G/SPS/N/USA/2631/Add.1  
 
4 June 2014   
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 2 June 2014, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food; Extension of Comment Peri od 
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period for the notice of 
proposed rulemaking that appeared in the Federal Register of 5 February 2014, entitled "Sanitary 
Transportation of Human and Animal Food". We are taking this actio n in response to requests for 
an extension to allow interested persons addi tional time to submit comments.  
The notice published in the Federal Register (79 FR 29699) and can be found at 
http://www.regulations.gov  by Docket number FDA -2013-N-0013.  
The proposed rule published in the Federal Register ( 79 FR 7006) on 5 February 2014 and can be 
found at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2014-02-05/pdf/2014 -02188.pdf . 
This addendum concerns a:  
[X] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] 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, 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 adden dum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 30 July 2014  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ]  National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fa x number and e -mail address (if available) of 
other body:  
Submit either electronic or written comments on the proposed rule and the information collection 
by 30 July 2014. You may submit comments by any of the following methods. Submit electronic 
comments  in the following way: Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov . Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments.  G/SPS/N/USA/2631/Add.1  
 
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  Submit written submissions in the following ways: Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for pa per 
submissions): Division of Dockets Management (HFA -305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 
Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.  
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Agency name, Docket No. FDA -2013-N-
0013 for this rulemaking.  
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov  and insert the docket number, found in brackets in the heading of this 
document, into the "Sea rch" box and follow the prompts and/or go to the Division of Dockets 
Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.  
For further information contact: With regard to the proposed rule: Michael E. Kashtock, Center for 
Food Safety and Applied Nu trition, Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., 
College Park, MD 20740, 240 -402-2022.  
Text available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other bod y: 
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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