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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/700
11 April 2003
(03-1993)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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):  Fruit and vegetable juices, HS 2009
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:  Guidance for Industry:
Juice HACCP Small Entity Compliance Guide, (14 pages, available in English)
6. Description of content:   FDA has issued a guidance document, "Juice HACCP Small
Entity Compliance Guide".  This document is intended to provide FDA guidance to small
and very small businesses concerning the safe and sanitary processing of fruit andvegetable juices.  The document restates, in plain language, important aspects of the juice
hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) regulations (21 CFR part 120).
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, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Notice of availability
in 68 FR 16541 and "Guidance for I ndustry:  Juice HACCP Small Entity Compliance
Guide" (available in English)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  This guidance is applicable upon publication.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This guidance is applicable upon publication.G/SPS/N/USA/700
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12. Final date for comments:  Submit written or electronic comments at any time.
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  Food and Drug Administration
[   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number
and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  Submit written comments on the
document to the Dockets Management Branch  (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration,
5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852, U.S.A.  It is possible to submit
electronic comments to:  http://www.fda.gov/dockets/ecomments .  Submit comments by
indicating DOCKET No. 03D-0093 and TITLE Guidance for Industry:  Juice HACCP
Small Entity Compliance Guide.
13. Texts available from:  [   ] 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 1027Washington, DC 20250
Tel:  (202) 720-9047
Fax:  (202) 720-0677
E-mail:  William.janis2@usda.gov .
Complete text can be also be found on the Internet
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/100702c.htm  by looking under DOCKET
No. 01D-0493 and at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/guidance.html .