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G/SPS/N/USA/2187/Add.1 
8 November 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 7 November 2011, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States. 
 
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Final Rule:  Importation of Fresh Baby Kiwi fro m Chile Under a Systems Approach (Docket No. 
APHIS-2010-0018) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice is amending the fruits and vegetables 
regulations to allow the importati on into the continental United States of baby kiwi fruit from Chile, 
subject to a systems approach.  Under this systems approach, the fruit must be grown in a place of 
production that is registered with the Government of Chile and certified as having a low prevalence of 
Brevipalpus chilensis.  The fruit must undergo pre- harvest sampling at the registered production site. 
Following post-harvest processing, the fruit must be in spected in Chile at an approved inspection site. 
Each consignment of fruit must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional 
declaration stating that the fruit had been found free of Brevipalpus chilensis based on field and 
packinghouse inspections.  This final rule allows for the safe importation of fresh baby kiwi from 
Chile using mitigation measures other than fumigation with methyl bromide. 
 This final rule is available in English at:  Federal Register:  25 October 2011 (Volume 76, 
Number 206) Notices Pages 65933-6 5935. To view online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2011 FR Vol. 76, and type "page 65933" in the 
search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Register (76 FR 15225-15228, 
Docket No. APHIS-2010-0018) on 21 March 2011 a nnouncing a proposal to amend the fruits and 
vegetables regulations to allow the importation into  the continental United States of baby kiwi fruit 
from Chile, subject to a systems approach.  We propo sed that the fruit would have to be grown in a 
place of production that is registered with the Government of Chile and certified as having a low 
prevalence of Brevipalpus chilensis.  The fruit w ould have to undergo pre-harvest sampling at the 
registered production site.  Following post-harvest pro cessing, the fruit would have to be inspected in 
Chile at an approved inspection site.  Each consi gnment of fruit would have to be accompanied by a 
phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that the fruit had been found free of 
Brevipalpus chilensis based on field and packinghouse inspections. 
 This rule is effective 25 November 2011. G/SPS/N/USA/2187/Add.1 
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  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: 
For further information contact:  Mr. David B. La mb, Import Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and 
Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; +1 (301) 734-
0627.  
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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