. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1723 
19 October 2007  
 (07-4526) 
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 U.S. 
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):  Arugula 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Panama 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Notice of Availability of a 
Pest Risk Analysis for Importation of Arugula Leaves with Stems from Panama into the 
Continental United 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 continental United States  of arugula leaves with stems from Panama. 
Based on that analysis, APHIS believes that the application of one or more designated 
phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigat e the risks of introducing or disseminating 
plant pests or noxious weeds via the importati on of arugula leaves with stems from Panama. 
APHIS is making the pest risk analysis avai lable 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 :   
4 October 2007 (Volume 72, Number 192), Page 56719; Available in English. 
Available at Federal Register on-line via GPO Access website: 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html  
Enter page # under "Quick Search" and link to relevant document. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A G/SPS/N/USA/1723 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  N/A 
12. Final date for comments:  3 December 2007 
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:  [   ] 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. Tony Roman, Import Specialist, Commodity Import Analysis and Operation Staff, PPQ, 
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-8758. 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notificati on authority, [   ] Na tional 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;  Fa x:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E-mail:  
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov