G/SPS/N/USA/2660/Add.1
1 October 2014 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 26 Septem ber 2014, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Final Rule: Importation of Mangoes from Jamaica into the Continental United States (Docket 
No. APHIS-2013-0018) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations concerning the importation of fruits and vegetables to allow the importation of mangoes from Jamaica into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, the mangoes must be produced in accordance 
with a systems approach employing a combination of mitigation measures for certain fruit flies, 
soft scale insects, and diseases and must be inspected prior to exportation from Jamaica and found free of these pests and diseases. The mangoes must be imported in commercial 
consignments only and be treated to mitigate the risk of fruit flies. The mangoes must also be 
accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate. This action will allow the importation of mangoes from Jamaica while continuing to protect against the introduction of plant pests into the United States of America. 
This notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2013-0018-0010 . 
Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 181, Thursday 18 September 2014, pages 55963-55965. 
On 15 April 2014, we published in the Federal Register (79 FR 21153-21156, Docket 
No. APHIS-2013-0018) a proposal to amend the regulations to allow the importation of mangoes from Jamaica into the continental United States. We prepared a pest risk assessment (PRA), titled 
"Importation of Mango Fruit, Mangifera indica, from Jamaica into the Continental United States" 
(March 2013). The PRA evaluated the risks associated with the importation of mangoes into the continental United States from Jamaica. Based on the information contained in the PRA, we determined that measures beyond standard port-o f-entry inspection are required to mitigate the 
risks posed by the quarantine pests. To recommend specific measures to mitigate those risks, we 
prepared a risk management document (RMD). 
Based on the RMD, we proposed to require the mangoes to be produced under a systems approach 
employing a combination of mitigation measures for five quarantine pests (Anastrepha obliqua, 
Anastrepha suspensa, Coccus moestus, Phomopsis mangiferae, and Xanthomonas campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae) and inspected prior to exportation from Jamaica and found free of those pests. 
We proposed to require the mangoes to be imported in commercial consignments only and to be 
treated in accordance with 7 CFR part 305 to mitigate  the risk of Anastrepha spp. fruit fly. We also 
proposed to require the mangoes to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration. 
We solicited comments concerning the proposed rule for 60 days ending 16 June 2014. We 
received four comments by that date. G/SPS/N/USA/2660/Add.1 
 
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  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) :   
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: 
Mr. Tony Román, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, 
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; +(1 301) 851 2242.  
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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