RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/AUS/3
14July1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-2007)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
1. Member toAgreement notifying: AUSTRALIA
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved: Notapplicable
2. Agency responsible: Australian Quarantine andInspection Service (AQIS)
3. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): 0302.12 (partial), 0303.10,
0304.10 (partial), 0304.20 (partial), 0304.90 (partial), 0305.41 (partial)
4. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Import RiskAnalysis. Disease risks
associated withtheimportation ofuncooked, wild, ocean-caught Pacific salmon product
from theUSA andCanada. AQIS Draft May1995 pp.275+vi.
5. Description ofcontent: Proposal toallow theimportation from theUSA andCanada of
uncooked, processed product derived from ocean-caught members ofthegenus
Oncorhynchus ,subject tocertain conditions.
6. Objective andrationale: Torevise existing restrictions onimportation ofuncooked
salmon product while protecting thehealth ofAustralia 'sfishpopulations, which arefree
ofmany ofthemicro-organisms thatsignificantly affect thehealth ofsalmonids.
7. Aninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation does notexist [].
Ifaninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations: TheOIEInternational Aquatic Animal Health Code provides for
product from countries with specified diseases tobeeviscerated. Theproposed
conditions require theproduct tobenotonlyeviscerated butalsotrimmed toremove
higher risktissues.
8. Relevant documents:
(i) Import Risk Analysis. Disease risks associated with theimportation of
uncooked, wild, ocean-caught Pacific salmon product fromtheUSA andCanada.
AQIS Draft May1995 pp.275+vi.
(ii) International Aquatic Animal Health Code. OIE
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9. Proposed date ofadoption andentry intoforce: Notstated
10. Final date forcomments: 10July1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: Director, Development andEvaluation Division, AQIS, POBox858,Canberra,
ACT, Australia 2601. Telefax: +6162723399