WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/USA/35
24 March 2003
(03-1679)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Agriculture (36)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Milk and Milk Products
(ICS 67)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Importation of Milk
and Milk Products From Regions Affe cted with Foot-and-Mouth Disease
(7 pages, in English)          
6. Description of content:   The Department is proposing to amend the regulations regarding
the importation of animal products to establish specific processing requirements for certain
cheeses, butter, and buttteroil imported from regions in which foot-and-mouth disease
exists; these products are currently exempt from the requirements of the regulations.Additionally, the Department is proposing to require that those products, when imported
from regions in which foot-and-mouth disease exists, be accompanied by government
certification regarding the processing of the products.  The proposed processing methods
could also be used for other milk products that are currently eligible for importation under
other conditions.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To ensure that materials containing the foot-and-mouth disease virus are not imported into
the United States
8. Relevant documents:   68 Federal Register (FR) 7722, 18 February 2003; Title 9 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 94.  Will appear in the Federal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   21 April 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html