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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/358
5 December 2000
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Meat and poultry
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Residue Control in a HACCP
Environment - Framework for Programme Change s; Notice of Availability of Documents
and Public Meeting (7 pages plus referenced documents)
5. Description of content:  The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is publishing this
document to advise the public of its intent to  adapt its approach to the control of chemical
residues in or on meat and poultry products in light of the implementation of the regulations
in the Agency's Pathogen Reduction-Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Systems(PR/HACCP) final rule.  The Agency is providing an opportunity for public participation in
this effort. FSIS hopes that a wide variety of interested members of the public will consider
how HACCP should affect the Agency's approach  to preventing illegal chemical residues in
or on FSIS-regulated products and will provide comments for improving consumer
protection through a well-integrated, federal farm-to-table food safety strategy.  Therefore,
FSIS is providing a conceptual framework that sets out issues that the Agency wants to
consider during its programme review and in making decisions about how it should modifyits approach to the control of chemical residues.  FSIS is also making relevant materials
available to the public.  The Agency is soliciting written comments on the issues raised in
this document, including those raised in the materials it references, and is seeking comments
that contain additional information or raise ad ditional issues.  The Agency will hold a public
meeting to discuss the issues presented in this document and the issues raised by thecomments submitted.  The public meeting will be held on 11 December 2000, from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m.  Members of the public who wish to provide information or raise issues for
discussion at the meeting should submit written comments before 4 December 2000.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from
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7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The HACCP Annex to the Recommended
International Code of Practice General Principles for Food Hygiene [CAC/RCP1-1969,
REV3(1997)] has been adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 65 FR 70809,
28 November 2000 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.
11. Final date for comments:  26 January 2001
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA  [    ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  Detailed
instruction on where and how to send comments is in the body of the full text - which will
be sent upon request to the address in paragraph 12.
12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
United States SPS Enquiry Point/Notification Authority
USDA/FAS/FSTSD
ATTN: Carolyn F. WilsonRoom 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Phone (202) 720-2239Fax (202) 690-0677
E-mail Address: ofsts@fas.usda.gov