G/SPS/N/USA/2156/Add.6  
 
30 March 2015  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 26 March 2015, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 The Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act: Focus on Implementation 
Strategy for Prevention-Oriented Food Safety Standards; Establishment of Docket 
The Food and Drug Administration is announcing the establishment of a docket to obtain comments that will inform its development of FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) implementation work plans. FDA will provide intere sted persons an opportunity to provide input on 
this operational strategy and the risk-based indust ry oversight framework that is at the core of 
FSMA. 
FDA recognizes that there is significant international interest in how it is implementing the Food 
Safety Modernization Act of 2010 and as a result has elected to notify this action even though this 
notification is not an obligation under Article 7/Annex B of the WTO SPS Agreement. 
The text of this announcement may be found at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-03-
24/pdf/2015-06656.pdf . 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] 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 
[X] Other: Establishment of a docket to obtain comments. 
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) : 26 May 2015 G/SPS/N/USA/2156/Add.6 
 
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  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: 
Federal eRulemaking Portal: 
http://www.regulations.gov/ . Follow the instructions for submitting comments. 
Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for paper submissions):  
Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Fo od and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, 
rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852 
Identify your comments with the docket number FDA-2015-N-0797. We encourage you to submit 
electronic comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal.  
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 Auth ority, 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 
Text available in the US Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 56, Page 15612 or on the internet at: 
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2015-03-24/pdf/ 2015-06656.pdf   
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