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|                                                  | G/TBT/N/USA/104** |
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|                                                  | 7 April 2005      |
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|                                                  | (05-1423)         |
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| **Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade**     | Original: English |
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NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with
Article 10.6.

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| ** | **Member to Agreement     |   |                                 |
| 1. | notifying:** [UNITED      |   |                                 |
| ** | STATES]{.underline}       |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **If applicable, name of  |   |                                 |
|    | local government involved |   |                                 |
|    | (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):** |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Agency responsible:**   |   |                                 |
| 2. | Food and Drug             |   |                                 |
| ** | Administration (FDA)      |   |                                 |
|    | (109)                     |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Name and address        |   |                                 |
|    | (including telephone and  |   |                                 |
|    | fax numbers, e-mail and   |   |                                 |
|    | web-site addresses, if    |   |                                 |
|    | available) of** **agency  |   |                                 |
|    | or authority designated   |   |                                 |
|    | to handle comments        |   |                                 |
|    | regarding the             |   |                                 |
|    | notification shall be     |   |                                 |
|    | indicated if different    |   |                                 |
|    | from above:**             |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Notified under Article  |   |                                 |
| 3. | 2.9.2 \[** X **\], 2.10.1 |   |                                 |
| ** | \[ **  **\], 5.6.2        |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], 5.7.1        |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], other:**     |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Products covered (HS or |   |                                 |
| 4. | CCCN where applicable,    |   |                                 |
| ** | otherwise national tariff |   |                                 |
|    | heading.\                 |   |                                 |
|    | ICS numbers may be        |   |                                 |
|    | provided in addition,     |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable):** Food |   |                                 |
|    | (ICS 67)                  |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Title, number of pages  |   |                                 |
| 5. | and language(s) of the    |   |                                 |
| ** | notified document:** Food |   |                                 |
|    | Labeling: Serving Sizes   |   |                                 |
|    | of Products That Can      |   |                                 |
|    | Reasonably Be Consumed At |   |                                 |
|    | One Eating Occasion;      |   |                                 |
|    | Updating of Reference     |   |                                 |
|    | Amounts Customarily       |   |                                 |
|    | Consumed; Approaches for  |   |                                 |
|    | Recommending Smaller      |   |                                 |
|    | Portion Sizes (5 Pages,   |   |                                 |
|    | in English).              |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Description of          |   |                                 |
| 6. | content:** The Food and   |   |                                 |
| ** | Drug Administration (FDA) |   |                                 |
|    | is issuing this advance   |   |                                 |
|    | notice of proposed        |   |                                 |
|    | rulemaking (ANPRM) to     |   |                                 |
|    | request comment on        |   |                                 |
|    | whether to amend certain  |   |                                 |
|    | provisions of the         |   |                                 |
|    | agency\'s nutrition       |   |                                 |
|    | labeling regulations      |   |                                 |
|    | concerning serving size.  |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | FDA is issuing this ANPRM |   |                                 |
|    | in response to            |   |                                 |
|    | recommendations of the    |   |                                 |
|    | Obesity Working Group     |   |                                 |
|    | (OWG), which was created  |   |                                 |
|    | by the Commissioner of    |   |                                 |
|    | FDA (the Commissioner) to |   |                                 |
|    | develop an action plan to |   |                                 |
|    | address the Nation\'s     |   |                                 |
|    | obesity problem. Comments |   |                                 |
|    | on whether, and if so,    |   |                                 |
|    | how to amend the          |   |                                 |
|    | agency\'s serving size    |   |                                 |
|    | regulations will inform   |   |                                 |
|    | any FDA rulemaking that   |   |                                 |
|    | may result from this      |   |                                 |
|    | ANPRM.                    |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Objective and           |   |                                 |
| 7. | rationale, including the  |   |                                 |
| ** | nature of urgent problems |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable:**       |   |                                 |
|    | Protection of human life  |   |                                 |
|    | and health                |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Relevant documents:**   |   |                                 |
| 8. | 70 Federal Register (FR)  |   |                                 |
| ** | 17010 4 April 2005; Title |   |                                 |
|    | 21 Code of Federal        |   |                                 |
|    | Regulations (CFR) Parts   |   |                                 |
|    | 101. Will appear in the   |   |                                 |
|    | Federal Register when     |   |                                 |
|    | adopted.                  |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Proposed date of        |   | To be determined                |
| 9. | adoption:**               |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Proposed date of entry  |   |                                 |
|    | into force:**             |   |                                 |
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| *  | **Final date for          |   |                                 |
| *1 | comments:** 20 June 2005  |   |                                 |
| 0. |                           |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
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| *  | **Texts available from:   |   |                                 |
| *1 | National enquiry point    |   |                                 |
| 1. | \[** X **\] or address,   |   |                                 |
| ** | telephone and fax         |   |                                 |
|    | numbers, e-mail and       |   |                                 |
|    | web-site addresses, if    |   |                                 |
|    | available of the other    |   |                                 |
|    | body: Full Text of this   |   |                                 |
|    | Notification is Now       |   |                                 |
|    | Available on the Internet |   |                                 |
|    | at URLs:**                |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | <http://a257.g.akama      |   |                                 |
|    | itech.net/7/257/2422/01ja |   |                                 |
|    | n20051800/edocket.access. |   |                                 |
|    | gpo.gov/2005/05-6644.htm> |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | <http://a257.g.akamaitec  |   |                                 |
|    | h.net/7/257/2422/01jan200 |   |                                 |
|    | 51800/edocket.access.gpo. |   |                                 |
|    | gov/2005/pdf/05-6644.pdf> |   |                                 |
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