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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/2156/Add.1 
2 March 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 28 Fe bruary 2011, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States
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Food Safety Modernization Act
 
 The United States President signed the Food Safety Modernization Act into law on 
4 January 2011.  The intent of the law is to incr ease the safety of the US food supply.  Some of the 
key features of the new law are:  prevention (e.g ., preventive controls for food facilities, produce 
safety, intentional contamination);  inspections and compliance (frequency of inspection, expanded 
records access, third party laboratory testing);  enha nced enforcement tools (e.g., recall, administrative 
detention, suspension of registration); enhanced partnerships (e.g., surveillance, inspection, food 
laboratories) and import safety (e.g., foreign supplier verification by importers, mandatory 
certification for high risk foods, accreditation of third party auditors). 
 As mentioned in the original notification, G/SPS/N/USA/2156, the law has now been 
officially published by the United States Governme nt Printing Office, and this addendum provides an 
electronic link to the law: " http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ353/pdf/PLAW-
111publ353.pdf ". 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] 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:  Provision of ot her relevant documents 
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 G/SPS/N/USA/2156/Add.1 
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  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: 
Please send comments, preferably electronically, to US Food and Drug Administration, Center for 
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, by e-mail to  FSMAWTO@fda.hhs.gov or by fax to +1 301-436-
2618.  Additional information can be found at:
http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/fsma/default.htm
 
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-ma il:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov 
Text can be also be found on the Internet:  " http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-
111publ353/pdf/PLAW-111publ353.pdf " 
 
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