G/SPS/N/USA/2622/Add.1
17 September 2014 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 15 Septem ber 2014, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Determinations: Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Rinderpest Status of a Region of Patagonia, 
Argentina (Docket APHIS-2013-0105) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adding a region of Argentina, consisting of the 
areas of Patagonia South and Patagonia North B, to the lists of regions that are considered free of 
rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). We are taking this action because we have 
determined that this region is free of rinderpest and FMD. We are also adding the Patagonia 
Region to the list of regions that are subject to certain import restrictions on meat and meat products because of their proximity to or trading relationships with rinderpest- or FMD-affected 
countries. These actions update the disease stat us of the Patagonia Region with regard to 
rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease while continuing to protect the United States from an introduction of those diseases by providing a dditional requirements for any meat and meat 
products imported into the United States from the Patagonia Region of Argentina. 
This notice is available in English at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-08-29/html/2014-
20646.htm  
Federal Register Vol. 79, No. 168, Friday 29 August 2014, pages 51528-51535. 
In accordance with that process, on 23 January 2014, we published in the Federal Register (79 FR 
3775-3777, Docket No. APHIS-2013-0105) a notice of availability in which we announced the availability for review and comment of our evaluation of the FMD status of the areas of Patagonia 
South and Patagonia North B, referred to below as the Patagonia Region of Argentina. Based on 
this evaluation, we determined that that the an imal disease surveillance, prevention, and control 
measures implemented by Argentina in the Patagonia Region are sufficient to minimize the likelihood of introducing FMD into the United States via imports of FMD-susceptible species or 
products. However, because of the Patagonia Region 's proximity to and trading relationships with 
FMD-affected regions, we found that it is necessa ry to impose certain restrictions in accordance 
with paragraph 94.11 on the importation of meat of any ruminants or swine from the Patagonia 
Region. In the same notice we also made available an evaluation assessing the rinderpest status of 
South America for public review and comment. Ri nderpest has never been established in South 
America. No South American country has ever re ported the disease except Brazil, which had an 
outbreak in 1921 that was limited in scope and quickly eradicated. Furthermore, the global 
distribution of rinderpest has diminished significantly in recent years as a result of the Food and Agriculture Organization Global Rinderpest Eradication Program. The last known cases of rinderpest worldwide occurred in the southern part of the "Somali pastoral ecosystem" consisting 
of southern Somalia, eastern Kenya, and southern  Ethiopia. In May 2011, the World Organization 
for Animal Health (OIE) announced its recognition of global rinderpest freedom. We solicited comments on the notice of availability for 60 da ys ending on 24 March 2014, and extended the 
comment period for an additional 30 days, ending 23 April 2014. We received 33 comments by 
that date. G/SPS/N/USA/2622/Add.1 
 
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  This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] 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) : This rule is effective 28 October 2014. 
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: 
For Further Information Contact Dr. Silvia Kreindel, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Regionalization 
Evaluation Services, National Import Export Services, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; Tel: +(301) 851 3300.  
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 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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