G/SPS/N/USA/2874/Add.1  
 
26 January  2017 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytos anitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 25 January 2017, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Fresh Star Apple Fru it From Viet Nam Into the 
Continental United States (Docket # APHIS -2016-0032-0005)  
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of our decision to 
authorize the importation into the continental United States of fresh star  apple fruit from Viet Nam. 
Based on the findings of a pest risk analysis, which we made available to the public for review and 
comment through a previous notice, we have determined that the application of one or more 
designated phytosanitary measures will  be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or 
disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of f resh star apple fruit from 
Viet Nam.  
This notice is available in English at: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS -2016-
0032-0005. 
On 19 July 2016 APHIS published a notice in the Federal Re gister (81 FR 46886, Docket 
No. APHIS -2016-0032), in which we announced the availability, for review and comment, of a PRA 
that evaluated the risks associated with the importation into the continental United States of fresh 
star apple fruit ( Chrysophyllum cainito ) from Viet Nam. The PRA consisted of a risk assessment 
identifying pests of quarantine significance that could follow the pathway of importation of fresh 
star apple fruit from Viet Nam into the continental United States and a risk management document 
identifying phytosanitary measures to be applied to that commodity to mitigate the pest risk.  
We solicited comments on the notice for 60 days ending 19 September 2016. We received one 
comment by that date, from a manufacturing company.  
To view the notice of availability, supporting documents, and the comments received, go to:  
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS -2016-0032-0001. 
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modificat ion 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/2 874/Add.1  
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope o f the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of originally announc ed 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  
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:  
Mr Tony Román, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, 
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 1 33, Riverdale, MD 20737 -1231; +(301) 851 2242  
Text(s) 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 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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