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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/2029/Add.1 
6 April 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 23 March 2011, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States
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New Performance Standards for Salmonella and Ca mpylobacter in Young Chicken and Turkey 
Slaughter Establishments:  Response to Comment s and Announcement of Implementation Schedule  
 The Food Safety and Inspection Service ( FSIS) published a Federal Register Notice on 
14 May 2010 (75 FR 27288) in which it announ ced the forthcoming implementation of new 
performance standards for the pathogenic micro-orga nisms Salmonella and Campylobacter for chilled 
carcasses in young chicken (broiler) and turkey sl aughter establishments.  The new performance 
standards were developed in response to a charge  from the President's Food Safety Working Group 
and based on recent FSIS Nationwide Microbiological Baseline Data Collection Programs.  The standards will be applied to sample sets collect ed and analyzed by the Agency to evaluate 
establishment performance with resp ect to requirements of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control 
Points (HACCP) Rule.  The Agency received detaile d comments submitted in response to the notice.  
This notice responds to those comments submitted a nd explains the changes adopted by the Agency 
after carefully evaluating comments. 
 The full text of this addendum can be found at the address below: 
 [Federal Register:  21 March 2011 (Volum e 76, Number 54)] [Notices] [Page 15282-15290] 
or online at  http://edocket.access.gpo. gov/2011/2011-6585.htm
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 The original WTO Notification w as G/SPS/N/USA/2029 dated 8 June 2010. 
 For further information contact:  United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA 
Foreign Agricultural Service, International Regul ations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1014, 
Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov G/SPS/N/USA/2029/Add.1 
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  This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[X] 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 
[ ] 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 
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: 
   
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 
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