G/SPS/N/USA/2656/Add.1  
 
18 June 2015  
(15-3167)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 18 June 2015, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
_______________ 
 
 Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; TBHQ; Final Rule 
The Food and Drug Administration is amending the food additive regulations by removing the 
upper bound of the melting point range in the regulation for the antioxidant tertiary 
butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) and adding a purity acceptance criterion. This action is in response to a petition submitted by Eastman Chemical Company. This rule is effective 16 June 2015. 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/USA/15_2394_00_e.pdf  
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:   
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) : 16 July 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: 
You may submit either electronic or written objections and requests for a hearing identified by 
Docket No. FDA-2014-F-0364, by any of the following methods: 
Electronic Submissions 
Submit electronic objections in the following way: Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/ . Follow the instructions for submitting 
comments.  G/SPS/N/USA/2656/Add.1 
 
- 2 - 
 
  Written Submissions 
Submit written objections in the following ways: Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for paper submission s): Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), 
Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 
Instructions: All submissions received must incl ude the Agency name and Docket No. FDA-2014-F-
0364 for this rulemaking. All objections received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov/ , including any personal information provided. For detailed instructions 
on submitting objections, see the ''Objection s'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section.  
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 
Text can be also be found in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 115, Page 34274 or on the Internet 
at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-06-16/pdf/2015-14704.pdf .  
__________