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FISHERY PRODUCTS
WTO SPS/TBT NOTIFICATIONS BY DATE |
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September 2006 |
- Republic of Korea
G/SPS/N/KOR/214
On September 12, 2006, the WTO posted
notice that the Korean Food and Drug Administration is proposing to
establish standards and specifications for Norovirus in oysters. The
6-page text is available in Korean. The proposed date of adoption is to
be determined.
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September 2006 |
- Canada
G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.15
On August 31, the WTO
posted notice that effective August 24, 2006, the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency (CFIA) has revised D-01-01, Appendix I (Phytosanitary
Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Phytophthora ramorum Associated
with Sudden Oak Death into Canada), to add the genus Nerium to the list
of regulated plants on the basis of a report that P. ramorum has been
detected on this genus. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) also
revised D-01-01, Appendix 1 (August 14, 2006), to add genera Distylium,
Manglietia, Parakmeria, Ilex, and Loropetalum to the list of regulated
plants on the basis of reports that P. ramorum has been detected on
these plants in Canada.
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August
2006 |
- European Community
G/SPS/N/EEC/279A1
Ornamental Fish
On July 18, 2006, the WTO posted
notice that the European Commission has modified the proposal notified
in G/SPS/N/EEC/279 to take account of the comments received. The notice
concerns European Commission requirements relating to the animal health
conditions and certification requirements for imports of fish for
ornamental purpose, and amending Decision 2003/858/EC (SANCO/10381/2005
Rev. 3).
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August
2006 |
- European Community
G/SPS/N/EEC/286
On July 7, 2006, the WTO
posted notice that the European Commission was issuing a draft
Commission Directive amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for
organochlorine compounds in animal feed (SANCO/1524/2006 - revision 1, 6
pages). The proposal amends the current provisions as regards the levels
of endosulfan for crude vegetable oil and of aldrin/dieldrin in fish oil
and fish feed. A Codex standard for these substances does not exist.
Products covered included: Fish oil [HS: 1504], crude vegetable oil [HS:
1507 to 1516], fish meal [HS: 2301]; and preparations of a kind used in
animal feeding [HS: 2309].
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August
2006 |
- Japan
-G/TBT/N/JPN/178
On August 2, the WTO posted notice
that the Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was
modifying its standards to allow labelling of places related to
ingredients of processed uni (sea urchin eggs) products by deleting the
prohibition requirement of labelling any places other than place of
manufacture. This modification is intended to make the standard
consistent with Japan's Quality Labelling Standard for Processed Foods.
When adopted, the amendment will appear in Japan's official government
gazette (KAMPO). The proposed date of adoption is November 2006.
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August
2006 |
- Japan
-G/TBT/N/JPN/179
On August 2, the WTO posted notice
that the Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was
modifying its standards to allow labelling of places related to
ingredients of uni aemono (a mixture of sea urchin eggs and other marine
products) products by deleting the prohibition requirement of labelling
any places other than place of manufacture. This modification is
intended to make the standard consistent with Japan's Quality Labelling
Standard for Processed Foods. When adopted, the amendment will appear in
Japan's official government gazette (KAMPO). The proposed date of
adoption is November 2006.
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July
2006 |
- Colombia
-G/SPS/N/COL/114
-G/SPS/N/COL/114
Text
On June 6, 2006, the WTO posted
notice that Colombia has notified the WTO that the Colombian
Agricultural Institute (ICA) had issued Resolution No. 001414 on May 26,
2006, establishing an ICA register of producers of shrimp and fish for
human consumption for export.
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July
2006 |
- Indonesia
-G/SPS/N/IDN/28
-Summary
of Draft of Decree of Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries
On May 29, the WTO posted notice that
Indonesia's Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries is amending its
decree No. Kep.18/Men/2003 concerning the importation and domestic
movement of quarantine pests and diseases of fish relating to media
(packaging). This decree will supersede the existing regulation, which
contains quarantine requirements for entry of media that may carry pests
and diseases of fish into Republic of Indonesia. The changes are to be
effective July 2006.
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June
2006 |
- European Community
-TBT/N/EEC/110
-Commission Of The
European Communities
On June 2, 2006, the WTO posted
notice that the European Community has notified its intent to establish
a system of permits for non-native species which are introduced for
aquaculture. The impacted items are aquatic organisms, including fish,
shellfish and other invertebrates and aquatic plants. Under the proposed
measures, all projects to introduce a non-native species, or a native
species which is locally absent from an area, would have to be submitted
for approval to a national advisory committee, which would determine
whether the proposed introduction was 'routine' (i.e. from a known
source of aquatic organisms classified as low risk) or not. In the case
of non-routine introductions, an environmental risk assessment would
have to be carried out. Only movements which are assessed as low risk
(or reduced to low risk by application of mitigation procedures or
technologies) would be granted a permit which can cover a five year
period. The proposal requires quarantine procedures for non-routine
introductions and also sets out a number of requirements concerning
pilot release, contingency plans, monitoring and the keeping of national
registers. The proposed date of adoption of the regulation is late in
2006.
