G/TBT/N/USA/1661  
28 October 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) [1689]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other  [X]:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Corn on 
the cob, frozen; Sweetcorn, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen 
(HS 071040); Quality (ICS 03.120), Fruits. Vegetables (ICS 67.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  United States 
Standar ds for Grades of Frozen Corn on the Cob (1 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice and request for comments - The Agricultural Marketing 
Service (AMS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is soliciting comments on its 
proposal to revise the U.S. Standards for Grades of Frozen Corn on the Cob (27 July 
1970). AMS is proposing to replace the two -term grading system (dual nomenclature) 
with a single term to describe each quality level in the grade standards. Terms using the 
letter grade would  be retained and the descriptive term would be eliminated. Editorial 
changes would also be made to the grade standards that conform to recent changes made 
in other grade standards, returning previously omitted headers and language, and adding 
language to b ring the standards up to date with current industry practices. These changes 
would bring the grade standards in line with the present quality levels being marketed 
today and provide guidance in the effective use of these products.  
7. Objective and rationa le, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 85 Federal Register (FR) 66926, 21 October 2020; Title 7 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 36:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-10-21/html/2020 -23220.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-10-21/pdf/2020 -23220.pdf  
This notice and request for comments is identified by Docket Number AMS -SC-19-0058.  G/TBT/N/USA/1661  
 
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  The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=AMS_FRDOC_0001  and provides access to 
primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number or searching 'frozen corn on the cob'. 
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point . Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and 
their stakeholders will be shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the 
Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  21 December 2020  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/20_6506_00_e.pdf