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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1464 
22 November 2006 
 (06-5612) 
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:  US Food and Drug Administration 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):   Raw poultry carcasses  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  United 
States  and US trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Secondary Direct Food 
Additives Permitted in Food for Human Cons umption (Available in English, 1 page) 
6. Description of content:  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Safe 
Foods Corporation has filed a petition proposi ng that the food additive regulations be 
amended to expand the conditions for the safe use of cetylpyridinium chloride as an antimicrobial agent in a pre-chiller or post-ch iller solution for application to raw poultry 
carcasses in Part 173 Secondary Direct F ood Additives Permitte d in Food for Human 
Consumption (21 CFR 173). 
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 these are available:  Filing notice 
published in the Federal Register at  71 FR 62475 (Available in English), 
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/E6-17834.pdf  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.  G/SPS/N/USA/1464 
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  12. Final date for comments:  Comments in general will be accepted at anytime after 
publication of the notice of filing; however, if  a final rule is promulgated, it will address 
only those comments that were received prior to publication of the final rule.   Comments on 
the petitioner's environmental assessment must be submitted by 24 November 2006. 
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 comments identified by Docket No. 2006F-0409 by any of the 
following methods: 
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov  Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments. 
• Agency Web site:  http://www.fda.gov/dockets/ecomments   Follow the instructions 
for submitting comments on the agency Web site. 
 Submit written submissions in the following ways: 
• Fax: 301-827-6870 
• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier [For paper, di sk, or CD-ROM submissions]: Division 
of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.    
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket No. 
2006F-0409 for this rulemaking. All objections received will be posted without change to 
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/default.htm . 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National noti fication authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms. Deborah Thompson, Acting, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA 
Foreign Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, 
Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel: 202-720-1301; Fax: 202-690-0677; Email: 
fstsd@fas.usda.gov .  Complete text can also be  found on the Internet at 
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/oc/ohrms/index.cfm  and insert Docket No. 2006F-
0409.  For access to the docket to read bac kground documents or comments received, go to 
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/default.htm  and insert Docket No. 2006F-0409 into the 
"Search" box and follow the prompts.