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16 July 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 15 July 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Vitamin D2 Mushroom 
Powder; Final Rule  
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the food additive regulations to provide 
for the safe use of vitamin D2 mushroom powder as a nutrient supplement in specific food categories. 
This action is in response to a petition filed by Oakshir e Naturals, LP.  
This rule is effective 13 July 2020.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/USA/20_4222_00_e.pdf  
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 propose d date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the 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, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circul ation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 12 August 2020 - Submit either electronic or written objections and 
requests for a hearing on the final rule by 12 August 2020.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National No tification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
Submit electronic objections in the following way:  
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov . Follow the instructions f or submitting 
comments. Objections submitted electronically, including attachments, to https:// 
www.regulations.gov  will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your objection will be made 
public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your object ion does not include any confidential 
information that you or a third party may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your 
or anyone else's Social Security number, or confidential business information, such as a G/SPS/N/USA/3027/Add.1  
 
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  manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your name, contact information, or other 
information that identifies you in the body of your objection, that information will be posted on 
https://www.regulations.gov .  
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Text can be found in the Federal Register, Vol. 85, No. 134, page 41916 or on the internet at 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-07-13/pdf/2020 -13822.pdf  
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1014, 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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