WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/84/Add.2
7 April 2000
(00-1418)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication was received from the United States on 4 April 2000.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that it is withdrawing certain
provisions of a proposed rule published in the Federal Register of 4 June 1997, (notified as
G/SPS/N/USA/84), relating to dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids.  FDA is taking
this action because of concerns regarding the agency's basis for proposing a certain dietary ingredient
level and a duration of use limit for these products.  Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register,FDA is announcing the availability of new adverse event reports and related information associated
with these products and its plans to participate in a public forum to discuss this new information at
some future date.  In addition, FDA is announcing elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register the
availability of additional documentation associated with certain adverse events referenced in the 1997
proposed rule.
The proposed rule published on 4 June 1997 (62 FR 30678) is withdrawn in part for Sec.
111.100(a), (b), (c), (e), and (f) as of 3 April 2000.
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