 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/908/Corr.1 
28 June 2004 
 
 (04-2777) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION  
 
Corrigendum
 
 
  The following communication, dated 23 June 2004,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States
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Mexican Hass Avocado Import Program Proposed Rule;  Correction.  
  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) is correcting errors in the 
preamble to a proposed rule that would amend the regulations governing the im portation of fruits and 
vegetables to expand the number of States in wh ich fresh Hass avocado fruit grown in approved 
orchards in approved municipalities in Michoacan, Mexico, may be distributed and to allow the 
distribution of the avocados during all months of the year.  The proposed rule was published in the 
Federal Register on 24 May 2004 (69 FR 29466-29477, Docket No. 03-022-3). 
  This document corrects errors in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of the 
proposed rule.  Specifically, in the discussion of the findings of the pest risk assessment (PRA) 
prepared for the proposed rule, th ere is a series of bullet points in which we report the results of the 
PRA's evaluation of the phytosanitary measures th at would be applied under the proposed rule.  In 
two of those bullet points, we have updated the estim ated number of fruit-fly-infested avocados that 
would (1) enter fruit fly susceptible areas each year a nd (2) be discarded in fruit fly susceptible areas 
each year to reflect changes made to the PRA its elf shortly before the publication of the proposed 
rule. 
 
 This document can be obtained from www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor  or 
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get doc.cgi?dbname=2004_regis ter&docid=fr16jn04-23
 
USDA/FAS/FSTSD ATTN:  Julie Morin 
United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer 
Food Safety and Technical Services Division USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Tel: 202 720-4051 Fax: 202 690-0677 
 
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