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13 February 2024  
(24-1257) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  13 February 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Animal Confinement - California Proposition 12  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[ ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[X] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
Animal Care Program Guidance: Certificates Issued by the Animal Care Program  
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/AHFSS/AnimalCare/docs/Certificates_ACP.pdf  
[ ] Other:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/24_01447_00_e.pdf  
 
Description:  With California's Proposition 12 (2018) n ow fully in effect as of 1 January 2024, it's 
crucial that stakeholders can distinguish between the various certificates issued for Prop 12 
compliance. To aid in this, the Animal Care Program has released a visual guide detailing the 
differences in these c ertificates. The one -page guidance document is accessible at the following link: 
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/AHFSS/AnimalCare/docs/Certificates_ACP.pdf  
For questions related to certificates issued under Animal Confinement regulations: email 
AnimalCare@CDFA.CA.GOV  or call us at + 1 916 -900-5187. If you have any concerns about the 
validity of the certificate you have received, contact the Animal Care Program.  
Information about the Animal Care Program is accessible at 
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/AHFSS/AnimalCare/ . 
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1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  