G/SPS/N/USA/3272  
 
13 September 2021  
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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:  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 and poultry 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:  Labeling  of Meat or Poultry Products Comprised of or 
Containing Cultured Animal Cells . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  6 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/USA/21_5683_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Advance notice of proposed rulemaking - The Food Safety and 
Inspection Service (FSIS) is publishing this advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) 
to request comments pertaining to the labeling of meat and poultry products comprised of 
or containing cu ltured cells derived from animals subject to the Federal Meat Inspection 
Act or the Poultry Products Inspection Act. Issues raised in the comments submitted in 
response to this ANPR will inform future rulemaking to establish labeling requirements for 
these  products. This ANPR also discusses how FSIS will generally evaluate labels for these 
products if they are submitted before the Agency completes rulemaking.  
Cross -notified with TBT/N/USA/1772.  
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 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 international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/USA/3272  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Information  available on the USDA FSIS website:  Labeling of Meat or Poultry Products 
Comprised of or Containing Cultured Animal Cells - Food Safety and Inspection Service 
(https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/federal -register -rulemaking/federal -register -
rules/labeling -meat-or-poultry -products.gov ) (available in English)  
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) : 2 November 2021  
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:   
Rachel Edelstein, Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy and Program Development by 
telephone at +(202) 205 0495  
13. Text(s) avail able from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
https://www.g ovinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-09-03/pdf/2021 -19057.pdf