WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/USA/84/Add.1
26September 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3987)
Original: English Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
Thefollowing communication bytheUnited States isbeing circulated:
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TheUSFoodandDrug Administration isreopening thecomment period onG/SPS/N/USA/84.
Comments willnowbeaccepted through 2December 1997. Thenotification concerns theproposed
ruleondietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids thatwaspublished intheFederal Register
on4June1997. Thisaction isbeing taken toprovide arenewed opportunity forpublic comment after
theAgency hasrectified anumber ofinadvertent omissions fromtheadministrative record. FDA is
alsoproviding anopportunity forcomment onadverse event reports (AER ’s)thatFDA hasreceived
sinceJanuary 1997andonnewanalytical datathatFDAisadding totheadministrative record. Finally,
FDA isreopening thecomment period inresponse toseveral requests forextensions ofthecomment
period topermit interested persons tosubmit newscientific data