G/TBT/N/USA/1973/Add.1  
 
13 April 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  13 April 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Voluntary Labeling of FSIS -Regulated Products With U.S.-Origin Claims  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[X] Comment period changed - date:  11 June 2023  
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[ ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture 
(USDA), is extending the comment period on the proposed rule  for a voluntary "Product of USA " 
labeling claim. The deadline for comments was originally 12 May 2023. The proposed rule will be 
open for comments for an additional 30 days, until 11 June 2023.  
FSIS has proposed new regulatory requirements to better align the voluntary "Product of USA"  claim 
with consumers' understanding of what the claim means. The proposal aims to allow the voluntary 
"Product of USA" or "Made in the USA" claim to be used only on FSIS -regulated products that are 
derived from animals born, raised, slaughtered, and proce ssed in the United States. FSIS is 
extending the comment period in response to requests from an industry association and a foreign 
country for additional time to determine and formulate comments on the impact of the proposed 
regulations.  
Comments may be su bmitted through the federal eRulemaking portal, Regulations.gov, or by mail, 
sent to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 1400 
Independence Avenue SW, Mailstop 3758, Washington, D.C., 20250 -3700. All items submi tted by 
mail or electronic mail must include the agency name and docket number FSIS 2022 -0015.  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/1973/Add.1  
 
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  The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov  at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FSIS 
2022-0015/document  and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. 
Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Do cket Number. WTO 
Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . 
Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders by 
4pm Eastern Daylight Time  (EDT) on 9 June 2023 will be shared with the regulator and will also be 
submitted  to the Docket  on Regulations.gov. Members who wish to submit comments after 9 June 
and up to 11 June 11:59pm EDT may submit the comments to the docket folder on Regulations.gov  
and share a copy by e -mail to usatbtep@nist.gov . 
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