G/SPS/N/USA/2724/Add.1  
 
7 September 2015  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 3 September 2015, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Eligibility of Lithuania to Export Meat and Meat Products to the United States 
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending the Federal meat inspection 
regulations to add the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuania) to the list of countries eligible to export 
meat and meat products to the United States. FSIS  has reviewed Lithuania's laws, regulations, and 
inspection system, as implemented, and has determ ined that they are equivalent to the Federal 
Meat Inspection Act (FMIA), the regulations implemen ting this statute, and the United States food 
safety system for meat and meat products. Under this final rule, meat from cattle, sheep, swine, and goats slaughtered in Lithuania, or parts or other products thereof, processed in certified 
Lithuanian establishments, will be eligible for export to the United States. All such products will be 
subject to reinspection at United States ports of entry by FSIS inspectors. 
Text is available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2015-08-31/html/2015-21510.htm . 
Dates: Effective: 30 October 2015. 
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 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) : Not applicable 
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: 
For further information contact: Dr. Daniel L. Enge ljohn, Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy 
and Program Development, Food Safety and Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-3700; Tel: +(1 202) 205 0495  G/SPS/N/USA/2724/Add.1 
 
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  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 
 
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