G/SPS/N/USA/3135/Add.1  
4 March 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 3 March 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of United States of America . 
 
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Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods; Extension of Comment Period  
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is extending the comment period for the proposed 
rule, and for the information collection related to the proposed rule, entitled "Laboratory Accreditation 
for Analyses of Foods " that appeared in the Federal Regi ster of 4 November 2019.  
We are taking this action in response to a request for an extension to allow interested persons 
additional time to consider the proposal.  
We also are taking this action to keep the comment period for the information collection pr ovisions 
associated with the rule consistent with the comment period for the proposed rule.  
DATES: FDA is extending the comment period on the proposed rule published 4 November 2019 
(84 FR 59452). Submit either electronic or written comments on the propose d rule by 6 April 2020. 
Submit comments on information collection issues under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 
by 6 April 2020 (see the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995'' section).  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/USA/20_1730_00_e.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[X] 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  
[ ] 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) : 6 April 2020 .  
 Submi t either electronic or written comments on the proposed rule by 6 April 2020. 
Electronic comments must be submitted on or before 6 April 2020.  
 The https://www.regulations.gov  electronic filing system will accep t comments until 
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of 6 April 2020.  G/SPS/N/USA/3135/Add.1  
 
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   Comments received by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) 
will be considered timely if they are postmarked or the delivery service acceptance 
receipt is on or befo re that date.  
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:  
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 third party may not wish to be posted, such as medical inf ormation, 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 information that identifies 
you in the body of your com ments, that information will be posted on https://www.regulations.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 be found in the US Federal Register, Vol. 85, No. 40, page  11893 or on the internet at: 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-02-28/pdf/2020 -03944.pdf .  
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