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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/2028/Add.1 
23 November 2010  
 (10-6237) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 18 November 2010, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States
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Permission to Use Air Inflation of Meat Carcasses and Parts
 
 This is to notify that the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending the Federal 
meat inspection regulations to provide that establis hments that slaughter livestock or prepare livestock 
carcasses and parts may inflate carcasses and parts with air if they develop, implement, and maintain written controls to ensure that the procedure does not cause insanitary conditions or adulterate the 
product.  FSIS is requiring establishments to incorpor ate these controls into th eir Hazard Analysis and 
Critical Control Point (HACCP) plans or Sanitati on Standard Operating Procedures (Sanitation SOPs) 
or other prerequisite programmes. 
 In addition, FSIS is amending its regulations to remove the approved methods for inflating 
livestock carcasses and parts by air and to remove the requirement that establishments submit requests 
to FSIS for approval of air inflation procedures not listed in the regulations.  FSIS is also adding a 
paragraph in the regulations to make clear that th e current prohibition against injecting compressed air 
into the skulls of cattle remains in force. 
 The effective date is 15 December 2010.  This text of this final rule can be found in the Federal Register: [Federal Register:  
15 November 2010 (Volume 75, Number 219)] [R ules and Regulations] [Page 69575-69577]; or on 
line at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/FRPubs/2007-0039F.pdf
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 This final rule was published subsequent to a proposed rule that was published in the Federal 
Register on 24 May 2010 (Volume 75, Number 99) under Proposed Rules; Page 28763-28765 or 
online at http://edocket.access.gpo. gov/2010/2010-12337.htm . 
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/2028/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 circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Rachel Edelstein, Director, Policy Issuances Division, Office of Policy and Program Development, 
Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Depa rtment of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250;  
+(202) 720-5627 or Rachel.Edelstein@fsis.usda.gov  
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [ ] 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 1027, 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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