G/SPS/N/USA/2253/Add.1  
 
14 August 2013  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 14 August 2013, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Decision to Authorize Importation of Fres h Pitayas and Pomegranates from Mexico 
(Docket No. APHIS-2011-0031) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APH IS) is advising the public of our decision to 
authorize the importation into the continental Un ited States of fresh pitayas and pomegranates 
from Mexico. Based on the findings of pest risk analyses, which we made available to the public for 
review and comment through a previous notice, we believe that the application of one or more 
designated phytosanitary measures will be suffic ient to mitigate the risks of introducing or 
disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via th e importation of fresh pitayas and pomegranates 
from Mexico. 
This notice is available in English at: 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docume ntDetail;D=APHIS _FRDOC_0001-1486 . 
Federal Register, Vol. 78, No. 156, Tuesday, 13 August 2013, Notices 49251-49253 
We published a notice in the Federal Register on 2 August 2011 (76 FR 46268-46269, Docket 
No. APHIS-2011-0031), in which we announced the availability, for review and comment, of PRAs 
that evaluate the risks associated with the importation into the continental United States of fresh 
pitayas and pomegranates from Mexico.  We solicited comments on the notice for 60 days ending 
on 3 October 2011. We received three comments by that date. 
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) : This notice is effective 13 August 2013. G/SPS/N/USA/2253/Add.1 
 
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  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: 
For further information contact: Mr Marc Phillips, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, Regulations, 
Permits, and Import Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; 
+1 (301) 851-2114  
Text 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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