. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1020 
7 January 2005 
 (05-0082) 
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:   U.S. Food and Drug Administration 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Finfish and crus taceans (HS 0300) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Secondary Direct Food 
Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumpti on, Final Rule (available in English;  3 
pages). 
6. Description of content:  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food 
additive regulations to provide for the safe use of acidified sodium chlorite solutions as an 
antimicrobial agent on finfish and crustaceans.  This action is in response to a petition filed 
by Alcide Corp. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] 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 thes e are available:  Federal Register,  30 
December 2004, 69 FR 78303-78305 at http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/ DOCKETS/98fr/04-28577.pdf
  or 
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOC KETS/98fr/04-28577.htm .  The food additive petition 
notice can be found in the Federal Register of 10 April 2003 (68 FR 17656)at 
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/03-8694.pdf   or 
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/oc/ohr ms/dailylist.cfm?yr=2003&mn=4&dy=10  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   30 December 2004 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   30 December 2004 G/SPS/N/USA/1020 
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 12. Final date for comments:  31 January 2005 
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:    
Submit written or electronic objections and requests for a hearing identified by Docket No. 
2003F-0128, by any of the following methods: 
Federal eRulemaking Portal:  http://www.regulations.gov
 
Agency Web site:  http://www.fda/dockets/ecomments  
E-mail:  fdadockets@oc.fda.gov .  Include Docket No. 2003F-0128 in the subject line of the 
e-mail message. 
Fax:  301-827-6870 
Mail/Hand delivery/Courier [For paper, disk , or CD-ROM submissions]:  Division of 
Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Dr ug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 
1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 
Instructions:  All submissions received must include the agency name and docket number for this rulemaking. All objections recei ved will be posted without change to 
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/default.htm
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13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
U.S. Enquiry Point, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1027, Washington, DC 20250.  
Tel:  (202) 720-4051;  Fax:  (202) 690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@usda.gov .  Complete text can 
be also be found on the Internet at http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/04-
28577.htm .  For access to the docket to read b ackground documents or comments received, 
go to http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/default.htm  and insert the Docket No. 2003F-0128 
into the "Search'' box and follow the prompts.