. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1347 
23 June 2006 
 (06-3088) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  US 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):  Glycerol ester of tall oil rosin to adjust the density of citrus oils used in the 
preparation of beverages.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Trading 
partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Georgia-Pacific Resin, 
Inc.;  Filing of Food Additive Petition;  Notice.  
6. Description of content:   
FDA is announcing that Georgia-Pacific Resin, Inc. has filed a petition proposing that the 
food additive regulations in 21 CFR172.735 be  amended to provide for the safe use of 
glycerol ester of tall oil rosin to adjust the dens ity of citrus oils used in the preparation of 
beverages and to provide for the use of steam stripping as a purification method for 
producing glycerol ester of wood rosin, gum rosin, or tall oil rosin.  
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Notice of filing in 
Federal Register ( 71FR 34623)  (available in English) 
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/ DOCKETS/98fr/E6-9319.pdf  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  G/SPS/N/USA/1347 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
12. Final date for comments:  Comments will be accepted at an ytime after publication of the 
notice of filing;  however, if a final rule is promulgated, it will address only those comments that were received prior to publication of the final rule. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Submit written comments on the document to th e Division of Dockets Management (HFA-
305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fi shers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852, 
U.S.A. 
It is possible to submit electronic comments to: 
http://www.fda.gov/dockets/ecomments . 
Submit comments by indicating DOCKET Nu mber 2006F-0225 and Title of document: 
Georgia-Pacific Resin, Inc., Filing of Food Additive Petition;  Notice.  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  Ms. Deborah 
Thompson, Acting, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-9124;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  E-mail: fstsd@fas.usda.gov . 
Complete text can also be found on the Internet: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/oc/ohrms/index.cfm  by looking under DOCKET No. 
2006F-0225.