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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/JPN/94
27 January 2003
(03-0552)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
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):  Livestock and poultry meat.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
All countries
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Amendment of Food
Sanitation Law concerning livestock and poultry meat with defects (available in English,
3 pages).
6. Description of content:   Taking into account the relevant Codex standard, to secure the
safety of meat, bone, milk, viscous, or blood of  livestock and poultry (hereinafter called as
"meat, etc."), Food Sanitation Law will be amended to  that it is prohibited (a) to sell as food
the meat, etc., with defects such as contamina tion , and (b) to collect, process, use, prepare,
store, display, or import the meat, etc., with  defects with intent to sell them as food.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] 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:   Recommended international code for
ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection of slaughter animals for ante-mortem and post-
mortem judgement of slaughter an imals and meat (CAC/RCP 411-1993).
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   This Regulation will
appear in "KAMPO" (Official Government Ga zette) when adopted, (available in Japanese).
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined.G/SPS/N/JPN/94
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12. Final date for comments:   31 January 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:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: