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G/SPS/N/USA/2261/Add.1 
17 January 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 9 January  2012, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States. 
 
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Notice of Decision to Authorize the Importation of Shredded Lettuce From Egypt Into the Continental 
United States (Docket No. APHIS-2011-0078) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serv ice is advising the public of our decision to 
authorize the importation into the continental Un ited States of fresh shredded lettuce from Egypt. 
Based on the findings of a pest risk analysis, whic h we made available to the public for review and 
comment through a previous notice, we have dete rmined that the application of one or more 
designated phytosanitary measures will be suffic ient to mitigate the risks of introducing or 
disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh shredded lettuce from Egypt. 
 This notice is available in English at:  
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docum entDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0078-0006 . 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Register on 17 August 2011 (76 
FR 50992-50993, Docket No. APHIS-2011-0078), in whic h we announced the availability, for review 
and comment, of a PRA that evaluated the risks asso ciated with the importation into the continental 
United States of fresh shredded lettuce ( Lactuca sativa  L.) from Egypt.  The PRA consisted of a risk 
assessment identifying pests of quarantine significan ce that could follow the pathway of importation 
of fresh shredded lettuce from Egypt into the Un ited States and a risk management document 
identifying phytosanitary measures to be applied to  that commodity to mitigate the pest risk. We 
solicited comments on the notice for 60 days ending  on 17 October 2011.  We received two comments 
by that date. 
 This notice is effective 28 December 2011. 
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:    G/SPS/N/USA/2261/Add.1 
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  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) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax num ber and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
For further information contact:  Mr. Marc Phillip s, Import Specialist, RCC, RPM, PPQ, APHIS, 
4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737; +1 (301) 734-4394. 
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [ ] 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 1014, 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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