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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1643/Add.1 
24 November 2009  
 (09-5884) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 20 November 2009, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States
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Listing of Color Additives Exempt from Certification;  Paracoccus Pigment
 
 On 16 November 2009, FDA published a final rule  amending the color additive regulations to 
provide for the safe use of Paracoccus pigment as a co lor additive in the feed of salmonid fish.  The 
color additive paracoccus pigment consists of th e heat-killed, dried cells of a nonpathogenic and 
nontoxicogenic strain of the bacterium Paracoccus carotinifaciens and may contain added calcium 
carbonate to adjust the astaxanthin level.  The quantity of astaxanthin in finished feed, from 
paracoccus pigment when used alone or in combination with other ast axanthin color additive sources 
listed in this part 73, shall not exceed 80 mg/kg (72 gr ams per ton) of finished feed.  The final rule is 
published in the Federal Register at 74 FR 58843 (available in English).  Text may be found at: 
http://edocket.access.gpo. gov/2009/E9-27394.htm . 
 This action is subsequent to a notice of filing published in the Federal Register on 
9 July 2007.  This notice may be found at:  Federal Register:  9 July 2007 (Volume 72, Number 130) Notices page 37243-37244 available at http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main
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This addendum concerns a: 
[   ] Modification of final date for comments 
[ X ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[   ] 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) :  16 December 2009 for submitting objections or requesting a hearing. G/SPS/N/USA/1643/Add.1 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body
: 
You may submit written or electronic objections and requests for a hearing identified by Docket No. 
FDA-2007-C-0456 by any of the following methods: 
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS 
Submit electronic objections in the following way: 
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:  http://www.regulations.gov .  Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments. 
WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS 
Submit written objections in the following ways: 
• Fax:  301-827-6870. 
• Mail/Hand delivery/Cour ier [For paper, disk, or CD-R OM submissions]:  Division of 
Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food a nd Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, 
rm. 1061, Rockville, MD  20852. 
All submissions received must include the agen cy name and docket number [FDA-2007-C-0456] for 
this rulemaking.  All objections receiv ed will be posted without change to http://www.re gulations.gov , 
including any personal information provided.  
Text 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, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 10 27, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 
1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail :  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov  
 
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