 
 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/USA/432/Add.1 
18 May 2004 
 (04-2193) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
 
 
 The following communication, received on 12 May 2004, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States. 
 
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 Cattle from Australia and New Zealand;  Testing Exemptions 
 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) is amending the regulations 
regarding the importation of cattle to exempt ca ttle imported from Australia and from New Zealand 
from testing for brucellosis prior to their export to the United States.  APHIS has determined that the 
testing of cattle imported from Australia and New Z ealand for brucellosis is not necessary to protect 
livestock in the United States from the disease.  This  action relieves certain testing requirements for 
cattle imported from Australia and New Zealand while  continuing to protect against the introduction 
of communicable diseases of cattle into the United States.   On 20 April 2001, APHIS published in the Fe deral Register (66 FR 20211-20213, Docket 
No.99-071-1) the proposed rule to amend the regul ations by exempting cattle from Australia and New 
Zealand from testing for brucellosis prior to their ex port to the United States, and by exempting cattle 
from Australia from testing for tuberculosis prior to their export to the United States. 
  The final rule can be obtained from: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get doc.cgi?dbname=2004_regis ter&docid=fr20ap04-3 
or http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ ppd/rad/webrepor/all.html 
 
  USDA/FAS/FSTSD  Attn:  Julie Morin 
 United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer 
 Food Safety and Technical Services Division  USDA Foreign Agricultural Service  Tel: 202 720-4501  Fax: 202 720 7772 
 
 
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