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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1885/Add.1 
15 June 2009  
 (09-2890) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 10 June 2009, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States
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Final rule:  Importation of Eggpl ant from Israel (APHIS-2007-0153)
 
 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the 
continental United States of commercial consignments  of fresh eggplant from Israel.  As a condition 
of entry, the eggplant must be grown under a syst ems approach that includes requirements for pest 
exclusion at the production site, fruit fly trapping inside and outside the production site, and pest-
excluding packinghouse procedures.  The eggplan t must be accompanied by a phytosanitary 
certificate issued by the Israeli national plant prot ection organization with an additional declaration 
confirming that the eggplants have been produced in  accordance with those requirements.  This action 
will allow for the importation of commercial consi gnments of fresh eggplant from Israel into the 
United States while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine pests.  This 
final rule is effective 6 July 2009.   This final rule is available in English at:  Federal Register:  3 June 2009 (Volume 74, Number 
105) Notices Pages 26511-26514.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, 
select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "26511" in the search box (with quotation marks). 
  This action is subsequent to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on 
12 November 2008 (2008 FR Volume 73, Number 219, Pages 66807-66811, Docket No. APHIS–2007–0153), in which APHIS announced a proposal to allow the importation into the continental 
United States of commercial consignments of fresh eggplant from Israel if they were produced in 
accordance with a systems approach.  (To view this notice online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2008 FR Vol. 73, and type "66807" in the search 
box (with quotation marks)).  We solicited comme nts concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 
12 January 2009.  We received 3 comments by that date.  They were from private citizens and the 
Israeli national plant protection organization (NPPO). 
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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 sc ope of previously notified draft regulation 
 [   ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
 [   ] Change in proposed date of adoptio n, publication or date of entry into force 
 [   ] Other:     
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of th e 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 
originally announced final date for comments, th e 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 comments:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [   ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body
: 
 
For further information contact:  Ms. Donna L. West , Senior Import Speciali st, Regulatory Coordination 
and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231;  +(1 301) 734 
0627.  
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, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 10 27, 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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