G/SPS/N/USA/2575/Add.1
4 May 2015 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 1 May 2 015, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Final Rule: Papayas from Peru (Docket No. APHIS-2012-0014) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the regulations to allow, 
under certain conditions, the importation of commercial consignments of fresh papayas from Peru 
into the continental United States. The conditions for the importation of papayas from Peru will include requirements for approved production locations; field sanitation; hot water treatment; 
procedures for packing and shipping the papayas;  and fruit fly trapping in papaya production 
areas. This action will allow for the importation of papayas from Peru while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine pests into the continental United States. 
This notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2012-0014-0007  
Federal Register Vol. 80, No. 79, Friday, 24 April 2015, pages 22885-22886 
On 9 August 2013, we published in the Federal Register (78 FR 48628-48631, Docket No. APHIS-
2012-0014) a proposal to amend the regulations to allow, under certain conditions, the 
importation of commercial consignments of fresh papayas from Peru into the continental United States. Consistent with the risk management document that accompanied the proposed rule, we 
proposed to require that the papayas be subjected to a systems approach to pest mitigation. This 
proposed systems approach included requirements to produce the papayas at places of production 
registered with the NPPO of Peru, required pack ing procedures designed to exclude quarantine 
pests, and required fruit fly trapping, field sanitation, and hot water treatment to remove pests of 
concern from the pathway. We proposed to allow only commercial consignments of papayas to be imported from Peru and to require that consignm ents of papayas from Peru be accompanied by a 
phytosanitary certificate issued by the NPPO of Pe ru stating that the papayas were grown, packed, 
and shipped in accordance with the proposed requirements. We solicited comments concerning our 
proposal for 60 days ending 8 October 2013. We received one comment by that date. 
To view the proposed rule and the comment we received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0014  
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/2575/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) : This rule is effective 26 May 2015. 
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 Ms Dorothy Wayson, Senior Regulatory Coordination Specialist, 
Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, AP HIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 
20737-1231; Tel: +(301) 851 2036  
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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