WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/CAN/24
23April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1762)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
1. Member toAgreement notifying: CANADA
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved:
2. Agency responsible: Agriculture &Agri-Food Canada
3. Products covered (tariff item number(s) asspecified innational schedules deposited with
theWTO. ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Food for
ruminants, livestock andpoultry
4. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Proposed Amendment totheHealth
ofAnimals Regulations (pages 1013-1027)
5. Description ofcontent:
Thepurpose oftheHealth ofAnimals Regulations istoprevent theintroduction of
animal diseases intoCanada andtocontrol andeliminate diseases inCanada thateither
affect human health orcould haveasignificant economic effect iftheyentered Canada.
Rendered ruminant tissue iswidely usedasasource ofhighquality protein inlivestock
feeds. Thisregulatory amendment prohibits anyone from feeding toruminant animals,
material thatoriginated from aruminant (cattle, sheep, goats, deer, bison, llamas, etc.)
oramink. Theamendment banstheuseofingredients ofruminant andmink origin,
withtheexception ofmilk, blood, gelatin, rendered fatsandtheirproducts. These
exempted products posenoknown riskforthetransmission ofbovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE).
Theamendment alsorevokes paragraph 41.1(1)(b). Thismeans thatcanned meatwill
nolonger beexempted from theimport requirements oftheHealth ofAnimals
Regulations. Canned meatwillnotbeallowed toenter Canada from countries thatare
notrecognized asbeing freeofBSE.
6. Objective andrationale: Protection ofhuman andanimal health
7. Aninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation does notexist [].
Ifaninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations: Complying withtheWHO request ofApril 1996 tobanruminant
ingredients inruminant feed.
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8. Relevant documents andlanguage(s) inwhich these areavailable: Canada Gazette, PartI,
29March 1997
9. Proposed date ofadoption: Notstated.
10. Proposed date ofentry intoforce: Notstated.
11. Final date forcomments: 28May1997
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments: National Enquiry Point
12. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, telefax number andE-mail
address (ifavailable) ofother body: