G/SPS/N/USA/2593/Add.3  
 
15 September 2015  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 14 Septem ber 2015, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Anal ysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for 
Food for Animals; Final Rule 
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is adding regulations for the Current Good Manufacturing 
Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Base Preventive Controls for Food for Animals. These regulations will, for the first time, establish re quirements for the current good manufacturing 
practice (CGMP) for food for animals. In addition, it is adding requirements for certain domestic 
and foreign animal food facilities to establish and implement hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls for food for animals. FDA is taking this action to provide greater assurance that 
animal food is safe and will not cause illness or  injury to humans and animals and to implement 
new statutory provisions in the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The rule is intended to build an animal food safety system for the future that makes modern science and risk-based preventive controls the norm across all sectors of the animal food system. 
T e x t  c a n  b e  f o u n d  o n  t h e  U S  F e d e r a l  R e g i s t e r  w e b s i t e  a t :  https://federalregister.gov/a/2015-
21921 . 
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) : Not applicable. This is a final rule. G/SPS/N/USA/2593/Add.3 
 
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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: 
For further information contact: Jeanette Murphy, Center for Veterinary Medicine (HFV-200), Food 
and Drug Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., Rockville, MD 20855, 240-402-6246, e-mail: 
jenny.murphy@fda.hhs.gov  
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 
Text can also be found on the US Federal Register website at: https://federalregister.gov/a/2015-
21921 . 
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