G/SPS/N/USA/2810/Add.2  
4 February 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 3 February 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Food Additive Regulations; Synthetic Flavoring Agents and Adjuvants; Confirmation of Effective Date  
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is responding to the submission styled as an objection 
submitted by Earthjustice on behalf of Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, Center for Environmental 
Health, Center for Food Safety, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Environmental Defense Fund, 
Environmental Working Group, and the Natural Resources Defense Council, on the final rule that 
amended the food additive regulations to no longer authorize the use of benzophenone, ethyl acrylate, 
eugenyl methyl ether, myrcene, pulegone, and pyridine as synthetic flavoring substances for use in 
food.  
The final rule also amended the food additive regulations to no longer provide for the use of 
benzophenone as a plasticizer in rubber articles intended for repeated use in contact with food.  
After reviewing the submission, we have concluded that the submi ssion we received is not an 
objection and consequently does not provide a basis for modifying the regulations.  
Effective date of final rule published in the Federal Register of 9 October 2018 (83 FR 50490) 
confirmed: 9 October 2018.  
This addendum concerns  a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] 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 dat e of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  G/SPS/N/USA/2810/Add.2  
 
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  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:  
For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to 
https://www.regulations.gov  and insert the docket number found in brackets in the heading of this 
final rule int o the ‘‘Search'' box and follow the prompts, and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff, 
5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.  
For further information contact: Mical Honigfort, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 
(HFS-265), Food and Dru g Administration, 5001 Campus Dr., College Park, MD 20740 -3835, 
Tel: +(240) 402 1278.  
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. 85, No. 21, page  5555 or on the internet at: 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-01-31/pdf/2020 -01060.pdf   
 
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