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May
2006 |
- Chile
G/SPS/N/CHL/221
G/SPS/N/CHL/221 text
On May 23, Chile notified the WTO
that it was providing a technical standard ( Import Control Programme,
Technical Standard Section 1 ) governing the importation of fisheries
and aquaculture raw materials (fish, molluscs and crustaceans) for
processing in Chile and re-export.
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May
2006 |
- Colombia
-G/SPS/N/COL/108
On April 11, 2006, Columbia
notified WTO trading partners that under Colombian Agricultural
Institute (ICA) Resolution No. 813 of March 28, 2006, it was exempting
exports of ornamental fish harvested from the natural environment and
kept in fish storage facilities from documentation control, physical
inspection and health inspection certification requirements at the point
of exit.
-G/SPS/N/COL/108
Text (English)
-G/SPS/N/COL/108
Text (Spanish)
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February 2006 |
- Cuba
G/SPS/N/CUB/11
On January 5, 2006, Cuba notified the WTO
that it intends to implement new regulations pertaining to imported
fishery products (eviscerated and uneviscerated fish, cultured fish
stocks and wild fish stocks)
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February 2006 |
- Romania
G/SPS/N/ROU/8
G/SPS/N/ROU/9
On February 15, 2006, Romania notified the
WTO that it as of December 31, 2005, its National Sanitary Veterinary
and Food Safety Authority began requiring health certificate for fish
and fishery products (HS 0303) intended for export into Romania,
excluding bivalve mollusks, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods
in whatever form. The Romania notice references European Commission
Regulation No. 282/2004, Commission Regulation No. 136/2004, Council
Directive No. 90/425, Council Directive 97/78/CEE and Council Directive
86/662/CEE 10. Also on February, 15, 2006, Romania notified the WTO that
its National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority was
implementing Order 49/19 April 2005 regarding the modification and
completion of the Order of President of NSVFSA no. 100/2004 for approval
of sanitary veterinary norm that establish supplementary conditions
regarding the sanitary veterinary control of fishery products,
crustaceans, mollusks, gastropods and batrachians, intended for direct
selling to the final consumer or processing in food for human
consumption.
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February 2006 |
- Brazil
G/TBT/N/BRA/183add.1
On February 10, 2006, Brazil notified the WTO
that the regulation issued by the Brazilian National Institute of
Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality and notified under G/TBT/N/BRA/183,
which lays down criteria for the determination of net weights of glazed
fish, mollusk and crustacean products (HS: 0303; 0304.20; 0306.1;
03.07), entered into force on January 12, 2006.
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January 2006 |
- European Union
G/SPS/N/EEC/279
Ornamental Fish
On December 20, 2005, the European Union notified the World Trade
Organization (WTO) (published as WTO Document G/SPS/N/EEC/279) that it
intends to publish a draft Commission Decision laying down the animal
health conditions and certification requirements for imports of fish for
ornamental purpose, and amending Commission Decision 2003/858/EC (SANCO/10381/2005
Rev 3, 16 pp.). The draft regulations are to pertain to imports of
ornamental fish (Ornamental fish (HS 0301.10) or any other live fish
traded for ornamental purposes included those circulation under HS
headings 0301 (Live fish ) or 0106 (Other live animals)). The United
States is listed as being among those countries likely to be affected.
When adopted, the draft regulation will be published in the Official
Journal of the European Union, available at:
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/JOYear.do?year=2005, with a
date of entry into force six months after the date of publication in the
Official Journal
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December 2005 |
- Korea
G/SPS/N/KOR/196
updated
Methyl Mercury in Deep Sea Fish
On December 14, 2005, the Republic of Korea notified the WTO (G/SPS/N/KOR/196)
that the Korea Food and Drug Administration intends to revise the
maximum level of methyl mercury in deep sea fish. The WTO notification
references Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) Advance Notice No.
2005-203, dated December 8, 2005. Based upon an unofficial, partial
translation of the Advance Notice, were are able to determine that the
WTO notice affects the Chapter 3 of the Korean Food Code by adding a
standard specific to deep-sea fish, tuna, and billfish. For those fish,
the maximum allowable level of methyl mercury would be not more than 1.0
mg/kg. The current Korean Food Code would be modified as follows:
Current: Korean Food Code
Chapter 3 -- Common Standards and Specifications for Food
Section 6 -- Applicability of Standards & Specifications
Item 1 -- Specifications for foods in general
(1) Heavy metals
Heavy metal residue limits (using a living organism as the basis) for
marine fish and shellfish (including mollusks)
A. Total mercury: not more than 0.5 mg/kg (excluding deep-sea fish
and tuna)
B. Lead: not more than 2.0 mg/kg
Proposed
Chapter 3 -- Common Standards and Specifications for Food
Section 6 -- Applicability of Standards & Specifications
Item 1 -- Specifications for foods in general
(1) Heavy metals
Heavy metal residue limits (using a living organism as the basis) for
marine fish and shellfish (including mollusks)
A. Total mercury: not more than 0.5 mg/kg (excluding deep-sea fish,
tuna, and billfish)
B. Methyl mercury: not more than 1.0 mg/kg (applicable to deep-sea
fish, tuna, and billfish only)
C. Lead: not more than 2.0 mg/kg
The final date for comments is February 6, 2006.
