| World Trade Organization (WTO) Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Notifications The World Trade Organization (WTO) has circulated Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) notifications for information or comment. Click on the hyperlinks in the table to open the notifications: EN = English ES = Spanish FR = French
| Notifying Country | Notification Symbol | Link | Title / summary | Comments due / Notification type | | United Arab Emirates | G/SPS/N/ARE/119 | EN | Ban lifted on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products including poultry meat, day-old chicks and eggs originating from Pakistan. | N/A - ban lifted | | United Arab Emirates | G/SPS/N/ARE/120 | EN | Emergency measure imposing a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-product, day-old chicks, hatching eggs from South Africa, and imposition of a temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat and table eggs from Mpumalanga in South Africa, following the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus. | N/A - emergency measure | | Ecuador | G/SPS/N/ECU/192 | ES | Currently in Spanish: Propuesta de requisitos fitosanitarios de cumplimiento obligatorio para la importación de semillas de nabo forrajero (Brassica rapa) para la siembra originarias de Nueva Zelandia protección del territorio contra otros daños causados por plagas. Google translation: Proposed phytosanitary requirements for the import of forage turnip seed (Brassica rapa) for seed and plant material from New Zealand. | 04/09/2017 | | Hong Kong, China | G/SPS/N/HKG/35/Add.1 | EN | Revision of veterinary conditions in relation to Hendra virus requirements and approval to import Hendra vaccinated horses into Hong Kong, China by means of waiver on a case-by-case basis. The amended requirements applies to the export certificate for resident horses re-entering, or horses imported (permanent or temporary) into Hong Kong, China. | N/A - modification of content and scope | | New Zealand | G/SPS/N/NZL/557 | EN | Emergency measures to prevent the introduction of Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' haplotypes C, D and E, which may be associated with imported seed for sowing. This will apply to all species of Anthriscus, Apium, Daucus, Foeniculum, Pastinaca, and Petroselinum approved for import into New Zealand. | N/A - emergency measure | | United States of America | G/SPS/N/USA/2171/Add.4 | EN | From 2 August 2017, all shipments of imported Siluriformes fish and fish products entering the US must be presented at an Official Import Inspection Establishment for reinspection by food safety inspection personnel. | N/A - emergency measure |
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