WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/120/Add.3
30 November 1999
(99-5148)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication by the United States is being circulated:
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening to 24 January 2000, the comment
period for the proposal to require the application of hazard analysis and critical control point
(HACCP) principles to the processing of fruit and vegetable juices and juice products (the juice
HACCP proposal) that was published in the Federal Register of 24 April 1998 and was notified to the
WTO as G/SPS/N/USA/120.  The agency is reop ening the comment period for the juice HACCP
proposal in order to receive comment and other information on four specific issues:  internalizationand survival of pathogens in produce used to produce juice, especially citrus fruit; application and
measurement of the 5-log reduction standard;  current methods used by juice processors to monitor
the application of heat treatment to juice;  and certain economic matters related to juice regulation.
FDA is also announcing the availability of new data and other information about the safe processing
of juice and juice products, and is requesting comment on the new data and other information.
Written comments must be received by 24 January 2000.
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