G/SPS/N/USA/3339  
 
14 July 2022  
(22-5376) Page: 1/3 
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:  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):  Phenols; phenol -alcohols (HS code(s): 2907); Food technology 
(ICS code(s): 67)  
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:  Environmental Defense Fund, Maricel Maffini, Breast 
Cancer Prevention Partners, Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund, Consumer Reports, 
Endocrine Society, Environmental Working Group, Healthy Babies Bright Futures, Linda 
Birnbaum, and the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University; Filing of Food 
Additive Petition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  2 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-07-11/pdf/2022 -14682.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/USA/22_4660_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing 
that we have filed a petition, submitted by Environmental Defense Fund, Maricel Maffini, 
Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund, Consumer 
Reports, Endocrine Society, Environmental Working Group, Healthy Babies Bright Futures, 
Linda Birnbaum, and the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, proposing 
that the food additive regulations be amended to remove or restrict authorizations for the 
use of bisphenol A (BPA).  
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?  G/SPS/N/USA/3339  
 
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  [ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international stand ard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Submit either electronic or written comments on the 
filing notice by 9 September 2022.  
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:   
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, yo u are solely responsible for ensuring that your 
comment does not include any 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 i nformation, such as a manufacturing 
process. 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.gov . 
• 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 (see "Written/Paper Submissio ns" 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 Lane, Rm. 1061, 
Rockv ille, 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 detailed in "Instruction s". 
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. FDA – 2022–F–1108 for 
"Environmental Defense Fund, Maricel Maffini, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, Clean 
Water Action/Clean Water Fund, Consumer Reports, Endocrine Society, Environme ntal 
Working Group, Healthy Babies Bright Futures, Linda Birnbaum, and the Nicholas School of 
the Environment at Duke University; Filing of Food Additive Petition". Received comments, 
those filed in a timely manner (see DATES), will be placed in the docket  and, except for 
those submitted as "Confidential Submissions", publicly viewable at 
https://www.regulations.gov  or at the Dockets Management Staff between 9 a.m. and 
4 p.m., Monday through Friday, +(240) 402 7500.  
For further information contact: Marissa Santos, Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus Dr., College Par k, MD 20740, 
+(240) 402 8160.  G/SPS/N/USA/3339  
 
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  13. 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. 87, No. 131, Page 41079 or on the internet 
at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-07-11/pdf/2022 -14682.pdf .