G/SPS/N/USA/3203/Add.1  
 
21 December 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 21 December 2020, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of  the United States of America . 
 
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Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods; Extension of Comment Period  
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is extending the comment period for the 
proposed rule and reopening the comment period for the information collection related to the 
proposed rule entitled "Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods" that 
appeared in the Federal Register of 23 September 2020. We are taking this action in response to a 
request from stakeholders to extend the comment period to all ow additional time for interested 
persons to submit comments on the proposed rule. We also are taking this action to keep the 
comment period for the information collection provisions associated with the rule consistent with the 
comment period for the propo sed rule.  
DATES: FDA is extending the comment period on the proposed rule published 23 September 2020 
(85 FR 59984). Submit either electronic or written comments on the proposed rule by 22 February 
2021. Submit comments on information collection issues und er the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) by 22 February 2021.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/USA/20_7841_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) : Electronic comments must be submitted on or before 22 February 2021. 
The https://www.regulations.gov  electronic filing system w ill accept comments until 
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of 22 February 2021. 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 before that 
date. G/SPS/N/USA/3203/Add.1  
 
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  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 
information, 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 comments, that info rmation will be posted on 
https://www.regulations.gov . 
 
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier (for written/paper submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA -305), 
Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, R ockville, MD 20852. For written/paper 
comments submitted to the Dockets Management Staff, FDA will post your comment, as well as any 
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, as confidential, if submitted 
as detailed in "Instruc tions".  
 
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. FDA -2014-N-0053 for 
"Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods". Received comments, those filed 
in a timely manner (see ADDRESSES), will be placed in the d ocket 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. 
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. 244, page  82393 or on the internet at: 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-12-18/pdf/2020 -27829.pdf . 
 
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