G/SPS/N/USA/2294/Add.1  
 
27 September 2013  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 26 Septem ber 2013, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Final Rule: Importation of Mangoes from Australia into the Continental United States (Docket No. 
APHIS-2011-0040) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the regulations concerning 
the importation of fruits and vegetables to allow the importation of fresh mangoes from Australia into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, the mangoes would have to be 
produced in accordance with a systems approach employing a combination of mitigation measures 
for the fungus Cytosphaera mangiferae  and would have to be inspected prior to exportation from 
Australia and found free of this disease. The mangoes would have to be imported in commercial 
consignments only and would have to be treated by irradiation to mitigate the risk of the mango 
seed weevil and fruit flies. The mangoes would al so have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary 
certificate with an additional declaration that the conditions for importation have been met. This action would allow the importation of mangoes from Australia while continuing to protect against 
the introduction of plant pests into the United States. 
This notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2011-0040-0011 . 
Federal Register, Vol. 78, No. 182, Thursday, 19 September 2013, pages 57467-57470. 
On 25 October 2011, we published in the Federal Register (76 FR 65988-65991, Docket 
No. APHIS-2011-0040) a proposal to amend the regulations concerning the importation of fruits 
and vegetables to allow the importation of fresh mangoes from Australia into the continental 
United States. We prepared a pest risk assessmen t (PRA), titled "Importation of Fresh Fruit of 
Mango, Mangifera indica  L., from Australia into the Continental United States: A Pathway-initiated 
Risk Analysis" (June 2011). The PRA evaluated the risks associated with the importation of 
mangoes into the continental United States from Australia. Based on the information contained in 
the PRA, APHIS determined that measures beyond standard port-of-entry inspection are required to mitigate the risks posed by these quarantine  pests. To recommend specific measures to 
mitigate those risks, we prepared a risk management document (RMD). 
Based on the RMD, we proposed requirements for mangoes to be produced in accordance with a 
systems approach employing a combination of mitigation measures for the fungus Cytosphaera 
mangiferae  and to be inspected prior to exportation from Australia and found free of this disease. 
We proposed to require the mangoes to be imported in commercial consignments only and to be treated by irradiation to mitigate the risk of the mango seed weevil and fruit flies. We also 
proposed to require the mangoes to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an 
additional declaration that the conditions for importation have been met. 
We solicited comments concerning the PRA and RMD for 60 days ending 27 December 2011. We 
received three comments by that date. G/SPS/N/USA/2294/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 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) : This rule is effective 21 October 2013. 
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: Dr Inder P. S. Gadh, Senior Risk Manager-Treatments, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 
River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; +(1 301) 851 2018.  
Text 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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