G/SPS/N/USA/2681/Add.1
23 October 2014 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 22 October 2014, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Import Authorizations: Chipilin Leaves and Edible Flowers of Chufle, Izote, and Pacaya From 
Guatemala (Docket No. APHIS-2014-0021) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public of our decision to authorize 
the importation of chipilin leaves and edible flowers of chufle, izote, and pacaya from Guatemala into the continental United States. Based on the findings of pest risk analyses, which we made 
available to the public to review and comment through a previous notice, we have concluded that 
the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of chipilin 
leaves and edible flowers of chufle, izote, and pacaya from Guatemala. 
This notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2014-0021-0018 . 
Federal Register Vol. 79, No. 200, Thursday, October 16, 2014. page 62092. 
We published a notice in the Federal Register on 8 July 2014 (79 FR 38484, Docket No. APHIS-
2014-0021), in which we announced the availab ility, for review and comment, of pest risk 
assessments that evaluate the risks associated with the importation into the continental 
United States of chipilin leaves and edible flowers of chufle, izote, and pacaya from Guatemala and 
risk management documents prepared to identify phytosanitary measures that could be applied to the commodities to mitigate the pest risk. We solicited comments on the pest risk assessments 
and risk management documents for 60 days ending on 8 September 2014. We did not receive 
any comments by that date. 
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 is effective 16 October 2014 G/SPS/N/USA/2681/Add.1 
 
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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 Ms. Claudia Ferguson, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, 
Regulations, Permits and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1231; Tel: +(301) 851 2352  
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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