. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1240 
24 February 2006 
 (06-0813) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  U.S. Food and Drug Administration  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  All foods, except meat and poultry.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Trading 
partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Danisco USA, Inc.; 
Filing of Food Additive Petition; Notice (Federal Regi ster Vol. 71, pages 7975;  available in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  FDA is announcing that Danisco USA, Inc. has filed a petition 
proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
polydextrose as a bulking agent, formulation aid, humectant and texturizer in all foods, except 
meat and poultry.  
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Notice of filing in 
Federal Register (71 FR 79 45; available in English) 
The notice can be found at:  http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/ DOCKETS/98fr/E6-2130.htm
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  G/SPS/N/USA/1240 
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  12. Final date for comments:  17 March 2006 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Submit written or electronic comments identified by Docket No. 2006F-0059, by any of the 
following methods: 
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov ; follow the instructions for 
submitting comments. 
• Agency Web site: http://www.fda.gov/dockets/ecomments ; follow the instructions 
for submitting comments on the agency Web site. 
 
Submit written submissions in the following ways: 
• Fax:  301-827-6870 
• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier [For paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions]: Division 
of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 
 
Instructions:  All submissions received must include the agency name and docket number for this rulemaking [Docket No. 2006F-0059] . All objections received will be posted 
without change to 
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/default.htm . 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  
fstsd@usda.gov .  Complete 
text can be also be found on the Internet at 
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/oc/ohrms/index.cfm  and insert Docket No. [2006F-
0059].  For access to the docket to read bac kground documents or comments received, go to 
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/default.htm  and insert the Docket No. [2006F-0059] into 
the "Search" box and follow the prompts.