G/SPS/N/USA/3045  
 
19 December 2018  
(18-8033) 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: Food and Drug Administration  
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): HS Code(s): 20, 3203; ICS Code(s): 67  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Impossible Foods, Inc.; Filing of Color Additive Petition; 
Notice of Petition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 2 
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2018-12-13/pdf/2018 -26949.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/USA/18_6519_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the 
filing of a petition, submitted by Impossible Foods, Inc., proposing that the color  additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of soy leghemoglobin as a color 
additive in plant -based, non -animal derived ground beef analogue products.  
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 international 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 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   G/SPS/N/USA/3045  
 
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  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) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Add ress, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Ellen Anderson, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug 
Administration, 5001 Campus Dr, College Park, MD 20740, +(1 240) 402 1309  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Text can be found in the Federal Register, Vol. 83, No. 239, page 64046 or on the internet 
at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2018-12-13/pdf/2018 -26949.pdf