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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/644
17 October 2002
(02-5670)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service – APHIS
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):   Fruits and vegetables
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Trading partners
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  Cold Treatment of
Fruits (8 to 10 pages)
6. Description of content:   The USDA is amending the Plant Protection and Quarantine
Treatment Manual which is incorporated by refe rence into the Code of Federal Regulations,
by revising the cold treatment schedules under which fruits are treated for the Mediterranean
fruit fly and other specified pests.  Based on th e review of those treatment schedules, we have
determined that it is necessary to extend the duration of cold treatment for Medfly.  The
USDA-APHIS is also amending the regulations  for importing fruit and vegetables to provide
inspectors at the port of first arrival will samp le and cut fruit from each shipment cold treated
for Medfly to monitor the effectiveness of the cold treatment.  These actions are necessary to
protect against the introduction and disseminati on of Medflies into and within the US.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This action is necessary to
protect against the introduction and dissemina tion of Medflies into and within the
United States.
9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] International Plant Protec tion Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
10. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   IPPC ISPM #2 and
General Principles #2 and #14G/SPS/N/USA/644
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11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   15 October 2002
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Detailed instructions on where and how to send comments are in the body of the full text
which will be sent upon request to the address in paragraph 13.
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
United States SPS Enquiry Point / Notification Point
Mr. William Janis
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Stop 1027
Washington, DC 20250
Tel:  (202) 720-9047Fax:  (202) 720-0677
E-mail:  William.janis2@usda.gov