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G/SPS/N/USA/2316 
9 January 2012  
 (12-0081) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  US Food and Drug Administration 
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):  Acacia Gum (Gum Arabic) 
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:  Nexira; Filing of Food Additive Petition  Language(s):  
English  Number of pages:  1 
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2011-12-20/pdf/2011-32542.pdf  
76 Federal Register 78866, 20 December 2011  
6. Description of content:  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that 
Nexira has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulati ons be amended to 
provide for the expanded safe use of acacia gum (gum arabic) in food.   
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
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:    G/SPS/N/USA/2316 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  76 Federal 
Register 78866, 20 December 2011    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  20 December 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Comments will be accepted at any time after publication of the notice 
of filing; however, if a final rule is promul gated, it will address only those comments that 
were received prior to publication of the final rule.   
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:   
Submit written or electronic comments identified by docket number FDA-2011-F-0765, by 
any of the following methods: 
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov  Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments. 
Submit written submissions in the following ways: Mail/Hand delivery/Courier [For paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions]:  Division of 
Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Dr ug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 
1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 
Instructions:  All submissions received must include the agency name and docket number 
FDA-2011-F-0765 for this rulemaking.  All obj ections received will be posted without 
change to http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/default.htm . 
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 Fore ign 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.s psenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov 
Complete text can be also be found on the Internet: 
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/oc/ohrms/index.cfm  and insert Docket No. FDA-
2011-F-0765.    For access to the docket to  read background documents or comments 
received, go to http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/docke ts/default.htm and insert the Docket No. 
FDA-2011-F-0765 into the "Search" box and follow the prompts.