Notification of the adopted Animal Health Requirements for raw milk/milk products to be exported to Japan

As was announced in G/SPS/N/JPN/471/Add.1 dated 14 November 2016, the revised Article 45 of "the Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control" will enter into force on 1 November 2017, and raw milk/milk products will be added to the list of items subject to animal health quarantine.In G/SPS/N/JPN/471/Add.2 dated 16 February 2017, MAFF proposed the draft Animal Health Requirements to set out detailed import conditions including required statements in the health certificate to be applied to raw milk/milk products to be imported into Japan from 1 November 2017(*).This is to notify of the adopted Animal Health Requirements:http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/JPN/17_2055_00_e.pdf

The model format of the health certificate for the countries listed on the Annex of the Animal Health Requirements:http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/JPN/17_2055_01_e.pdf

The model format of the health certificate for non-listed countries:http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/JPN/17_2055_02_e.pdf

(*)Note:Raw milk/milk products arriving in Japan on and after 1 November 2017, including products exported from exporting countries before 1 November 2017, will need to be accompanied by the health certificate issued by the competent authority of the exporting country in accordance with the AHRs.