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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/694
10 March 2003
(03-1363)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Animal Plant Health Inspections Service - APHIS
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Milk and Milk Products
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Trading Partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Milk and Milk Products
from regions affected with Foot and Mo uth Disease, English, PP 7722-7728, Volume 68
Number 32, 9 CFR Part 94, www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor
6. Description of content:  APHIS is proposing to amend the regulations regarding the
importation of animal products to establish specific processing requirements for certain
cheeses, butter and butter oil imported from regions in which foot and mouth exists; these
products are currently exempt from the requirement s of the regulations.  Additionally, we are
proposing to require that those products when  imported from regions in which foot and
mouth exists, be accompanied by government cer tification regarding the processing of the
products.  The proposed processing  methods could also be used for other milk products that
currently eligible for importation under other conditions.  APHIS believes these actions are
necessary to ensure that materials continui ng the foot and mouth disease virus are not
imported into the United States.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  OIE Chapter 2.1.1
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in English
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined.G/SPS/N/USA/694
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12. Final date for comments:  13 April 2003
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Please submit comments to Docket No. 01-040 -01, Regulatory Analysis and Development,
PPD, APHIS, Station 3c71, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 10737-1238
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Mr. William Janis, U.S. Department of  Agriculture, Stop 1027,Washington, D.C. 20250.
Telephone: 202 720-9047; e-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov