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G/SPS/N/USA/2466 
25 September 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  US Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Meat and poultry 
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:  Availability of FSIS Salmonella Compliance Guidelines 
for Small and Very Small Meat and Poultry Establishments That Produce Ready-to-Eat 
Products  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  3 
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-09-19/html/2012-23080.htm  
6. Description of content:  The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing the 
availability of a revised compliance guide for small and very small meat and poultry 
establishments on the safe production of ready-to -eat (RTE) meat and poultry products with 
respect to Salmonella and other pathogens.  FSIS has posted this compliance guide on its 
Significant Guidance Documents Web page (http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Significant_Guidance/index.asp ).  FSIS encourages small and 
very small meat and poultry establishments that manufacture these products to avail 
themselves of this guidance document. 
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 stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius 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 G/SPS/N/USA/2466 
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  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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  19 September 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  19 September 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Kristina Barlow, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety 
and Inspection Service, 1400 Independence Av enue SW, Mailstop 3782, Washington, DC 
20250;  E-mail:  kristina.barlow@fsi s.usda.gov;  Tel:  +(202)690 7739. 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign 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.s psenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov