G/SPS/N/USA/2749  
 
30 March 2015  
(15-1737)  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: 48; 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: 1 
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2015-03-16/pdf/ 2015-05938.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/USA/15_1392_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 Council, the Center for Food 
Safety, the Breast Cancer Fund, the Center for Environmental Health, Clean Water 
Action, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Children's Environmental Health Network, Environmental Working Group, an d Improving Kids' Environment, proposing 
that it amends its food additive regulation  to no longer provide for the use of three 
specific perfluoroalkyl ethyl containing food contact substances (FCSs) as oil and water repellants for paper and paperboard for use in contact with aqueous and fatty foods.  
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 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:   G/SPS/N/USA/2749 
 
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  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) : Comments will be accepted at any time after 
publication of the notice of filing; however, if a final rule is promulgated, it will address 
only those comments that were received prior to publication of the final rule. 
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:  
Paul Honigfort, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-275), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., Coll ege Park, MD 20740-3835, Tel: +(1 240) 
402 1206 
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/ 2015-05938.pdf