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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1842/Add.1 
14 January 2010  
 (10-0176) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 7 January  2010, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States
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Final rule:  Importation of C ooked Pork Skins (APHIS-2008-0032)
 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is amending the regulations to allow for the importation of cooked pork skins from regions affected with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), swine vesicular disease (SVD), African swine fever (ASF), and classical swine fe ver (CSF) under certain conditions.  We are taking this action after 
preparing a risk assessment that concluded that the cooking methods examined are sufficient to 
inactivate the pathogens of concern.  This action w ill relieve restrictions on  the importation of cooked 
pork skins while continuing to protect against the in troduction of those diseases of concern.  This final 
rule is effective 14 January 2010. 
 This final rule is available in English at:  Federal Register:  15 December 2009 (Volume 74, 
Number 239) Notices Pages 66217 - 66222.  To view online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "66217" in the search 
box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a proposed rule  published in the Federal Register on 2 July 2008 
(2008 FR Volume 73, Number 128, Pages 37892-37896, Docket No. APHIS–2008–0032), in which 
APHIS proposed to allow for the importation of cook ed pork skins from regions affected with FMD, 
ASF, CSF, and SVD under certa in conditions.  (To view this notice online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2008 FR Vol. 73, and type "37892" in the search 
box (with quotation marks)).  We solicited co mments on the proposed rule for 60 days ending 
2 September 2008.  We received six comments by th at date, from State agriculture departments, a 
pork industry association, and a snack food manufacturer. 
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:    G/SPS/N/USA/1842/Add.1 
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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 circulati on of the addendum to the notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy) :  
 Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
For further information contact:  Dr. Karen A. James-Preston, Director, Technical Trade Services-
Products, National Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 40, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; +(1 301) 734-8172  
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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