G/SPS/N/USA/2748  
 
27 March 2015  
(15-1729)  Page: 1/2  
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 Food and Drug Administration 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): HS Code: 39; ICS Code: 67  Food contact materials 
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: Natural Resources Defense Council et al.; Filing of 
Food Additive Petition; Notice of Petition  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 3 
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2015-03-16/pdf/ 2015-05937.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/USA/15_1383_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The Food and Drug Administration is announcing that it has 
filed a petition, submitted by the Natural Resources Defense Counc il, Center for Food 
Safety, Clean Water Action, Children's Environmental Health Network, Center for Science 
in the Public Interest, Breast Cancer Fund, Center for Environmental Health, Environmental Working Group, and Improvin g Kids' Environment, proposing that it 
amends its regulation to no longer provide for the use of potassium perchlorate as an 
additive in closure-sealing gaskets for food containers, revoke the Threshold of Regulation exemption No. 2005-006 to no longer  exempt the use of sodium perchlorate 
monohydrate as a conductivity enhancer in antistatic agents for use in finished articles in 
contact with dry foods, and issue a new regulation to prohibit the use of perchlorate in antistatic agents for use in food-contact articles.  
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 st andard? 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/2748 
 
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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) : To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 May 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
You may submit comments by any of the following methods: 
Electronic Submissions 
Submit electronic comments in the following way: 
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/ . Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments. 
Written Submissions 
Submit written submissions in the following ways: 
Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for paper 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 Docket No. FDA-2015-F-0537 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. 
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (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 can be also be found in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 50, Page 13508 or on the 
Internet at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2015-03-16/pdf/ 2015-05937.pdf