. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1665/Add.1 
19 June 2008  
 (08-2899) 
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 Importation of Peeled Baby Carrots From Kenya Into the 
Continental United States (APHIS–2007–0099)  
 
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 into the 
continental United States of peeled baby carrots fr om Kenya subject to the following phytosanitary 
measures:  
• The peeled baby carrots must be insp ected by Kenya's national plant protection 
organization (NPPO) and found free of pests, including Meloidogyne ethiopica . 
• Kenya's NPPO must issue a phytosanitar y certificate for each consignment to assure 
that the commodity has been  inspected and found free of pests.  An additional 
declaration is also required that reads "Peel ed baby carrots in this consignment have 
been inspected and found free of Meloidogyne ethiopica ." 
• The peeled baby carrots may be impor ted in commercial consignments only. 
• The peeled baby carrots will be subject 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 peeled baby carrots 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 59240.  To view online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2007 FR Vol. 72, and type 59240 in search box.  
 
This action is subsequent to a notice published in the Federal Register on 18 July 2007 (72 FR 
39381–39382, Docket No. APHIS–2007–0099), in whic h we announced the availability, for review 
and comment, of a pest risk analysis that evaluat es the risks associated with  the importation into the 
continental United States of peeled baby carrots fro m Kenya. (To view this notice online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2007 FR Vol. 72, and type 39381 in search box).  G/SPS/N/USA/1665/Add.1 
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  We solicited comments on the notice for 60 days ending on 17 September 2007.  We received one 
comment by that date, from a private citizen.    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, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Sta ndards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, 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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