. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/854 
5 February 2004 
 (04-0423) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Trading partners who import food for consumption in th e United States.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Guidance Levels for 
Radionuclides in Domestic and Imported Foods (draft Compliance Policy Guide, 5 pages, 
available in English) and Supporting Docume nt for Guidance Levels for Radionuclides in 
Domestic and Imported Foods (draft supporting document, 32 pages, available in English) 
6. Description of content:  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the 
availability of a draft Compliance Policy Guide (CPG) entitled "Guidance Levels for 
Radionuclides in Domestic and Imported Foods".  The draft CPG would rescind and 
replace the current CPG Sec. 560.750 Radionuc lides in Imported Foods – Levels of 
Concern (CPG 7119.14).  The draft CPG provi des updated guidance levels for radionuclide 
activity concentration in food offered for im port and makes these same guidance levels for 
radionuclide activity concentration applicable to food in domestic interstate commerce for 
the first time.  The draft CPG also expands th e scope of coverage of FDA policy from food 
accidentally contaminated with radionuclid es to food accidentally or intentionally 
contaminated with radionuclides.  The agency is also announcing the availability of a draft 
supporting document entitled "Supporting Do cument for Guidance Levels for 
Radionuclides in Domestic and Imported Foods". 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health, 
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  G/SPS/N/USA/854 
Page 2  
 
 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
Complete text for the Federal Register (FR)  notice, 69 FR 2146 (available in English)  can be 
found on the Internet at:  http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/04-719.pdf
 
Complete text for the  draft Compliance Policy Guide (available in English) can be found on 
the Internet at: http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/03d-0558-gdl0001.doc  
Complete text for the draft supporting docu ment (available in English) can be f ound on the 
Internet at: http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/03d-0558-bkg0001.doc  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined 
12. Final date for comments:  15 March 2004 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   Submit comments to the Food and Drug Administration, 5630 
Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.    Electronic comments can be sent to: 
http://www.fda.gov/ecomments . Comments should be identified with Docket Number 
2003D-0588.  For further information contact: Paul South, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition (HFS-306), Food and Drug Admi nistration, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, 
College Park, MD 20740-3835, 301-436-1640. 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
US Enquiry Point, US Department of Agriculture, Stop 1027, Washington, DC  20250.  Tel 
(202) 720-4051, (202) 690-0677, fstsd@usda.gov .  Complete text can also be found on the 
Internet http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/ scripts/oc/ohrms/index.cfm  by looking under 
Docket Number 2003D-0558.