G/TBT/N/USA/1772  
6 September 2021  
(21-6614) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) [1801]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding  the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Labeling 
of meat and poultry products; Processes in the food industry (ICS 67.020), Meat, meat 
products and other animal produce (ICS 67.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Labeling of Meat 
or Poultry Products Compris ed of or Containing Cultured Animal Cells (6 page(s), in 
English)  
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 c omments pertaining to the labeling of meat and poultry products 
comprised of or containing cultured cells derived from animals subject to the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act or the Poultry Products Inspection Act. Issues raised in the comments 
submitted in res ponse 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.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  86 Federal Register (FR) 49491, 3 September 2021; Title 7 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Chapter III:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-09-03/html/2021 -19057.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-09-03/pdf/2021 -19057.pdf  
This advance notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number FSIS -2020-
0036. The Docket Folder is available on Regulat ions.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FSIS -2020-0036/document  and provides access to 
primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from G/TBT/N/USA/1772  
 
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  Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders 
are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . Comments received by the 
USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the 
regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within 
the comment pe riod. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  2 September 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_5606_00_e.pdf