WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/BRN/3

9 May 2011
ORGANIZATION
(11-2383)

Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: English

NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES

1. Notifying Member: BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

If applicable, name of local government involved:

2. Agency responsible:
Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources (for fresh agricultural and fish products)
Ministry of Health (for processed foods)

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): Fresh agricultural and fish products; processed foods

4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[] All trading partners
[X] Specific regions or countries: Japan

5. Title of the notified document: Prohibition of Food Importation from Japan

Language(s): Malay Number of pages: 1
http://www.moh.gov.bn/news/20110329a.htm

6. Description of content: Following the findings of radioactive contaminants in foodstuffs,

the importation of agricultural and fish products as well as processed foodstuffs from the
prefectures of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa and Fukushima
in Japan are temporarily prohibited. Importation of agricultural and fish products as well as
processed foodstuffs from other prefectures must be accompanied by a declaration of origin
and a declaration of free of radioactive contamination.

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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: Findings of radioactive
contamination in foodstuffs in neighbouring areas of Fukushima prefecture following the
accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station.
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9. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:

[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard
or related text)
[] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic
Animal Health Code, chapter number)
[] 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:

10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:

11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable):

29 March 2011
[] Trade facilitating measure

12. 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:

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

Director
Department of Agriculture and Agrifood
Ministry of Industry & Primary Resources
Old Airport
Bandar Seri Begawan BB3510
Brunei Darussalam
Tel: +(673) 2 38 80 00
Fax: +(673) 2 38 22 26/2 38 16 39
E-mail: info@agriculture.gov.bn

Director
Department of Fisheries
Ministry of Industry & Primary Resources
Jln Menteri Besar
Bandar Seri Begawan BB3910
Brunei Darussalam
Tel: +(673) 2 38 30 67
Fax: +(673) 2 38 20 69
E-mail: info@fisheries.gov.bn
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Director-General of Health Services

Department of Health Services
Ministry of Health
Commonwealth Drive
Bandar Seri Begawan BB3910
Brunei Darussalam
Tel: +(673) 2 38 01 70
Fax: +(673) 2 38 03 32
E-mail: fsqc@hotmail.com
dcd.dohbru@gmail.com