G/SPS/N/USA/2862/Add.3  
 
1 June 2022  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 1 June 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of  the United States of America . 
 
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Natural Resources Defense  Council, et al.; Denial of Food Additive Petition; Denial Without Prejudice 
of Food Additive Petition  
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is denying a food additive petition (FAP 6B4815) 
submitted by Natural Resources Defense Council, et al., requesting that we amend or revoke specified 
regulations to no longer provide for the food contact use of 28 ortho -phthalates. (We use the terms 
"phthalates" and "orthophthalates" interchangeably in this notification to refer to the subset of 
phthalates substituted in the "ortho" position).  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-05-20/pdf/2022 -10530.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/USA/22_3886_00_ e.pdf 
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 scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the 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, the 
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) : This notification is applicable 20 May 2022, except as to any provisions 
that may be stayed by the filing of proper objections. Submit either electronic or 
written objections and requests for a hearing on the document 21 June 2022. 
See Section V for further information on the filing of objections.  
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:  
Submit electronic objections in the following way:  
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.go v. Follow the instructions for submitting 
comments. Objections submitted electronically, including attachments, to 
https://www.regulations.gov  will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your obje ction will G/SPS/N/USA/2862/Add.3  
 
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  be made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your objection does not include any 
confidential information that you or a third party may not wish to be posted, such as medical 
information, your or anyone else's Social Security num ber, or confidential business information, 
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your name, contact information, 
or other information that identifies you in the body of your objection, that information will be 
posted on https://www.regulations.gov . 
For further information contact : Jessica Urbelis, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 
(HFS-275), Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus Dr., College Park, MD 20740, +(2 40) 402 
5187; or Meadow Platt, Office of Regulations and Policy (HFS –024), Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus Dr., College Park, MD 20740, 
+(240)  402 2378  
Text(s) available from: []  National Notificatio n 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. 87, No. 98, page 31066 or on the Internet at: 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-05-20/pdf/2022 -10530.pdf . 
 
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