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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/JPN/69
30 May 2001
(01-2697)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:
(1) Narasin
(2) Animal protein in cattle feed
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Amendment of the Enforcement
Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed  Additives (Available in English, 1 page)
5. Description of content:
(1) To designate Narasin as a feed additive and establish the standards of specifications,
etc. of this material;
(2) To establish the standards of specifications, etc. of animal protein for cattle feed.
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 [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  For the protection of public health, the World
Health Organization (WHO) recommended that all countries should ban the use of ruminant
tissue in ruminant feed.  (WHO/EMC/DIS/96.147 Report of a WHO Consultation on PublicHealth Issues related to Human and Animal  Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies)
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  These new standards
will appear in "KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when promulgated.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  The date of the promulgation in "KAMPO"
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  The date of the promulgation (Narasin);  one month
after the date of the promulgation (animal protein for cattle feed)G/SPS/N/JPN/69
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11. Final date for comments:  6 August 2001
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:           