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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/MWI/1
8 January 2001
(01-0066)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  MALAWI
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Animal Health and Industry (DAHI) – National
Notification Authority
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).  Poultry and poultry products  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to
the extent relevant or practicable:  SADC member states especially South Africa,
Zimbabwe and Zambia as well as overseas trading partners like the United States of
America, Great Britain, Germany and Holland.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to Poultry
Product Import Permit (serial number from 0001, VET.71573/IBM/2.828A; 2-page Import
Permit sample)
5. Description of content:  This proposed regulatory amendment to the old Import Permits for
poultry and poultry products introduces the element of a "best before" use labelling
requirement on batches of table eggs and chicken meat imported into Malawi to ensure that
sub-standard and unwholesome poultry products are not introduced onto the Malawi
market.  This regulatory amendment also specifies naturally produced poultry meats,
without use of growth promoting hormones and prevention of re-exports of poultry products
into Malawi from third countries (see 2-page Poultry Product Import Permit sample)
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. 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:  This proposed regulatory amendment is
necessary to prevent introduction of sub-standard, unwholesome poultry products onto the
Malawi market and dumping of poultry products from third countries.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Department of
Animal Health and Industry (DAHI) Poultry Product Import Permit
(VET.71573/IBM/2.828A (2-page Import Permit sample, available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 February 2001
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 March 2001G/SPS/N/MWI/1
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11. Final date for comments:  DAHI invites your comments and will consider all comments
received before 1 March 2001.
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Comments should be sent to:
The Director (Att.:  Dr. Gray Matita)
Department of Animal Health and Industry
P.O. Box 2096
Lilongwe, Malawi
Tel:  (265) 750455/752 743
Fax:  (265) 751 349E-mail:  agri-dahi@sdnp.org.mw
12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Malawi Bureau of Standards
P.O. Box 946
Blantyre, Malawi
Tel:  (265) 670 488Fax:  (265) 670 756
E-mail:  mbs@malawi.net