G/TBT/N/USA/1813  
15 December 2021  
(21-9409) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  State of 
California  
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Food and Agriculture, State of California [1841]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other  [X]:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Eggs; 
marking requirements; Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked (HS 0407); 
Poultry and eggs (ICS 67.120.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Marking 
Requirements - Cage-Free Eggs (2 page( s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule notice - Proposes to amend the California Code 
of Regulations (CCR), Title 3, Division 3, section 1354. Specifically, this rulemaking action 
clarifies and makes specific the requirements to label co nsumer containers of eggs as 
"cage free".  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
No. 49 -Z, California Regulatory Notice Register 3 December 2021 (pages 1653 -1656):  
https://oal.ca.gov/wp -content/upload s/sites/166/2021/12/2021 -Notice -Regiter -
Number -49-Z-December -3-2021.pdf  
Proposed regulatory action on Cage -Free Eggs:    
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/regulations.html# mpes1354  
• Notice of Proposed Action  
• Proposed Regulatory Text  
• Initial Statement of Reasons  
Meat, Poultry and Egg Safety Branch, Egg Safety and Quality Management - Cage Free 
Definition CCR 1354  (d)(3)  G/TBT/N/USA/1813  
 
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  WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time on 14 January 2022 as the actual final date 
for comments, 17 January 2022, is a Federal holiday  in the United States and the USA 
TBT Enquiry Point and other Federal offices will be closed.   Comments received by the 
USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders by or before 14 January 
2022 will be share d with the regulator and with US trade officials.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  17 January 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_7848_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto .org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_7848_01_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_7848_02_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_7848_03_e.pdf