BACKGROUND ON METHYL MERCURY
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) works with the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and with states and tribes to issue
advice to women who may become pregnant, pregnant women, nursing mothers
and parents of young children about how often they should eat certain
types of commercially-caught fish and shellfish. Fish advisories are
also issued for men, women, and children of all ages when appropriate.
In addition, EPA releases an annual summary of information on
locally-issued fish advisories and safe-eating guidelines to the public.
Fish is a beneficial part of the diet, so EPA and FDA encourage people
to continue to eat fish that are low in methyl mercury. For a copy of
the joint 2004 advice from the FDA and EPA, "What You Need to Know about
Mercury in Fish and Shellfish, 2004 EPA and FDA Advice for Women Who
Might Become Pregnant, Women Who are Pregnant, Nursing Mothers, and
Young Children," please go to
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fishadvice/advice.html or go to the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition website
at:
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/seafood1.html
International guidelines for allowable levels of methyl mercury in
fish have been established by the United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization and the World Health Organization as the Codex Alimentarius
(Codex). The Codex guideline levels for methyl mercury in fish were
adopted in 1991, on the understanding that the levels would be kept
under review by the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants
as well as the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products, especially
as to the identification of predatory species of fish to which the
higher guideline level applies. The Codex guideline levels are intended
for methyl mercury in fresh or processed fish and fish products moving
in international trade.
Methyl mercury
Guideline level
All fish except predatory fish 0.5 mg/kg
Predatory fish (such as shark, swordfish, tuna, pike and others) 1
mg/kg
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September 2005 |
- China
G/SPS/N/CHN/82
Administrative Rules on Entry and Exit Animal
Quarantine Stations (Revision)
China's General Administration of Quality
Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China
(AQSIQ) proposes to establish the "Rules on Quarantine Facilities for
entry and exit Animals" according to relevant Chinese laws and OIE
standards. This document is to replace "The Rules on National Animal
Quarantine Facilities (1995)" and "The Rules on Temporary Quarantine
Facilities for Entry and Exit Animals (1996)" and mainly contains the
following aspects: the application, requirements, permit and management
of quarantine facilities.
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July 2005 |
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February 2005 |
- Japan
G/SPS/N/JPN/135
G/SPS/N/JPN/135
Amendment
Amendment of the Fisheries Resources
Conservation Act , relating to verification that imported aquatic
animals is free include non OIE-listed diseases (ex. Koi Herpes Virus
Disease).
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December 2004 |
- Colombia
G/SPS/N/COL/93
Technical Regulation on the Requirements for Preserved Sardines Produced, Imported or Exported for Human Consumption
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October 2004 |
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September 2004 |
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August 2004 |
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August 2004 |
- Malaysia
G/SPS/N/MYS/18
Control of prohibited drugs and drug residues in fish and fishery products intended for human consumption
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August 2004 |
- Canada
G/SPS/N/CAN/212
Amendment to permit the optional use of potassium aluminum sulphate as a firming agent in roe of sea urchins
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August 2004 |
- European Union
G/SPS/N/EEC/246
Proposal to set maximum Community levels for the PAH benzo(a)pyrene in food
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July
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July
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June
2004 |
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June 2004 |
- European Union
G/SPS/N/EEC/197/Add.1 updated
G/SPS/N/EEC/197 updated
Changes in regulations regarding export of live molluscs to the EU
Text of the Commission decisions:
D10376-EN
Amending Annex I to Decision 2003/804/EC for export of live molluscs
NEEC804 updated
Decision regarding export of live molluscs to the EU
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June
2004 |
- Australia
G/SPS/N/AUS/163
Proposal to extend mandatory food safety requirements to the production and processing of seafood
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June
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May
2004 |
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May
2004 |
- United States of America
SPS USA/691/A6
Public Health Security and Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
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March 2004 |
- Bulgaria
G/SPS/N/BGR/20
Draft requirements for import of fishery and aquaculture products into the Republic of Bulgaria
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March 2004 |
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March 2004 |
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March 2004 |
- Argentina
G/SPS/N/ARG/72
Assignment of Additives and their Maximum Concentration Levels for Industrial Culinary Products
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February 2004 |
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February 2004 |
- Taiwan
SPS/N/TPKM/25
Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Live Crustaceans for Aquaculture (Draft)
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January 2004 |
- Thailand
G/SPS/N/THA/108
The DOF Notification on Temporary Prohibition of Imports of Carp Fish
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January 2004 |
- The Seperate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsug
SPS/N/TPKM/25
Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Live Crustaceans for Aquaculture
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December 2003 |
- The People's Republic of China
G/SPS/N/CHN/41
Live cultured aquatic animals
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December 2003 |
- European Union
96/23/EC
The Performance Of Analytical Methods And The Interpretation Of Results
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December 2003 |
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