. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1841 
22 July 2008 
 (08-3531) 
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:  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the US 
Department of Agriculture 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Guavas 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Mexico 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  P e st  R is k A nal ys i s  f or 
Importation of Guavas from Mexico into the Unit ed States (available in English, 2 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the 
public that they have prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation into the United States of fresh gu ava fruit from Mexico.  Based on that analysis, 
APHIS believes that the application of one or more designated phytosan itary measures will be 
sufficient to mitigate the risks of introduci ng or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds 
via the importation of guavas from Mexico.  APHI S is making the pest risk analysis available 
to the public for review and comment.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [ X ] 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:   F e d e r a l  R e g i s t e r :   
26 June 2008 (Volume 73, Number 124), Page s 36296 - 36297;  available in English. 
Available at Federal Register on-line via GPO Access website: 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html  
Enter page #36296 under "Quick Search " and link to relevant document. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A G/SPS/N/USA/1841 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  N/A 
12. Final date for comments:  25 August 2008  
Comments in general will be accepted at anyt ime 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:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
For further information contact: 
Mr. David B. Lamb, Import Specialist, Commo dity Import Analysis and Operations, PPQ, 
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231;  +(301) 734 8758 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Aut hority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov