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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1454 
2 November 2006 
 (06-5260) 
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:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  
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):   Food contact surfaces in public eating places, dairy processing equipment, and 
food processing equipment and utensils. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Notice.  Notice of Filing 
of Pesticide Petition for Amendment to Regula tions for Residues of Di-n-Alkyl (C8-10) 
Dimethyl Ammonium Chloride (DDAC) Comp ounds on Food Applied to Food Contact 
Surfaces (Available in English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  EPA is printing a summary of a pesticide petition received 
proposing the establishment or amendment of re gulations for residues of the antimicrobial 
pesticide formulation Di-n-Alkyl (C8-10) di methyl ammonium chloride compound and total 
quaternary ammonium compounds may be applie d to food contact surfaces in public eating 
places, dairy processing equipment, and food pr ocessing equipment and utensils at 400 parts 
per million (ppm). 
However, EPA has not fully evaluated the suffici ency of the submitted data at this time or 
whether the data support granting of the pestic ide petition. Additional data may be needed 
before EPA rules on this pesticide petition.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] 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,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   G/SPS/N/USA/1454 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
25 October 2006 (Volume 71, Number 206), Pages 62458-62460. http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2006/October/Day-25/p17880.htm  
Available in English. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  N/A - This is a notice of availability and may or may 
not result in a future regulatory action.  A notice invites the public to submit additional scientific information and comments to the Agency.  
12. Final date for comments:  Comments should be received on or before 25 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:  Antimicrobials Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  Doreen 
Chen-Moulec , United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington 
D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-690-0607;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov