G/SPS/N/USA/2844/Add.1  
 
26 June 2017  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 23 June 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of  the United States of America . 
 
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Imports: Fresh Pitahaya Fruit from Ecuador Into Continental United States  
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is  amending the fruits and vegetables 
regulations to allow the importation of fresh pitahaya fruit into the continental United States from 
Ecuador. As a condition of entry, the fruit will have to be p roduced in accordance with a systems 
approach that includes requirements for fruit fly trapping, pre -harvest inspections, approved 
production sites, and packinghouse procedures designed to exclude quarantine pests. The fruit will 
also be required to be imp orted in commercial consignments and accompanied by a phytosanitary 
certificate issued by the national plant protection organization of Ecuador stating that the 
consignment was produced and prepared for export in accordance with the requirements of the 
systems approach. This action will allow for the importation of fresh pitahaya fruit from Ecuador 
while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of plant pests into the United 
States.  
Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 117 Tuesday, 20 June  2017 Pa ges 27967 -27970.  
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 potentially aff ected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period provided in the addendum may v ary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax numbe r and e -mail address (if available) of 
other body:  
Claudia Ferguson, M.S., Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 
133, Riverdale, MD 20737 -1231; +(301) 851 2352; E -mail: claudia.ferguson@aphis.usda.gov   G/SPS/N/USA/2844/Add.1  
 
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  Text(s) available fr om: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and S tandards 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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