G/SPS/N/USA/3318  
 
16 March 2022  
(22-2313) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection 
Service (FSIS)  
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):  Poultry and poultry products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Condemnation of Poultry Carcasses Affected with Any of 
the Forms of Avian Leukosis Complex: Rescission (Proposed Rule) . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  5 
https://www.regulations.gov/document/FSIS -2021-0004-0001 
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media_file/2022 -03/FSIS -2021-0004.pdf  
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/14/2022 -05294/condemnation -of-
poultry -carcasses -affected -with-any-form-of-avian -leukosis -complex -rescission  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/USA/22_2239_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and 
Inspect ion Service (FSIS) is proposing to amend the US poultry products inspection 
regulations to rescind several regulations related to the inspection and condemnation of 
poultry carcasses affected with any of the forms of avian leukosis complex.  
Currently, the US poultry products inspection regulations require that carcasses of poultry 
affected with any one or more of the several forms of the avian visceral leukosis complex 
be condemned (9 CFR 381.82). FSIS is proposing to rescind 9 CFR 381.82, and under the 
proposed rule, carcasses affected with avian leukosis would be addressed by 
9 CFR 381.87, which provides that any organ or other carcass part affected with tumors 
may be trimmed and that the unaffected parts of the carcass may be inspected and 
passed.  
FSIS is  also proposing to rescind 9 CFR 381.36(f)(3), the regulation that requires New 
Poultry Inspection System (NPIS) young chicken establishments in the United States to 
provide a leukosis inspection area along the slaughter line, as well as 
9 CFR 381.76(b)(6) (iv), the regulation that prescribes inspection procedures for avian 
visceral leukosis in NPIS young chicken establishments. These regulations do not apply to 
US turkey establishments operating under the NPIS because avian visceral leukosis is 
extremely ra re in turkeys.   
FSIS invites interested persons to submit comments on this notice. Please submit 
comments on or before 13  May 2022.  G/SPS/N/USA/3318  
 
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  Full text for this Federal Register notice (87 FR 14182) can be accessed at:  
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/14/2022 -05294/condemnation -of-
poultry -carcasses -affected -with-any-form-of-avian -leukosis -complex -rescission . 
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. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from t he 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Information  available  on the USDA  FSIS website:  
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/federal -register -rulemaking/federal -register -
rules/rescind -regulation -requires -conde mnation  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 14 March 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade faci litating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 13 May 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Rachel Edelstein, Assistant Administrator, USDA FSIS Office of Policy and Program 
Development by telephone at +(202) 205 0495  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Not ification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: