RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.20
3February 1995
ORGANISATION Special Distribution
(95-0220)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: UNITED STATES
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Department ofAgriculture (2)
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Labelling ofRawPoultry
Products (HSChapter 0207)
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: UseOfTheTerm "Fresh" onthe
Labelling OfRawPoultry Products (9pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thefoodsafety andinspection service isproposing toamend
theFederal Poultry Products Inspection Regulations toprohibit theuseoftheterm
"fresh" onthelabelling ofrawpoultry products whose internal temperature hasever
beenbelow 26F.Theproposal would require suchpoultry products tobelabelled with
adescriptive termreflecting thisfact.
7. Objective andrationale: Theservice isproposing such action toensure thatpoultry
products distributed toconsumers arenotlabelled inafalseormisleading manner. Such
action would alsomeet consumer expectations thattheterm "fresh" should notbe
applied torawpoultry products thathavebeensubjected toprocesses thatwould cause
suchproducts tobecome frozen (i.e., below 26F).
8. Relevant documents: 60FR3454, 17January 1995; 9CFR Part381. Willappear in
theFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Tobedetermined.
10. Final dateforcomments: 20March 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: