. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NZL/157
15 October 2001
(01-5030)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  NEW ZEALAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; Shelf-stable pet foods containing bovine ingredients.  ICS
numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable).  Regions or countries likely
to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  European Community
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Import Health Standard for
the Importation into New Zealand of Shelf-st able Pet Foods Containing Bovine Material
from the European Community (7 pages)
5. Description of content: This import health standard allows for the importation of shelf-
stable pet foods containing bovine ingredients from European Community Member States.
The import standard has been amended so that pet food containing bovine origin material is
accompanied by certification providing assurances  that the pet food does not contain any
specified risk materials (SRMs) as defined in Commissi on Decision 2000/418/EC.
Specified risk materials (SRMs) are defined as:
(i) the skull including the brains and eyes, th e tonsils, the spinal cord and the ileum
of bovine animals aged over 12 months;
(ii) in addition to i. above, the following ti ssues shall be designated as SRMs in the
United Kingdom and Portugal (except the Autonomous Region of the Azores):
the entire head excluding the tongue, including the brains, eyes, trigeminal
ganglia and tonsils, the thymus, the spleen, the intestines from the duodenum tothe rectum and spinal cord of bov ine animals aged over 6 months;
(iii) the vertebral column, including dorsal root ganglia of bovine animals aged over
30 months.
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           G/SPS/N/NZL/157
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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:  The requirements of the import health standard
are considered to be equivalent to the r ecommendations of the Office International des
Epizooties (OIE) International Animal Health C ode: mammals, birds and bees with respect to
bovine spongiform encephalopathy – chapter 2.3.13.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  None
9. Proposed date of adoption:  21 December 2001
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  21 December 2001
11. Final date for comments:  14 December 2001
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:
Barbara Christensen
National Adviser, International Trade, Biosecurity AuthorityMinistry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 2526, Wellington
New Zealand
Tel:  +64 4 498 9807
Fax:  +64 4 474 4133E-mail: christensenb@maf.govt.nz
12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Keawe Woodmore Coordinator
New Zealand SPS Notification Authority
PO Box 2526, Wellington
New Zealand
Tel:  +64 4 474 4226Fax:  +64 4 470 2730,
E-mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz
Website:  http://www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/sps/transparency/notifications/index.htm