G/SPS /N/USA/2156/Add.11  
 
21 July 2022  
(22-5550) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 20 July 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of  the United States of America . 
 
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Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption 
Relating to Agricultural Water; Proposed Rule; Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking  
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is proposing dates for compliance with 
the pre -harvest agricultural water provisions for covered produce other than sprouts in the "Standards 
for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption Relating to 
Agricultural Water" proposed rule. We also are specifying the duration of the period during which we 
intend to exercise enforcement discretion for the harvest and post -harvest agricultural water 
requirements for covered produce other than sprouts in the produce safety regulation to provide 
covered farms, regulators, educators, a nd other stakeholders additional time to facilitate compliance 
with those provisions. The proposed compliance dates for preharvest agricultural water requirements 
and our exercise of enforcement discretion for the harvest and postharvest agricultural water  
provisions are intended to facilitate successful implementation and optimize public health protections. 
We are reopening the comment period only with respect to the compliance dates for the proposed 
pre-harvest agricultural water provisions for covered pr oduce other than sprouts.  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-07-19/pdf/2022 -15134.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/USA/22_4815_00_e.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] 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  
[X] 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 addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Either electronic or written comments on the proposed rule must be 
submitted by 19 September 2022.  G/SPS/N/USA/2156/Add.11  
 
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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:  
Submit electronic commen ts 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 confidential information that you or a thir d 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 process. Please note that if you include 
your name, contact information, or other in formation that identifies you in the body of your 
comments, that information will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov . 
Submit written/paper submissions as follows:  
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier (for written/pap er submissions):  
Dockets Management Staff (HFA –305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, 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 detailed in "Instructions".  
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. FDA – 2021–N–0471 for 
"Standards for the Growing, Harvestin g, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption 
Relating to Agricultural Water". Received comments, those filed in a timely manner (see 
ADDRESSES), will be placed in the docket and, except for those submitted as "Confidential 
Submissions", publicl y 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: Samir Assar, Center for Food Safety  and Applied Nutrition (HFS -317), 
Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus Dr., College Park, MD 20740, +(240) 402 1636, 
samir.assar@hhs.fda.gov . 
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Text can also be found in the Federal Register, Vol. 87, No. 137, page 42973 or on the Internet at: 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-07-19/pdf/2022 -15134.pdf . 
 
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