G/SPS/N/USA/3324  
 
11 May 2022  
(22-3691) Page: 1/2 
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):  Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (HS code(s): 2309); 
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:  Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; 
Antarctic Krill Meal; Final Rule . Language(s):  English. Number of pages:  6 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-05-10/pdf/2022 -10025.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/USA/22_3381_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the 
color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of Antarctic krill meal, composed of 
the ground and dried tissue of Euphausia superba, with or without the lipid fraction, for 
use in the feed of salmonid fish, to enhance the color of their flesh. We are  taking this 
action in response to a color additive petition (CAP) submitted by Aker BioMarine Antarctic 
AS (Aker BioMarine or petitioner).  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from anima l/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 internationa l standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/USA/3324  
 
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  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) : 10 June 2022  
[X] 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 objections and 
requests for a hearing on the final rule by 9 June 2022.  
Agency or authority designated to han dle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
You may submit objections and requests for a hearing as follows. Please note that late, 
untimely filed objections will not be considered. The https://www.regulations.gov  
electronic filing system will accept comments until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of 
9 June 2022. Submit electronic objections in the following way:  
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov . Follow the instruct ions for 
submitting comments. Objections submitted electronically, including attachments, to 
https://www.regulations.gov  will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your 
objection will be made public, you are  solely responsible for ensuring that your 
objection 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 info rmation, 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 objection, that information will be 
posted on https://www.regulations.gov . 
• If you want to submit an objection with confidential information that you do not wish 
to be made available to the public, submit the objection as a written/paper submission 
and in the manner detailed (see "Written/ Paper Submissions" and "Instructions").  
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. FDA – 2018–C–1007 for 
''Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Antarctic Krill Meal.'' Received 
objections, those filed in a timely manner (see ADDRESSES), will be placed in t he 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: Stephen DiFranco, Office of Food Additive Safety 
(HFS–255), Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 
5001 Campus Dr., College Park, MD 20740 – 3835, +(240) 402 271 0; or Alexandra 
Jurewitz, Office of Regulations and Policy (HFS –024), Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus Dr., College Park, MD 20740, 
+(240) 402 2378.  
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. 90, Page 27931 or on the internet 
at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-05-10/pdf/2022 -10025.pdf