G/SPS/N/USA/2870/Add.1  
 
5 May 2017  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 4 May 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of United States of America . 
 
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Indirect Food Additives: Polymers; Final Rule  
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to no longer 
provide for the use of potassium perchlorate as an additive in closuresealing gaskets for food 
containers because this use has been abandoned. This action is in response to a petition filed by 
Keller and Heckman LLP on behalf of the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.  
The rule is effective 4  May 2017.  
The text is available at: 
http://members.wto.org/c rnattachments/2017/SPS/USA/17_2174_00_e.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 notifi ed 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 pro ducts and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period pr ovided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Submit either electronic or written objections and requests for a 
hearing on the final rule by June 3, 2017.  
Agency or au thority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of 
other body:  
You may submit objections and re quests for a hearing as follows:  
Please note that late, untimely filed objections will not be considered. Electronic objections must 
be submitted on or before 3  June 2017. The https://www.regulations.gov  electronic filing system 
will accept comments until midni ght Eastern Time at the end of 3 June 2017. Objections received G/SPS/N/USA/2870/Add.1  
 
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  by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) will be considered timely if they are 
postmarked or the delivery service acceptance receipt is on or before that date.  
Electronic  Submissions:  
Submit electronic objections in the following way:  
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov . Follow the instructions for submitting 
comments. Objections submitted electronically, in cluding attachments, to 
https://www.regulations.gov  will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your objection will 
be made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your objection does not includ e any 
confidential information that you or a third party 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 in clude your name, contact information, 
or other information that identifies you in the body of your objection, that information will be 
posted on https://www.regulations.gov . 
If you want to submit an objection wit h confidential information that you do not wish to be made 
available to the public, submit the objection as a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed (see "Written/Paper Submissions" and "Instructions").  
Written/Paper Submissions:  
Submit writ ten/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 objections submitted t o the Division of Dockets Management, FDA will post your 
objection, as well as any attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, as 
confidential, if submitted  as detailed in "Instructions" . 
Instructions: All submissions received mus t include the Docket No. FDA -2016-F-1805 for "Indirect 
Food Additives: Polymers ". Received objections, those filed in a timely manner (see DATES), will 
be placed in the docket and, except for those submitted as "Confidential Submissions" , publicly 
viewable  at https://www.regulations.gov  or at the Division of Dockets Management between 
9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.  
Confide ntial Submissions: To submit an objection with confidential information that you do not 
wish to be made publicly available, submit your objections 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 states "THIS DOCU MENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL 
INFORMATION" . We will review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in our 
consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the claimed confidential information 
redacted/blacked out, will be availab le for public viewing and posted on 
https://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 th is 
information as "confidential ". Any information marked as "confidential" will not be disclosed except 
in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other a pplicable 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: https://www.g po.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2015-09-18/pdf/2015 -23389.pdf .  
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 Aut hority, 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 Fede ral Register, Vol. 82, No. 85, page 20829 or on the internet at: 
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2017-05-04/pdf/2017 -08988.pdf   
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