G/SPS/N/ USA/2156/Add.7  
 
26 August 2016  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 26 August 2016, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of  the United States of America . 
 
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The Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act; Extensio n and Clarification of 
Compliance Dates for Certain Provisions of Four Implementing Rules  
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the dates for compliance with certain 
provisions in four final rules. FDA is extending the compliance dates to ad dress concerns about the 
practicality of compliance with certain provisions, consider changes to the regulatory text, and 
better align compliance dates across the rules. In addition, FDA is clarifying certain compliance 
dates in the Standards for the Growi ng, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human 
Consumption rule.  
The notice published in the Federal Register on 24 August 2016, 81 FR 57784 and can be found at: 
https: //www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2016-08-24/pdf/2016 -20176.pdf . 
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of pre viously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[X] 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 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 co mment 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 comments: [ ]  National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of 
other body:  
For questions relating to Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk -Based 
Preventive Controls for Human Food: Jenny Scott, Center for Food S afety and Applied Nutrition 
(HFS-300), Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus Dr., Co llege Park, MD 20740; 
Tel: +(1) 240 402 2166.  G/SPS/N/USA/2156/Add.7  
 
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  For questions relating to Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk -Based 
Preventive Controls for Foo d for Animals: Jeanette Murphy, Center for Veterinary  
Medicine (HFV -200), Food and Drug Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., Rockville, MD 20855; Tel: 
+(1) 240 402 6246.  
For questions relating to Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Importers of Food  
for Humans and Animals: Rebecca Buckner, Office of Food and Veterinary Medicine,  
Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993 -0002; 
Tel: +(1) 301 796 4576.  
For questions relating to Standards for the Growing, Harvesting , Packing, and Holding  
of Produce for Human Consumption: Samir Assar, Center for Food Safety and Applied  
Nutrition (HFS -317), Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus Dr., College Park, MD 20740; 
Tel: +(1) 240 402 1636.  
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 Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service,  
International Regulations and Standards D ivision (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. 164, page 57784 or on the internet at:  
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2016-08-24/pdf/2016 -20176.pdf . 
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