G/SPS/N/USA/2954  
 
18 September 2017  
(17-4906) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: UNITED STATES OF AME RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and 
Inspection Service (FSIS)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Meat, poultry, and egg products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Public Health Information System (PHIS) Export 
Component Country Implementation . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/USA/17_4075_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The Food Safety and  Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing 
and requesting comment on its plan to implement the Public Health Information System 
(PHIS) Export Component. In response to stakeholder feedback and to ensure sufficient 
testing and outreach, FSIS is extending the implementation date of the PHIS Export 
Component to 29 June 2018. FSIS will first implement the PHIS Export Component with a 
limited number of foreign countries and will expand implementation to add countries 
incrementally.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alime ntarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM  number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/USA/2954  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) i n which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be  determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 6 October 2017  
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:  
Rachel Edelstein, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy and Program 
Development; Tel: +(202) 205 0495, or by Fax: +(202) 720 2025  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/a068eacb -f4f7-4642-b67b-
12477078be28/2017 -0008.pdf?MOD=AJPERES