G/TBT/N/USA/1682  
22 December 2020  
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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):   
2. Agency responsible:  Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Health and Human Services 
(HHS) [1710]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the not ification 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):  French 
dressing; Spices and condiments (ICS 67.220.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  French 
Dressing; Proposed Revocation of a Standard of Identity (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) 
proposes to revoke the standard of identity for French dressing. This action, in part, 
responds to a citizen petition submitted by the Association for Dressings and Sauces 
(ADS). We tentatively conclude that thi s standard no longer promotes honesty and fair 
dealing in the interest of consumers. Revocation of the standard of identity for French 
dressing could provide greater flexibility in the product's manufacture, consistent with 
comparable, nonstandardized food s available in the marketplace.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
85 Federal Register (FR) 82980, 21 December 2020; Title 21 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 169:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-12-21/html/2020 -27822.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-12-21/pdf/2020 -27822.pdf  
This Proposed rule is identified by Docket Number FDA -2020-N-1807. The Docket Folder 
is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FDA -2020-N-
1807 and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. 
Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket 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 will be shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the 
Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  G/TBT/N/USA/1682  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  22 March 2021  
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/2020/TBT/USA/20_7864_00_e.pdf