G/SPS/N/USA/2810/Add.1  
 
25 February 2016  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 25 Februa ry 2016, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Center for Science in the Public Interest, Natu ral Resources Defense Council, Center for Food 
Safety, Consumers Union, Improving Kids' Environment, Center for Environmental Health, 
Environmental Working Group, Environmental Defense Fund, and James Huff; Filing of Food 
Additive Petition; Extension of Comment Period 
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period for the notice of filing. 
In the notice, FDA requested comments on a filed food additive petition, submitted by the Center 
for Science in the Public Interest, Natural Reso urces Defense Council, Ce nter for Food Safety, 
Consumers Union, Improving Kids' Environment, Center for Environmental Health, Environmental 
Working Group, Environmental Defense Fund, and James Huff, proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to no longer authorize th e use of seven listed synthetic flavoring food 
additives and to establish zero tolerances for the additives. FDA is taking this action in response to a request for an extension to allow interested persons additional time to submit comments. 
The notice of filing was published on 4 January 2016 (81 FR 42). 
Text is available at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/F R-2016-02-23/pdf/ 2016-03708.pdf . 
This addendum concerns a: 
[X] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] 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) : 3 May 2016 G/SPS/N/USA/2810/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: 
You may submit comments as follows: 
Electronic Submissions 
Submit electronic comments in the following way: Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov . Follow the instructions for submitting 
comments. Comments submitted electronically, including attachments, to 
http://www.regulations.gov  will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will 
be made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment does not include any 
confidential information that you or a third part y may not wish to be posted, such as medical 
information, your or anyone else's Social Security number, or confidential business information, 
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in the body of your comments, that information will be 
posted on http://www.regulations.gov . 
If you want to submit a comment with confidential information that you do not wish to be made 
available to the public, submit the comment as  a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed (see "Written/Paper Submissions" and "Instructions"). 
Written/Paper Submissions 
Submit written/paper submissions as follows: Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper submissions): Division of Dockets Management 
(HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 
For written/paper comments submitted to the Division of Dockets Management, FDA will post your comment, as well as any attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, as 
confidential, if submitted as detailed in "Instructions." 
Instructions: All submissions received must in clude the Docket No. FDA-2015-F-4317 for "Center 
for Science in the Public Interest, Natural Reso urces Defense Council, Ce nter for Food Safety, 
Consumers Union, Improving Kids' Environment, Center for Environmental Health, Environmental 
Working Group, Environmental Defense Fund, and James Huff, Filing of Food Additive Petition". Received comments will be placed in the docket and, except for those submitted as "Confidential 
Submissions", publicly viewable at http://www.regulations.gov  or at the Division of Dockets 
Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.  
Confidential Submissions: To submit a comment with confidential information that you do not wish 
to be made publicly available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission.  You 
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information you claim to be confidential 
with a heading or cover note that stat es "THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL 
INFORMATION". The Agency will review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in 
its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the claimed confidential 
information redacted/blacked out, will be available for public viewing and posted on 
http://www.regulations.gov . Submit both copies to the Division of Dockets Management. If you do 
not wish your name and contact information to be made publicly available, you can provide this 
information on the cover sheet and not in the body  of your comments and you must identify this 
information as "confidential". Any information marked as "confidential" will not be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other applicable disclosure law. For more information about 
FDA's posting of comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, 18 September 2015, or access the 
information at: http://www.fda.gov/regulatoryinfo rmation/dockets/default.htm . 
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 also be found in the Federal Register, Vol. 81, No. 35, page 8867 or on the internet at: 
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/F R-2016-02-23/pdf /2016-03708.pdf .  
 
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