G/SPS/N/USA/3376  
5 April 2023  
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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:  Environmental Protection Agency  
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):  Multiple commodities: raw agricultural commodities clover, forage at 
8 parts per million (ppm) and clover, hay at 15 ppm; livestock commodities: cattl e, fat and 
cattle, meat at 0.03 ppm; cattle, meat by -products at 0.1 ppm; egg at 0.01 ppm; goat, fat 
and goat, meat at 0.03 ppm; goat, meat by -products at 0.1 ppm; hog, meat by -products 
at 0.1 ppm; milk at 0.01 ppm; horse, meat at 0.03 ppm; poultry, fat an d poultry, meat at 
0.01 ppm; poultry, meat by -products at 0.1 ppm; sheep, fat and sheep, meat at 
0.03 ppm; and sheep, meat by -products at 0.1 ppm  
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:  Trinexapac -ethyl; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  4 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-03-29/html/2023 -06409.htm  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of trinexapac -
ethyl in or on multiple commodities: raw agricultural commodities clover, forage at 8 parts 
per million (ppm) and clover, hay at 15 ppm; livestock commodities: cattle, fat and cattle, 
meat a t 0.03 ppm; cattle, meat by -products at 0.1 ppm; egg at 0.01 ppm; goat, fat and 
goat, meat at 0.03 ppm; goat, meat by -products at 0.1 ppm; hog, meat by -products at 
0.1 ppm; milk at 0.01 ppm; horse, meat at 0.03 ppm; poultry, fat and poultry, meat at 
0.01 p pm; poultry, meat by -products at 0.1 ppm; sheep, fat and sheep, meat at 
0.03 ppm; and sheep, meat by -products at 0.1 ppm.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : https://www.fao.org/fao -who-
codexalimentarius/codex -texts/dbs/pestres/pesticide -detail/en/?p_id=271  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  G/SPS/N/USA/3376  
 
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  [ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [ X] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  EPA harmonizes with Codex where possible, but for some of the 
MRLs (tolerance) in question, the data provided to EPA support a different MRL than 
Codex. Please refer to t he Federal Register Notice for full information regarding which 
MRLs are harmonized and which are not.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-01-03/html/2022 -28524.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2015-05-20/html/2015 -11972.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2012-03-02/html/2012 -4984.htm  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 29 March 2023  
Proposed dat e of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 29 March 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 29 March 2023  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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:   
Daniel Rosenblatt, Acting Director, Registration Division (7505T), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460 -0001; Main telephone number: +(202) 566 1030; E -mail: 
RDFRNotices@epa.gov  
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.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-03-29/html/2023 -06409.htm