G/SPS/N/USA/2541/Add.1  
 
16 June 2014   
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Committee  on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 16 June 2014, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of  the United States of America . 
 
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Importation Authorizations: Female Squash Flowers from Israel  
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations governing the 
importation of fruits and vegetables to allow the importation of female squash flowers from Israel 
into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, female squash flow ers from Israel will 
be subject to a systems approach that includes requirements for pest exclusion at the production 
site and fruit fly trapping and monitoring. The female squash flowers must also be accompanied by 
a phytosanitary certificate issued by th e national plant protection organization of Israel with an 
additional declaration that the female squash flowers have been inspected and found free of 
quarantine pests. This action will allow for the importation of female squash flowers from Israel 
into th e continental United States while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of 
quarantine pests.  
This notice is available in English at: http://www.regu lations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS -
2012-0078-0007. 
Federal Register Volume 79, No. 108, Thursday, 5 June 2014, pages 32433 -32434.  
On 2 May 2013, APHIS published in the Federal Register (78 FR 25620 -25623, Docket No. APHIS -
2012-0078) a proposal to amend the regulations by allowing the importation of female squash 
flowers from Israel into the continental United States under a systems approach that would include 
requirements for pest exclusion at the production site and fruit fly trapping and monitoring. Th e 
female squash flowers would also have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by 
the national plant protection organization (NPPO) of Israel with an additional declaration that the 
female squash flowers have been inspected and found free of quarantine pests. We solicited 
comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 1 July 2013. We received two comments 
from members of the public by that date.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification o f 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 f orce 
[ ] Other:   G/SPS/N/USA/2541/Add.1  
 
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  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 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) : This rule is effective 7 July 2014.  
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 Mr  George Balady, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 
4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737 -1236; +(301) 851 2240  
Text available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail addr ess (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 04 33; E -mail: us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov  
 
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