. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/106 
7 April 2005 
 
 (05-1416) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (111) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Fruits, Vegetables, and 
Fish  (HS 2001 and 1603;  ICS 67). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Food Labeling; 
Guidelines for Voluntary Nutrition Labeling of Raw Fruits, Vegetables, and Fish; 
Identification of the 20 Most Frequently C onsumed Raw Fruits, Ve getables, and Fish; 
Reopening of the Comment Period (12 Pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening until June 
3, 2005, the comment period for a proposed rule published in the Federa l Register of March 
20, 2002.  In that document, FDA proposed to amend its voluntary nutrition labeling regulations by updating the names and nutritio n labeling values for the 20 most frequently 
consumed raw fruits, vegetables, and fish in the United States.  Since publication of the 
proposed rule, the agency has received new data in comments that it intends to use to further 
update the nutrition labeling values.   The agency also intends to use additional data from the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for cer tain nutrients in raw produce.  Those data 
became available after the close of the co mment period.  FDA is reopening the comment 
period to allow all interested parties the opport unity to review its tentative nutrition labeling 
values based upon data FDA received within and after the comment period, and to comment 
on the additional nutrient data for some of the 20 most frequently consumed raw fruits, 
vegetables, and fish.  FDA will evaluate an y new data submissions  during this reopened 
comment period and will consider use of those data in a final rule. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human life and health 
8. Relevant documents:   70 Federal Register (FR) 16995 4 April 2005; Title 21 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 101.  Will app ear in the Federal Register when adopted. G/TBT/N/USA/106 
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9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   3 June 2005 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body :  
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