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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1922/Add.1 
11 May 2010  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 10 May 2 010, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States
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Final Rule:  Importation of Papayas from Co lombia and Ecuador (Docket No. APHIS-2008-0050)
 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is amending the fruits and vegetables re gulations to allow, under certain conditions, the 
importation of commercial shipments of fresh papayas from Colombia and Ecuador into the 
continental United States.  The conditions for the importation of papayas from Colombia and Ecuador 
include requirements for field sanitation, hot wa ter treatment, and fruit fly trapping in papaya 
production areas.  This action allows for the im portation of papayas from Colombia and Ecuador 
while continuing to provide protection against th e introduction of injurious plant pests into the 
continental United States.  This final rule is effective on 28 May 2010. 
 This final rule is available in English a t:  Federal Register:  28 April 2010 (Volume 75, 
Number 81) Notices Pages 22207-22211 .  To view online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2010 FR Vol. 75, and type "22207" in the search 
box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on 
21 April 2009 (2009 FR Volume 74, Number 75, Pages 18161-18166, Docket No. APHIS–2008–
0050), in which APHIS announced a proposal to ame nd the regulations to allow the importation of 
commercial consignments of fresh papayas from Colombia and Ecuador subject to a systems 
approach.  (To view this notice online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 
2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "18161" in the search box (with quotation marks)).  
 We solicited comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 22 June 2009.  We 
received six comments by that date.  They were fro m State agricultural agencies, a domestic produce 
wholesaler, and Ecuador's Agency for Agricultural Product Quality Assurance. 
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:    G/SPS/N/USA/1922/Add.1 
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  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: 
For further information contact: Ms. Dorothy C.  Wayson, Regulatory Coordination Specialist, 
Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, AP HIS, 4700 River Road Unit 134, Riverdale, 
MD 20737-1231;  +1 (301) 734-0772.  
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 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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