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20 March 2024  
(24-2415) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  20 March 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Voluntary Labeling  of FSIS -Regulated Products With U.S. -Origin Claims  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 18 March 2024  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 1 January 2026  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
89 Federal Register (FR) 19470, Title 9 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 317, 
381, and 412:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-03-18/html/2024 -05479.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-03-18/pdf/2024 -05479.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/final_measure/24_02122_00
_e.pdf  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[X] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
Revised FSIS Guideline for Label Approval: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/guidelines/2024 -0001 
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending its regulations to define 
the conditions under which the labeling of meat, poultry, and egg products under mandatory 
inspection, as well as voluntarily -inspected products, may bear voluntary label c laims indicating that 
the product is of United States origin. As of the compliance date of this final rule (1 January 2026), 
establishments that choose to make United States origin claims on the label will need to meet the 
requirements in this final rule.  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/1973/Add.2  
 
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  Title 9  Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 317, 381, and 412. 
This final rule and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1973  are identified by 
Docket N umber FSIS 2022 -0015. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FSIS -2022-0015/document  and provides  access to primary 
and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  
WTO Members and their stakeholders interested in submitting comments on the revised FSIS 
Guideline for Label Approval  should submit them to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm 
Eastern Time  on 17 May 2024. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point on the revised 
FSIS Guideline for Label Approval will be shared with FSIS and will also be submitted to the Docket  
on Regulations.gov if received by that date.  
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