. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1667/Add.1 
20 June 2008  
 (08-2922) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
 
 
The following communication, received on 16 June 2008, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States . 
 
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 Notice of Decision To Issue Permits for the Importa tion of Eggplant and Okra From Ghana Into All 
Areas of the United States and the Importation of  Peppers From Ghana Into the Continental United 
States (APHIS–2007–0102)  
 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is advising the public of our decision to begin issuing permits for the importation of 
eggplant and okra from Ghana into all areas of the United States and the importation of peppers from Ghana into the continental United States subj ect to the following phytosanitary measures: 
 
• The eggplant, okra, and peppers must be tr eated, in Ghana, with irradiation using a 
minimum absorbed dose of 400 Gy and subject to other requirements of 7 CFR part 305. 
• Each consignment of eggplant, okra, and peppers must be accompanied by a 
phytosanitary certificate issued by Ghan a’s national plant protection organization 
stating that the consignment received irradiation treatment with 400 Gy as the 
minimum absorbed dose.  In the case of e ggplant, the phytosanitary certificate must 
also include an additional declaration that  reads "The fruit in this consignment was 
inspected and found free of Eutetranychus orientalis ". 
• The eggplant, okra, and peppers may be imported in commercial consignments only. 
• The eggplant, okra, and peppers will be s ubject to standard port-of-entry inspection 
upon arrival in the United States and must be free of quarantine pests. 
 These conditions will be listed in the fru its and vegetables manual (available at 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/pla nts/manuals/ports/downloads/fv.pdf
). In addition to 
those specific measures, the eggplant, okra, and peppe rs will be subject to the general requirements 
listed in 7 CFR 319.56–3 that are applicable to  the importation of all fruits and vegetables. 
 
This notice is available in English at:  Fe deral Register:  19 October 2007 (Volume 72, 
Number 202) Notices Page 59239.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2007 FR Vol. 72, and type 59239 in search box.  
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  This action is subsequent to a notice published in the Federal Register on 18 July 2007 (72 FR 
39379–39380, Docket No. APHIS-2007-0102), in whic h we announced the availability, for review 
and comment, of a pest risk analysis that eval uates the risks associated with the importation of 
eggplant and okra from Ghana into all areas of the United States and the importation of peppers from Ghana into the continental United States.  (To view this notice online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2007 FR Vol. 72, and type 39379 in search box). 
We solicited comments on the notice for 60 days en ding on 17 September 2007.  We did not receive 
any comments.     For additional information, you may contact  Ms. Sharon Porsche, Import Specialist, 
Commodity Import Analysis and Operations, Plant Health Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road 
Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; tel. +1 301 734 8758.   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-ma il:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov 
 
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