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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/994/Add.3 
14 July 2009  
 (09-3426) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 10 July 2009, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States
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Final Rule:  Prevention of Salmonella  Enteritidis in Shell Eggs Du ring Production, Transportation, 
and Storage  
 
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a final rule that requires shell egg 
producers to implement measures to prevent Salmonella  Enteritidis (SE) from contaminating eggs on 
the farm and from further growth during storage and transportation, and requires these producers to 
maintain records concerning their compliance with the rule and to register with FDA.  FDA is taking 
this action because SE is among the leading bacteria l causes of foodborne illness in the United States, 
and shell eggs are a primary source of human SE inf ections.  The final rule will reduce SE-associated 
illnesses and deaths by reducing the risk that  shell eggs are contaminated with SE. 
 
 FDA published the proposed rule, Prevention of Salmonella  Enteritidis in Shell Eggs During 
Production (69 FR 56824), on 22 September 2004.  The proposed rule set out several measures to be taken by egg producers to prevent the contamina tion of shell eggs with SE during egg production, 
such as implementation of biosecurity and pest control programs, environmental and egg testing 
requirements, and requirements con cerning refrigerated storage of eggs  at the farm and diversion from 
the table egg market of eggs from flocks in which SE has been detected. 
  The complete text for the final rule in th e Federal Register at 74 FR 33030, available in 
English, can be found on the Internet at:  http://edocket.access.gpo. gov/2009/pdf/E9-16119.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 sc ope of previously notified draft regulation 
 [   ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
 [   ] Change in proposed date of adoptio n, publication or date of entry into force 
 [   ] Other:     
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 G/SPS/N/USA/994/Add.3 
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  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) :   
 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
: 
 
For further information contact: John Sheehan, Ce nter for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-
315), Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Bran ch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740.  Tel:  
+(1 301) 436 1488  
 
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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