WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/2029 
8 June 2010  
 (10-3139) 
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:  Food Safety and Inspection Service 
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):  Young chickens and turkeys – Slaughter establishments 
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:  NOTICE:   New Performance Standards for Salmonella 
and Campylobacter in Young Chicken and Tu rkey Slaughter Establishments;  New 
Compliance Guides  Language:  English  Number of pages:  6   
6. Description of content:  The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing 
new performance standards for the pat hogenic micro-organisms Salmonella and 
Campylobacter for use in young chicken and turkey slaughter establishments.  The new 
performance standards were developed in response to a request from the Food Safety 
Working Group.  The Agency tentatively plans to implement these new performance 
standards for chilled carcasses in July 2010.  The new standards are based on recent FSIS 
Nationwide Microbiological Baseline Data Collection Programs:  The Young Chicken 
Survey and the Young Turkey Survey.  The Agency invites comments on the new performance standards.  FSIS is also announc ing that it has posted on its website the third 
edition of the compliance guide for controlling Salmonella and Campylobacter in poultry and a compliance guide on pre-harvest management to reduce E. coli O157:H7 contamination in cattle.  FSIS issues guida nce documents to pr esent current Agency 
thinking on specific topics related to food safety.  Though Agency guidance documents are 
recommendations rather than regulatory require ments and are revised as new information 
becomes available, FSIS encourages meat and poultry establishments to follow this 
guidance.  See internet site for Docket: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Frame/FrameRedir ect.asp?main=http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPD
E/rdad/FRPubs/2009-0034.htm   
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/USA/2029 
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  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 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:  14 May 2010 (Volume 75, Number 93) Notices;  Pages 27288-27294 or online at  http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Frame/FrameRedir ect.asp?main=http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPD
E/rdad/FRPubs/2009-0034.htm    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Tentatively July 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  14 May 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Tentatively July 2010 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  13 July 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 may be submitted by either of the following methods: 
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:  This we bsite provides the ability to type short 
comments directly into the comment field on this Web page or attach a file for lengthier 
comments.  Go to http://www.regulations.gov
.  Follow the online instructions at that site 
for submitting comments. 
• Mail, including floppy disks or CD-ROMs, and hand- or courier- delivered items:  
Send to Docket Clerk, US Department of  Agriculture (USDA), FSIS, Room 2-2127, 
George Washington Carver Center, 5601 S unnyside Avenue, Mails top 5474, Beltsville, 
MD 20705-5474. 
Instructions:  All items submitted by mail or electronic mail must include the Agency name 
and docket number FSIS-2009-0034.  Comments recei ved in response to this docket will be 
made available for public inspection and post ed without change, including any personal 
information, to http://www.regulations.gov .  G/SPS/N/USA/2029 
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  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 and Standards Di vision (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov