G/SPS/N/USA/2656  
 
11 April 2014  
(14-2296)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: US Food and Drug Administration 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Food in which TBHQ is allowed for use 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Eastman Chemical Company; Filing of Food Additive 
Petition  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 2 
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2014-04-08/pdf/ 2014-07632.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/USA/14_1945_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The Food and Drug Administration is announcing that we have 
filed a petition, submitted by Eastman Chemical Company, proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to remove the upper bound of the melting point range 
in the regulation for the antioxidant TBHQ (t ertiary butylhydroquinone) and add a purity 
acceptance criterion. The food additive petition was filed on 11 March 2014. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:     G/SPS/N/USA/2656 
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Comments will be accepted at any time after 
publication of the notice of filing; however, if a final rule is promulgated, it will address 
only those comments that were received prior to publication of the final rule. 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Ellen Anderson, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 240 402 1309 
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
United States SPS National Notification Auth ority, 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. 79, No. 67, Page 19301 or on the 
Internet at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2014-04-08/pdf/ 2014-07632.pdf