G/SPS/N/USA/3076  
 
20 May 3029  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AME RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and 
Inspection Service (FSIS)  
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 appl icable):  Meat, poultry, and egg products  
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:  Publication Method for Lists of Foreign Countries Eligible 
To Export Meat, Poultry, or Egg Products to the United States . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  5 
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/9bbac3d0 -2a5e-41d6-a1e4-
49ae06de89a8/2018 -0027.pdf?MOD=AJPERES  
6. Description of c ontent:  The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to 
remove lists of foreign countries eligible to export meat, poultry, and egg products to the 
United States from its regulations and, instead, utilize lists posted on FSIS' website. 
A reference to the web address would be included in FSIS' regulations. This change would 
allow FSIS to more efficiently provide the public with more accurate and up to -date 
information. The criteria FSIS uses to evaluate whether a foreign country is eligible to 
export meat, poultry, or egg products would remain in the regulations and would not 
change. FSIS would continue to provide an opportunity for public comment when 
proposing to list new countries as eligible to export these products to the United States.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify t he 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 international standard?  G/SPS/N/USA/3076  
 
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  [ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international stand ard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 11 June 2019  
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:   
Roberta Wagner, Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy and Program Development by 
telephone at +(202) 205 0495.  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/9bbac3d0 -2a5e-41d6-a1e4-
49ae06de89a8/2018 -0027.pdf?MOD=AJPERES