G/SPS/N/USA/2503/Add.2  
 
30 April 2013  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 28 Ap ril 2013, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption; 
Extension of Comment Periods 
 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period for the proposed rule, and for the information collection related to the proposed rule, Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption that appeared in the Federal 
Register of 16 January 2013. This action is being ta ken in response to requests for an extension to 
allow interested persons additional time to submit comments on the proposed rule. This action is also being taken to keep the comment period for the information collection provisions associated 
with the rule consistent with the comment period for the proposed rule. 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/USA/13_1731_00_e.pdf  
This addendum concerns a: 
[X] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] 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:    
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) :  16 September 2013 
Agency or authority designated to handle comme nts:  [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of 
other body: 
You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FDA- 2011-N-0921, by any of the following 
methods. 
Submit electronic comments in the following way:  
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov . Follow the instructions for submitting 
comments. G/SPS/N/USA/2503/Add.2 
 
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  Submit written submissions in the following ways:  
Fax: +(1 301) 827 6870 Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for paper or CD-ROM  submissions): Division of Dockets Management 
(HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Agency name and Docket No. FDA- 2011- 
N-0921 for this rulemaking. All comments received may be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov , including any personal information provided. For additional 
information on submitting comments, see the "Comments" heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document. 
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov  and insert the docket number(s), FDA- 2011-N-0921, into the Search 
box and follow the prompts and/or go to the Division of Dockets Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, 
rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.  
Text available from:  [X] National Notification 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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