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G/SPS/N/USA/2252/Add.1 
6 August 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 3 Augus t 2012, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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Notice of Determination of the Foot-and-Mout h Disease Status of Japan (Docket No. APHIS-2010-
0077) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Servi ce is advising the public of our determination 
regarding the foot-and-mouth disease status of Japan.  Based on an evaluation that we made available 
to the public for review and comment through a pr evious notice, the Administrator has determined 
that Japan is free of foot-and-mouth disease.  As a result, the importation of whole cuts of boneless 
beef from Japan may resume.  Other ruminant meat  and meat byproducts, as well as fresh pork, live 
ruminants, and live swine, remain prohibited due to Japan's status for bovine spongiform 
encephalopathy, classical swine fever, and swine vesicular disease. 
 This notice is available in English at:  " http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-08-
02/html/2012-18814.htm ";  Federal Register Volume 77, Number 149 (Thursday, August 2, 2012) 
Pages 46016-46022 
 This action is subsequent to a notice published in the Federal Register on 26 July 2011 (76 FR 
44503-44504, Docket No. APHIS- 2010-0077), announcing the availab ility for review and comment 
of a document titled "APHIS Evaluation of the Foot  and Mouth Disease Status of Japan".  This 
evaluation examined the events that occurred duri ng and after the outbreak and assessed the risk of 
live animals and animal products fro m Japan harboring the FMD virus.  We stated that the evaluation 
would provide a basis for determining whether to re instate Japan to the list of regions free of FMD 
and to the list of regions considered free of FM D and rinderpest but from which the importation of 
meat and other animal products of ruminants and swine into the United States of America is subject to 
additional restrictions. We made the evaluation available for public comment for 60 days ending 
26 September 2011.  We receive d two comments by that date.  
 This determination is effective 17 August 2012. G/SPS/N/USA/2252/Add.1 
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  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 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 th e 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, th e 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) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kelly Rhodes, Senior Staff Veterinarian, 
Regionalization Evaluation Services,  National Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River 
Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; +1 (301) 851-3300  
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Authority, US DA 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      
 
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