WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.251
21 May 1999
(99-2076)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:  Food and Drug Administration (18)
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Processed Seafood Products
(HS Chapter 3)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Food Labelling:
Declaration of Ingredients (4 pages, English)
6. Description of content:  The Administration is proposing to amend its ingredient labelling
regulations to permit the use of "and/or" labell ing for the various fish species used in the
production of processed seafood products, i. e., surimi and surimi-containing foods.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  To
permit manufacturers of surimi and surimi-containing products to maintain a single label
inventor identifying all of the fish species that  may be used in the manufacture of the surimi
product.
8. Relevant documents:  64 FR 17295, 9 April 1999;  21 CFR Part 101.  Will appear in the
Federal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined
Proposed date of entry into force:
10. Final date for comments:  23 June 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:  The text is also available on the Internet at:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html