Notification of revision of the Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control

MAFF was proposing revision of the Article 45 of the "Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control" to add milk products to the list of items subject to animal quarantine in the notification G/SPS/N/JPN/471.
The revision(*) of the "Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control" was published in Japanese Official Gazette on 31 October 2016.
The revision will enter into force on 1 November 2017.
Animal Health Requirements are still in preparation to set out detailed import conditions for milk products including required statements in the health certificate based on the import risk analysis and Chapters 8.8.24, 8.8.25, 8.8.35 and 8.8.36 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code (the OIE Code).
MAFF will duly notify WTO Members once draft Animal Health Requirements have been developed.
(*) MAFF revised the Article 45 in the "Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control (No. 35, 1951)" as attached:
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/JPN/16_4725_00_e.pdf