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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/2005/Add.2 
12 April 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 30 March 2011, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States
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Final Rule:  Technical Amendment;  Changes in Disease Status of the Brazilian State of Santa 
Catarina With Regard to Certain Ruminant  and Swine Diseases (Docket No. APHIS-2009-0034)  
 In a final rule published that was published in  the Federal Register on 16 November 2010, and 
effective on 1 December 2010, the Animal and Plan t Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the US 
Department of Agriculture added the Brazilian Stat e of Santa Catarina to the list of regions we 
recognize as free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD ), rinderpest, swine vesicular disease (SVD), 
classical swine fever (CSF), and African swine fever.  We also added Santa Catarina to the list of 
regions that are subject to certain import restrictions on meat and meat products because of their proximity to or trading relationships with rinderpest- or FMD-affected countries.  In the final rule, we 
neglected to add Santa Catarina to the lists of region s that are subject to certain import restrictions on 
pork and pork products because of their proximity to  or trading relationships with SVD- and CSF-
affected countries.  This document correct s that error and is effective 21 March 2011.  
 This technical amendment is available in English at:  Federal Register:  21 March 2011 
(Volume 76, Number 54, Notices Pages 152 11-15212.  To view online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2011 FR Vol. 76, and type "page 15211" in the 
search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a final ru le published in the Federal Register on 
16 November 2010 (2010 FR Volume 75, Number 200, Pages 69851-69857, Docket No. APHIS-2009-0034), in which APHIS amended the regulations by adding the Br azilian State of Santa Catarina 
to the list in Sec.  94.1 of regions that are free of rinderpest and FMD, the list in Sec.  94.11 of regions 
that are declared to be free of rinderpest and FMD bu t that are subject to certain restrictions because 
of their proximity to or trading relationships with rinderpest or FMD-affected regions, the lists in Sec. 
Sec.  94.9 and 94.10 of regions that are free of CSF,  and the list in Sec.  94.12 of regions that are free 
of SVD. We also excluded Santa Catarina from the list in Sec.  94.8 of regions where ASF is known 
to or reasonably believed to exist. 
(To view this final rule online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2010 FR 
Vol. 75, and type "69851" in the search box (with quotation marks)).  G/SPS/N/USA/2005/Add.2 
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  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 
[X] Other:  Final Rule:  Technical amendment 
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 comments:  [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[  ]  National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
For further information contact:  Dr. Silva Kreinde l, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Regionalization 
Evaluation Services Staff, National Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737;  +1 (301) 734-4356 or +1 (301) 734-8419  
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 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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