G/SPS/N/USA/2759/Add.1  
 
28 October 2015  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 27 October 2015, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Fresh Pitahaya From Israel Into the Continental 
United States (APHIS-2015-0012) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service are advising the public of our decision to authorize the importation of fresh pitahaya fruit from Israel  into the continental United States. Based on the 
findings of the pest risk analysis, which we made  available to the public to review and comment 
through a previous notice, we have concluded that the application of one or more designated 
phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importatio n of fresh pitahaya fruit from Israel. 
This notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2015-0012-0005 . 
Federal Register/Vol. 80, No. 205 /Friday, 23 October 2015/pgs. 64386-64387. 
On 28 April 2015, we published a notice in the Federal Register (80 FR 23497, Docket No. APHIS-
2015-0012), in which we announced the availabili ty, for review and comment, of a pest risk 
assessment (PRA) that evaluated the risks associated with the importation into the continental United States of fresh pitahaya fruit from Israel and a risk management document (RMD) prepared 
to identify phytosanitary measures that could be applied to the commodities to mitigate the pest 
risk. We solicited comments on the PRA and RMD for 60 days ending on 29 June 2015. We did not receive any comments by that date. 
To view the proposed rule, supporting documents, and the comments received, go to: 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docu mentDetail;D=APH IS-2015-0012-0001 . 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] 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:   G/SPS/N/USA/2759/Add.1 
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potent ially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, norm ally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of or iginally 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) : Notice is effective 23 October 2015. 
Agency or authority designated to handle co mments: [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax nu mber and e-mail address (if available) of 
other body: 
Mrs Nicole Russo, Assistant Director, Imports, Regulations, and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 
Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; Tel: +(301) 851 2159  
Text(s) available from: [X] National Notificati on Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e-mail addre ss (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 20250; Tel: +(1 202) 720 1301; Fax: +(1 202) 720 0433; E-mail: us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov  
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