G/SPS/N/USA/2171/Add.2  
 
2 May 2017  
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Committee on S anitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 1 May 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of  the United States of America . 
 
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Mandatory Inspection of Fish of the order Siluriformes and Products Derived from Such Fish  
FSIS Compliance Guideline for Establishments that Slaughter or Further Process Siluriformes Fish 
and Fish Products.  
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/8ec92a7f -8f9b-45ae-b80f-7c336f7d6ff5/Compliance -
Guideline -Siluriformes -Fish.pdf?MOD=AJPERES  
This Compliance Guideline is intended to supplement the information as notified by the United 
States in G/SPS/N/USA/2171 and G/SPS/N/USA/2171/Add.1.   The FSIS Compliance Guideline is 
designed to help establishments that slaughter or further process Siluriformes fish and fish 
products meet FSIS regulatory requirements and policies. In particular, thi s guideline covers how 
to: 
• Apply for a Grant of Inspection (GOI)  
• Submit Labels for Approval – Understand Labeling Requirements  
• Comply with Sanitation Performance Standards (SPS) and Sanitation Standard Operating 
Procedure (Sanitation SOP) Requirement s 
• Comply with Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Requirements  
• Understand Product Sampling RequirementsUnderstand Export and Import Requirements for 
Siluriformes fish and fish products  
• Develop Written Recall and Food Defense Plans  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/USA/17_2139_00_e.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of ado ption, 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  
[X] Other: FSIS Compliance Guideline for Establishments that Slaughter or Further 
Process Siluriformes Fish and Fish Products.  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially a ffected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under G/SPS/N/USA/2171/Add.2  
 
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  other circumstances, such as extension of originally 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) : 24 May 2017  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number  and e -mail address (if available) of 
other body:  
Comments can be submitted to the FSIS Office of International Coordination by email at: 
InternationalCoordination@fsis.usda.gov   or  by mail at FSIS Office of International Coordination, 
1400 Independence Ave., SW, Room 3143, Washington, DC 20250  
Federal eRulemaking Portal: This Web site provides the ability to type short comments directly into 
the comment field or attach a file for lengthier comments.  
Go to http://www.regulations.gov  and follow the online instruct ions for submitting comments.  
Mail, including CD -ROMs, and hand - or courier -delivered submittals: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture (USDA), FSIS, OPPD, RIMS, Patriots Plaza 3, 1400 Ind ependence 
Avenue SW, Mailstop 3782, 8 -163A, Washington, DC 20250 -3700.   
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
United States SPS Nation al 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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