. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/2001 
16 April 2010  
 (10-1943) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  US Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service 
(FSIS) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Meat and poultry products amenable to FSIS 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Docket No. FSIS 2008-0025 (25 March 2010);  
Notification, Documentation, and Recordkeeping Requirements for Inspected 
Establishments  Language:  English  Number of pages:  17   
6. Description of content:  FSIS is proposing to implement provisions of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 by ad opting regulations that require official 
establishments to promptly notify the appropriate  District Office that an adulterated or 
misbranded meat or poultry product has entered co mmerce;  require official establishments 
to prepare and maintain current procedures for the recall of meat and poultry products 
produced and shipped by the establishment;  and require official establishments to 
document each reassessment of the establishment' s process control plans, that is, its Hazard 
Analysis and Critical Control Point plans. 
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. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None G/SPS/N/USA/2001 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  This 
document has been published in the Federal Register and can be  found at:  Federal 
Register:  25 March 2010 (Volume 75, Number 57);  Proposed Rules;  Pages 14361-14368;  
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Frame/FrameRedir ect.asp?main=http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPD
E/rdad/FRPubs/2008-0025.htm    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  24 May 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  Comments regarding the adopted regulations must be received 
on or before 24 May 2010, through th e Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
http://www.regulations.gov
, or by mail to:  Docket Clerk, US Department of Agriculture, 
Food Safety and Inspection Service, Room 2-2127, George Washington Carver Center, 
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Mailstop 5474, Be ltsville, MD 20705-5474.  All submissions 
received through the Federal eRulemaking Portal or by mail must reference the Food Safety 
and Inspection Service and include the docket number "FSIS-2008-0025".  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural 
Service, International Regulations a nd Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, 
Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  
E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov