G/SPS/N/USA/2542/Add.1  
 
24 March 2014  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 24 March 2014, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Final Rule: Importation of Jackfruit, Pineapple, and Starfruit from Malaysia into the Continental 
United States (Docket No. APHIS-2011-0019) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of fresh jackfruit, pineapple, and starfruit from Malaysia into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, all three commodities must be irradiated for 
insect pests, inspected, and imported in commercial consignments. There will also be additional, 
commodity-specific requirements for other pests associated with jackfruit, pineapple, and starfruit from Malaysia. This action provides for the importation of jackfruit, pineapple, and starfruit from 
Malaysia while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine pests. 
This notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2011-0019-0010 . 
Federal Register Volume 79, No. 53, Wednesday, 19 March 2014, pages 15217-15219. 
On 7 May 2013, we published in the Federal Register (78 FR 26540-26544, Docket No. APHIS-
2011-0019) a proposal to amend the regulation s concerning the importation of fruits and 
vegetables to allow the importation of jackfruit, pineapple, and starfruit with stems from Malaysia 
into the continental United States. We also prepar ed pest lists identifying those quarantine pests 
likely to follow the pathway of jackfruit, pineapple, and starfruit imported from Malaysia. These pest lists identified 24 pests of quarantine sign ificance for jackfruit, 22 pests of quarantine 
significance for pineapple, and 14 pests of quarantine  significance for starfruit that could follow the 
pathway of the importation of these fruits from Malaysia. In order to provide an appropriate level of phytosanitary protection against the pests of quarantine concern associated with the importation of jackfruit, pineapple, and starfruit from Malaysia into the continental United States, 
we proposed to require that the jackfruit, pineappl e, and starfruit be irradiated for insect pests in 
accordance with 7 CFR part 305 and the Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual, be inspected by the national plant protection organi zation (NPPO) of Malaysia, and be imported only 
in commercial consignments. We also proposed to require additional, commodity-specific 
requirements for other pests associated with jackfr uit, pineapple, and starfruit from Malaysia. We 
solicited comments on our proposal for 60 days ending 8 July 2013. We received two comments by 
that date. 
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:   G/SPS/N/USA/2542/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 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. Effective 18 April 2014. 
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 Mr Juan A. (Tony) Román, Regulatory Policy Specialist, PPQ, 
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; +(1 301) 851 2242.  
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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