Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Notification of emergency measures - Philippines - Live poultry, poultry meat, day-old chicks, eggs and semen - Addendum

NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES

Addendum

The following communication, received on 13 November 2014, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the Philippines.

 

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DA Memorandum Order No. 93, series of 2014, lifting temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products including poultry meat, day-old chicks, eggs, and semen originating from Poland

The Department of Agriculture (DA) issued Memorandum Order (MO) No. 16, series of 2011, lifting the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products including poultry meat, day-old chicks, eggs, and semen originating from Poland, which was imposed per DA MO No. 23, series of 2007, due to the reported outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). DA MO No. 93, s. 2014 took effect on 7 October 2014.

Based on the report submitted to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) by Dr. Ewa Lech, Chief Veterinary Officer, General Veterinary Inspectorate, Warsaw, Poland that the HPAI event in Poland has already been resolved on 1 August 2008. Based on the evaluation of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Philippines, the risk of contamination from importing poultry and poultry products from Poland is negligible.

http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/SPS/PHL/14_5088_00_e.pdf

This addendum concerns a:

[ ]           Modification of final date for comments

[ ]           Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified regulation

[ ]           Withdrawal of regulation

[ ]           Change in period of application of measure

[X]          Other: Lifting of the import ban.

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Office of the Director

Policy Research Service

Department of Agriculture

Elliptical Road, Diliman

Quezon City

Tel: +(632) 926 7439

Fax: +(632) 928 0590

E-mail: spspilipinas@da.gov.ph

 

or

Veterinary Quarantine Service

Bureau of Animal Industry

Visayas Avenue, Diliman

Quezon City

Tel: +(632) 920 0815

Fax: +(632) 920 0916

E-mail: nvqs_bai@yahoo.com; quarantine_bai@yahoo.com

Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Office of the Director

Policy Research Service

Department of Agriculture

Elliptical Road, Diliman

Quezon City

Tel: +(632) 926 7439

Fax: +(632) 928 0590

E-mail: spspilipinas@da.gov.ph

or

Veterinary Quarantine Service

Bureau of Animal Industry

Visayas Avenue, Diliman

Quezon City

Tel: +(632) 920 0815

Fax: +(632) 920 0916

E-mail: nvqs_bai@yahoo.com; quarantine_bai@yahoo.com

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