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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NZL/20
19 October 1998
(98-4018)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  NEW ZEALAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
3. Products covered (tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited
with the WTO.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Dried
egg albumen, pasteurized spray-dried whole egg and pasteurized spray-dried egg yolk
products, products containing pasteurized egg.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:   Revocation of import health
standard (1 page)
5. Description of content:   Three separate legal instruments, with the same title, have been
used to revoke the import health standards for the following products from Australia:
dried egg albumen;
pasteurized spray-dried egg whole egg and pasteurized spray-dried egg yolk
products;
products containing pasteurized egg.
6. Objective and rationale:  Provisional measures for the protection of animal health
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):   Following an outbreak of Newcastle disease in New
South Wales, Australia, import health standards for poultry products that did not include
safeguards against Newcastle disease have been revoked, thus suspending the importation
of these products.
8. An international standard, guidelin e or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or  recommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations:   Higher level of sanitary protection than would be achieved by
measures based on the OIE International animal health code, mammals, birds and bees.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Import health
standard for the importation of products containing pasteurized egg into New Zealand from
Australia (3 August 1998).
Import health standard for the importation of dried egg albumen in to New Zealand from
Australia (3 August 1998).
Import health standard for the importation of pasteurized spray-dried whole egg and
pasteurized spray-dried egg yolk products into New Zealand from Australia
(3 August 1998)G/SPS/N/NZL/20
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10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  1 October 1998
11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telefax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:            