WORLD TRADE G/SPS/GEN/47
23January 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0240)
Original: English Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
AVIAN INFLUENZA -VIRUS H5N1
Submission ofBrazil
Thefollowing communication wasreceived from thePermanent Mission ofBrazil on
20January 1998.
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TheSecretary ofAgricultural Defence oftheMinistry ofAgriculture andSupply ofBrazil
hasdeclared that,according totherulescontained intheInternational Animal Health Code oftheOIE,
thecountry isofficially considered freeofhighly pathogenic avian influenza andofthevirus H5N1.
Emergency measures, which willbedulynotified totheSPSCommittee, arebeing taken toprevent
theentry ofthedisease intoBrazilian territory. Anadditional declaration totheofficial veterinary
health andinspection certificate fortheexport ofpoultry meatandpoultry meatproducts, tobesigned
bytheofficialveterinarianoftheMinistryofAgriculture,hasbeencreatedandshallaccompanyBrazilian
exports ofthementioned products.
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