G/SPS/N/USA/2746/Add.1  
 
22 September 2015  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 21 Septem ber 2015, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Importation of Fresh Cranberries into the Co ntinental United States: Chile Authorization 
(APHIS-2015-0001) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public of its decision to authorize 
the importation of fresh cranberries from Chile into the continental United States. Based on the findings of a pest risk assessment, which was made available for the public to review and 
comment through a previous notice, APHIS has concluded that the application of one or more 
designated phytosanitary measures will be suffic ient to mitigate the risks of introducing or 
disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh cranberries from Chile. 
The notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2015-0001-0010 . 
In accordance with that process, APHIS published a notice in the Federal Register on 
12 March 2015 (80 FR 12976-12977, Docket No. APHIS-2015-0001), in which it announced the 
availability, for review and comment, of a pest risk assessment (PRA) that identifies pests of 
quarantine significance that could follow the pathway of importation of cranberries from Chile into the continental United States. Based on the PRA, a risk management document (RMD) was 
prepared to identify phytosanitary measures that could be applied to the cranberries to mitigate 
the pest risk. We solicited comments on the PRA and RMD for 60 days, ending on 11 May 2015. We received six comments by that date. 
To view the notice, PRA, RMD, and comments received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0001 . 
Federal Register Vol. 80, No 174, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 
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:   G/SPS/N/USA/2746/Add.1 
 
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  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. Effective 9 September 2015. 
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: 
Ms Claudia Ferguson, Senior Regulatory Policy C oordinator, Regulatory Policy and Coordination, 
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; +(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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