G/SPS/N/USA/2929  
 
27 June 2017  
(17-3437) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: En glish 
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: UNITED STATES OF AME RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and 
Inspection Service (FSIS)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Poultry  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or prac ticable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Eligibility of the People's Republic of China (PRC) To 
Export to the United States Poultry Products From Birds Slaughtered in the PRC.  
Language(s): English . Number of pages: 5 
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents /2017/06/16/2017 -12554/eligibility -of-the-
peoples -republic -of-china -prc-to-export -to-the-united -states -poultry -products  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/20 17/SPS/USA/17_2866_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to 
amend the poultry products inspection regulations to list the PRC as eligible to export to 
the United States poultry products from birds slaughtered in the PRC. The PRC is 
currently eligible to export processed poultry products to the United States if the 
products are derived from poultry slaughtered in the United States or in other countries 
eligible to slaughter and export poultry to the United States. FSIS is proposing this 
action because the Agency has reviewed the PRC's laws, regulations, and poultry 
slaughter inspection system as implemented and has determined that the PRC's poultry 
slaughter inspection system is equivalent to the syst em that the United States has 
established under the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) and its implementing 
regulations.  
Should this rule become final, slaughtered poultry, or parts or other products thereof, 
processed in certified PRC establishments, would be eligible for export to the United 
States. Although the PRC may be listed in FSIS's regulations as eligible to export poultry 
products to the United States, the products must also comply with all other applicable 
requirements of the United States, including those of USDA's Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS), before any products can enter the United States. All such 
products would be subject to re -inspection at United States ports -ofentry by FSIS 
inspectors.  
7. Objective and rational e: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/USA/2929  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CAC/GL 53 -2003 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Con vention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant document s and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable to proposed rule.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable to proposed rule.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months f rom date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable to proposed rule.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 August 2017  
Agency or authority  designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
For further information contact: Roberta Wagner, Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Policy and Program Development; Tel: +(202) 205 0495  
13. Text(s)  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