G/SPS/N/USA/2465/Add.2  
 
17 June 2014  
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Committee on Sanit ary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 17 June 2014, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of  the United States of America . 
 
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Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Spirulina Extract; C onfirmation of Effective 
Date 
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is confirming the effective date of 13 May 2014, for the 
final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of 11 April 2014, and that amended the color 
additive regulations to expand the permitted use of spirulina extract made from the dried biomass 
of the cyanobacteria Arthrospira platensis  (A. platensis ) as a color additive in food.  
FDA gave interested persons until 12 May 2014, to file objections or requests for a hearing. FDA 
received no objections or requests for a hearing on the final rule. Therefore, FDA finds that the 
effective date of the final rule that published in the Fe deral Register of 11 April 2014  should be 
confirmed.  
Text can be found at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2014-06-11/pdf/2014 -13524.pdf . 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/USA/14_2765_00_e.pd f 
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 pro posed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other: The effective date for the final rule published 11 April 2014 (79 FR 20095), 
is confirmed as 13 May 2014.  
Comment period: (If the addendum exten ds the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially 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 orig inally 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  
Agency or authority designated to handle co mments: [ ]  National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of 
other body:  
For further information contact: Felicia M. Ellison, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 
(HFS-265), Food  and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740 -
3835, +(240) 402 1264  G/SPS/N/USA/2465/Add.2  
 
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  Text available from: [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 Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 20250; Tel: +(1 202) 
720 1301; Fax: +(1 202) 720 0433; E -mail: us.spsenquirypoint@fas.us da.gov  
Text can be also be found in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 112, Page 33431 or on the Internet 
at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2014-06-11/pdf/2014 -13524.pdf . 
 
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