WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/453/Add.1
14 December 2001
(01-6332)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 11 December 2001, has been received from the
United States.
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Prohibition of Beef From Argentina
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,  USDA is adopting as a final rule, without
change, an interim rule (notified as G/SPS/N/USA/ 453) that amended the regulations by removing the
provisions for the importation of fresh (chilled or frozen) beef from Argentina and by removing theexemptions that allowed cured or cooked beef to be imported from Argentina under certain conditions
without meeting the requirements of the regulations regarding cured and cooked meat from regions
where rinderpest or foot-and-mouth disease exists.  We took those actions after the existence of foot-
and-mouth disease was confirmed in Argentina.  The effect of the interim rule was to prohibit the
importation of any fresh (chilled or frozen) beef from Argentina and to prohibit the importation of any
cooked or cured beef from Argentina that does not meet the requirements of the regulations regarding
cured and cooked meat from regions where rinde rpest or foot-and-mouth disease exists.  We took
those actions as an emergency measure to protect the livestock of the United States from foot-and-
mouth disease.  The interim rule became effective on 19 February 2001.
The full text of this addendum is available from the address below:
United States SPS Enquiry Point/Notification Authority
USDA/FAS/FSTSD
ATTN: Carolyn F. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 10271400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Tel:  (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov
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