WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/ARG/50
11 August 1999
(99-3411)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ARGENTINA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  National Drug, Food and Medical Technology Administration
(ANMAT)
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). Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Foodstuffs processed for consumption containing products, by-products and
derivatives of poultry, swine, bovine animals, including dairy produce and its by-products,
sheep, goats, rabbits from the European Union, especially Belgium.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Food Contamination by Dioxin.
Provision 3077/99
5. Description of content:  Suspension of automatic clearance for direct import into
Argentina of foodstuffs processed for cons umption containing products, by-products and
derivatives of poultry, swine, bovine animals (including dairy produce and its by-products)
and of fish farming from Belgium.
6. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other
damage from pests
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  The recent events in Belgiu m involving contamination
by dioxin and to protect public health.
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Provision 3077/99.
Boletín Oficial (Official Journal) of 17 June 1999
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  Immediately
11. Texts available from/and 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:
Sercretaría de Agricultura Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentación
Av. Paseo Colón 922 (1063) PB of. 40
Tel.:  (5411) 4349-2242/43
Fax:  (5411) 4349-2244E-mail:  cbasco@sagyp.mecon.ar