G/SPS/N/USA/2956  
 
22 September 2017  
(17-5035) 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: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)  
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): Poultry and poultry products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to th e extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: Uganda  
5. Title of the notified document: Notice: Addition of Uganda to the List of Regions 
Affected by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Docket No. APHIS –2017–0063) . 
Language(s): English.  Number of pages:  
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS -2017-0063-0001 
6. Description of content: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the 
public that it is adding Uganda to the list of regions that the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service considers to be affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). 
This action foll ows APHIS' imposition of HPAI -related restrictions on avian commodities 
originating from or transiting Uganda as a result of the confirmation of HPAI in Uganda.  
Federal REgister Vol. 82, No. 182, Thursday, 21 September 2017, Page 44151.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  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 Convent ion (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:  G/SPS/N/USA/2956  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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) : Not applicable  
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:  
Dr Rebecca Gordon, Import Risk Analyst, National Import Export Services, 920 Main 
Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27606; +(919) 855 7741; E -mail: 
rebecca.k.gordon@aphis.usda.gov  
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=APHIS -2017-0063-0001