G/SPS/N/USA/704/Add.3  
 
8 February 2013  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 6 February 2013, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Criteria Used to Order Administrative Detention of Food for Human or Animal Consumption, Final 
Rule 
 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a final regulation that adopts, without 
change, the interim final rule (IFR) entitled "Cri teria Used to Order Administrative Detention of 
Food for Human or Animal Consumption" that published in the Federal Register on 5 May 2011 
(76 FR 25538). This final rule affirms the IFR's change to the criteria for ordering administrative 
detention of human or animal food as required by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). 
Under the new criteria, FDA can order an administrative detention if there is reason to believe that 
an article of food is adulterated or misbranded. This final rule does not make any changes to the 
regulatory requirements established by the IFR. The final regulation also responds to comments 
submitted in response to the request for comments in the IFR. The notice for the final rule published in the Federal Register on 5 February 2013, 78 FR 7994 and can be found at: 
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2013-02-05/pdf/ 2013-02497.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 
[X] Other:  The rule is effective 5 February 2013. 
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) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comme nts:  [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of 
other body: 
For further information contact: William A. Correll, Jr., Office of Compliance, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College 
Park, MD 20740, Tel: +(1 240) 402 1611.  G/SPS/N/USA/704/Add.3 
 
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  Text available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] 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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