WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/USA/11
31 August 2001
(01-4184)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
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 (11)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  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):   Import tolerances
(ICS 67)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Import Tolerances
(4 pages, English)          
6. Description of content:   The Food and Drug Administrati on (FDA) is soliciting comment
on issues related to the implementation of the import tolerances provision in section 4 of the
Animal Drug Availability Act of 1996 (ADAA) .  The ADAA authorizes FDA to establish
drug residue tolerances (import tolerances) for imported food products of animal origin fordrugs that are used in other countries, but that are unapproved new animal drugs in the
United States.  Food products of animal origin that are in compliance with the import
tolerance will not be considered adulterated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act and may be imported into the United States.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To propose a regulation for establishing import tolerances.           
8. Relevant documents:   66 Federal Register (FR) 42167, 10 August 2001; Title 21 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 500.  Will appear in the Federal Register when adopted.     
    
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   10 December 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html