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G/SPS/N/USA/2181/Add.1 
2 November 2011  
 (11-5554) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 28 Octo ber 2011, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States. 
 
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Final Rule Importation of Tomatoes with Stems fro m the Republic of Korea into the United States 
(Docket No. APHIS-2010-0020) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice is amending the fruits and vegetables 
regulations to allow, under certa in conditions, the importation into the United States of commercial 
consignments of tomatoes with stems from the Repu blic of Korea.  The conditions for the importation 
of tomatoes with stems from the Republic of Kor ea will include requirements for pest exclusion at the 
production site, fruit fly trapping inside and ou tside the production site, and pest-excluding 
packinghouse procedures.  The tomatoes will also be required to be accompanied by a phytosanitary 
certificate issued by the national plant protection organization of the Republic of Korea with an 
additional declaration confirming that the tomato es have been produced in accordance with the 
requirements. This action will allow for the importa tion of tomatoes with stems from the Republic of 
Korea while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of injurious plant pests into the United States.  The rule is effective 14 November 2011. 
 This final rule is available in English at:  Federal Register:  12 October 2011 (Volume 76, 
Number 197) Notices Pages 63149-6 3151. To view online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2011 FR Vol. 76, and type "page 63151" in the 
search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publishe d on 15 March 2011, in the Federal Register 
(76 FR 13892-13896, Docket No. APHIS-2010-0020) a proposal to amend the regulations to allow 
the importation of commercial consignments of tomatoes with stems from the Republic of Korea 
(South Korea) into the United States if produced under a systems approach.  The proposed systems 
approach included requirements for pest-exclusionary  structures, trapping and monitoring inside and 
outside the pest-exclusionary structures for the fruit fly Bactrocera depressa, and packinghouse 
procedures designed to exclude the quarantine pest s.  We further proposed to require that 
consignments of tomatoes with stems from South Korea be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that the tomatoes were grown in approved pest-
exclusionary structures and were inspected and found free from quarantine pests of concern to the 
United States.  We solicited comments concerning our  proposal for 60 days ending 16 May 2011.  We 
received six comments by that date.  They were from private citizens and a State department of 
agriculture.  Four commenters supported the propo sed rule.  Two commenter s were opposed to the G/SPS/N/USA/2181/Add.1 
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  proposed rule. 
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) :  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: 
Mr. Phillip B. Grove, Regulatory Coordination Spec ialist, Regulatory Coordi nation and Compliance, 
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 20737; +1 (301) 734-6280.  
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 10 14, 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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