G/SPS/N/USA/3018  
 
20 August 2018  
(18-5254) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: UNITED STATES OF AME RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and 
Inspection Service (FSIS)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): meat products  
4. Regions or countries l ikely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Elimination of the Requirement That Livestock Carcasses 
Be Marked U.S. Inspected and Passed at the Time of Inspection Within a Slaughter 
Establishment for Carcasses To Be Further Processed Within the Same Establishment . 
Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 4 
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FSIS_FRDOC_0001 -0578 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/USA/18_4501_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: FSIS is proposing to amend the Federal meat inspection 
regulations to eliminate the requirement that livestock carcasses be marked with the 
official inspection legend at the time of inspection in a slaughter establishment, if the 
carcasses are to be further pr ocessed in the same establishment.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant int ernational standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
inter national standard:  G/SPS/N/USA/3018  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 1 October 2018  
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:  
Roberta Wagner, Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy and Program Development; 
Tel: +(202) 205 0495, or by Fax: +(202) 720 2025.  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FSIS_FRDOC_0001 -0578