. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1382 
16 August 2006 
 (06-3912) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  N/A 
2. Agency responsible:  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the US 
Department of Agriculture  
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):  Litchi, longan, mango, mangost een, pineapple and rambutan.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Thailand  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Importation of Fruit 
From Thailand, (available in English, 8 pages).  
6. Description of content:  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to 
amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the United States 
of litchi, longan, mango, mangosteen, pineappl e, and rambutan from Thailand.  As a 
condition of entry, these fruits would have to be grown in production areas that are 
registered with and monitored by the nationa l plant protection organization of Thailand, 
treated with irradiation in Thailand at a dose of 400 gray for plant pests of the class Insecta, except pupae and adults of the order Leipdopter a, and subject to inspection.  The fruits 
would also have to be accompanied by a ph ytosanitary certificate with an additional 
declaration stating that the fruit had been treated with irradiation in Thailand.  In the case of 
litchi, the additional declaration would also stat e that the fruit had been  inspected and found 
to be free of Peronophythora litchii, a fungal pest of litchi.  
7. Objective and rationale: [   ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [ X ] 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:   G/SPS/N/USA/1382 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
26 July 2006 (Volume 71, Number 143) Pages 42319-42326  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  N/A  
12. Final date for comments:  26 September 2006  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Debbie Thompson, Acting United  States SPS Enquiry Point 
Officer, Food Safety and Technical Services Division, USDA/ Foreign Agricultural Service 
Telephone: 202 720-9124 Fax: 202 720-9124, fstsd@fas.usda.gov  
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:   
Debbie Thompson, Acting United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, Food Safety and 
Technical Services Division, USDA/ Foreign Agricultural Service Telephone: 202 720-9124 Fax: 202 720-9124, fstsd@fas.usda.gov