imported from Malaysia  
 
 The Centers for Disease Control and Preventi on is notifying the WTO that it is now 
imposing an embargo on birds and bird products  from Malaysia because of documented cases of 
Influenza A in poultry in Malaysia.  This action is effective on 28 September 2004.  This amendment 
was published in the Federal Register , 4 October 2004 (Volume 69, Number 191) Pages 59144-
59145.  For further information contact: 
 
Paul Arguin National Center for Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mailstop C-14 1600 Clifton Road 
Atlanta, GA  30330 
Tel:  404-498-1600  or   
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point Of ficer, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Food 
Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, W ashington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  
202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@usda.gov
 
 
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