G/SPS/N/USA/690/Add.13  
6 November 2023  
(23-7466) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 3 November 2023, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of  the United States of America . 
 
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Prior Notice: Adding Requirement To Submit Mail Tracking Number for Articles of Food Arriving by 
International Mail and Timeframe for Post -Refusal and Post -Hold Submissions; Proposed Rule  
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is proposing to amend its prior notice 
regulations to add a requirement that the prior notice for articles of food arriving by international mail 
include the name of the mail service and a mail tracking number and add a requirement that prior 
notice and food facility registration information be  submitted within a certain timeframe, after certain 
notices of refusal or hold have been issued (''post -refusal'' and ''post -hold'' submission). We are also 
proposing certain technical changes, including those that reflect expanded capabilities of the 
Automated Broker Interface/ Automated Commercial Environment/ International Trade Data System 
(ABI/ACE/ITDS) and the Prior Notice Systems Interface (PNSI). These amendments, if finalized, will 
improve program efficiency and better enable FDA to protect the U. S. food supply and public health.  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-11-01/pdf/2023 -24086.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/USA/23_13314_00_e.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be  provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the adden dum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Either electronic or written comments on the proposed rule must be 
submitted by January 30, 2024.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] 
National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
You may submit comments as follows. Please note that late, untimely filed comments will not be 
considered.  
Submit electronic comments in the following way:  
− Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov . Follow the instructions for submitting 
comments.  Comments  submitted  electronically,  including  attachments,  to 
https://www.regulations.gov  will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will 
be made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment does not include any G/SPS/N/USA/690/Add.13  
 
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  confidential information that you or a third party may not wish to be posted, such as medical 
information, your or anyone else's Social Security number, or confidential business information, 
such as a manufacturing pr ocess. Please note that if you include your name, contact information, 
or other information that identifies you in the body of your comments, that information will be 
posted on https://www.regulations.g ov 
− If you want to submit a comment with confidential information that you do not wish to be made 
available to the public, submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed below (see ''Written/ P aper Submissions'' and ''Instructions'').  
Written/Paper Submissions - Submit written/paper submissions as follows:  
− Mail/Hand  Delivery/Courier (for written/paper submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA –
305),  Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers La ne, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.  
− For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets Management Staff, FDA will post your 
comment, as well as any attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, 
as confidential, if submitted as detai led in ''Instructions.''  
Instructions : 
− All submissions received must include the Docket No. FDA – 2011–N–0179 for ''Information 
Required in Prior Notice of Imported Food.''  
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Text can be found in the Federal Register, Vol. 88, No. 210, Page 74939 or on the internet at:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-11-01/pdf/2023 -24086.pdf  
 
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