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Notifying
Member: SINGAPORE
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency
responsible: Singapore Food Agency
(SFA)
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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): Poultry meat and meat
products (HS codes: 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210, 1501, 1601, 1602, 1901, 1902,
1904, 1905, 2004, 2104), hatching eggs (HS code: 0407), live domestic birds
and day-old chicks (HS code: 0105)
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Regions
or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[X] All trading partners
[ ] Specific regions or
countries:
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Title of
the notified document: Veterinary
Conditions for Importation of Poultry and Poultry Products; Veterinary
Conditions for Importation of Domestic Birds; Veterinary Conditions for
Importation of Day-Old Chicks; Veterinary Conditions for Importation of
Hatching Eggs. Language(s): English. Number of
pages: 2, 3, 2 and 2, respectively
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Description of content:
Singapore has completed a review of the import conditions for live domestic
birds (including day-old chicks, domestic birds), poultry and poultry
products, and hatching eggs, to allow the use of vaccination against High
Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) if certain conditions are met. These
conditions are aligned with the recommendations of the World Organisation for
Animal Health (WOAH). The amendments are as follows:
a._ Conditions for importation of poultry and poultry products
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To allow the
use of HPAI vaccines (excluding live/live-attenuated vaccines) that comply
with standards described in the WOAH Terrestrial Manual and approved by the
competent authority of the exporting country.
b._ Conditions for importation of live domestic birds
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To allow the
use of HPAI vaccines (excluding live/live-attenuated vaccines) that comply
with standards described in the WOAH Terrestrial Manual and approved by the
competent authority of the exporting country. Details of vaccine used for
each consignment exported (e.g. nature of vaccine and date of vaccination)
are to be provided.
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If HPAI
vaccines were used, to ensure that the flock had been tested negative for
HPAI within 14 days of export, using methods stated in WOAH Terrestrial
Manual for detection of HPAI virus (e.g. virus isolation or real-time
RT-PCR).
c._ Conditions for importation of day-old chicks and hatching eggs
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To allow the
use of HPAI vaccines (excluding live/live-attenuated vaccines) that comply
with standards described in the WOAH Terrestrial Manual and approved by the
competent authority of the exporting country for parent flocks and/or day-old
chicks. Details of vaccine used for each consignment exported (e.g. nature of
vaccine and date of vaccination) are to be provided.
If
an exporting country is not practising HPAI vaccination to control the
disease, the existing import conditions for these goods continue to
apply with no change.
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Objective
and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ]
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from
other damage from pests.
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Is there
a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text):
[X] World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code,
chapter number):
Terrestrial Manual, Chapter 10.4
[ ] International Plant Protection
Convention (e.g. ISPM number):
[ ] None
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international
standard?
[X] Yes [ ] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the
international standard:
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Other
relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
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10.
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Proposed
date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 28 August 2024
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 28 August 2024
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Proposed
date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
28 August 2024
[X] Trade facilitating
measure
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Final
date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): Not applicable
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National
Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
e-mail address (if available) of other body:
Risk
Management and Surveillance Department
Singapore
Food Agency
52 Jurong
Gateway Road #14-01
Singapore
608550
Tel: +(65)
6805 2937
E-mail: joelyn_ng@sfa.gov.sg
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Text(s) available from: [ ] National
Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
e-mail address (if available) of other body:
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The texts of the Veterinary Conditions For
Importation of Poultry and Poultry Products are available at: https://www.sfa.gov.sg/food-import-export/conditions-for-specific-types-of-food-for-import
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The texts of the Veterinary Conditions For
Importation of Domestic Birds, Hatching Eggs, and Day-Old Chicks are
available at: https://www.sfa.gov.sg/food-import-export/import-export-transshipment-of-live-poultry-livestock
Alternatively, please write in to:
Risk Management and Surveillance Department
Singapore Food Agency
52 Jurong Gateway Road #14-01
Singapore 608550
Tel: +(65) 6805 2937
E-mail: joelyn_ng@sfa.gov.sg
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