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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CUB/4
26 November 2002
(02-6527)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF CUBA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture
3.Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Ruminant blood, bone and offal meal
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  This
measure applies to all countries where Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) is
present.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Amendment to Import
Resolution No. 5/2001 issued on 1 March 2001  (2 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  The Institute of Veterinary Medicine of the Ministry of Agriculture
hereby establishes a total ban on the import into  the national territory of all foodstuffs for
animal consumption which contain meal of animal blood, meat, fat or offal, with the
exception of formulations made from meal of  poultry blood, meat, bone, fat or offal and fish
meal.
7. 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
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[    ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [    ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Resolution No.
9/2002 issued on 12 June 2002, Document Registry Office, Ins titute of Veterinary Medicine,
Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Cuba.  Available in Spanish.
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicableG/SPS/N/CUB/4
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12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable.
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:
Institute of Veterinary Medicine (IMV).
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Institute of Veterinary Medicine (IMV)
Calle 12 No. 355 e/ 15 y 17 vedado
Havana
Cuba
Fax: (537) 830-3537
E-mail: imv@ceniai.inf.cu