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30 October 2020  
(20-7641) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  30 October 2020 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: U.S. Standards for Grades of Grapefruit (Texas and States Other Than Florida, California, and 
Arizona), and U.S. Standards for Grades of Oranges (Texas and States Other Than Florida, California, 
and Arizona)  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 29 October 2020  
[  ] Notified measure published - date:  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 30 November 2020  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-10-29/html/2020 -21437.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-10-29/pdf/2020 -21437.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/final_measure/20_6643_00_
e.pdf 
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  
New deadline for comments (i f applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[  ] Other:  
 
Description:  AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA  
ACTION: Final rule  
SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 
is revising the U.S. Standards for Grades of Grapefruit (Texas and States other than Florida, 
California, and Arizona) and the U.S. Standards for Grades of Orang es (Texas and States other than 
Florida, California, and Arizona). The revision will convert the Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) tables 
from showing the acceptable number of allowable defective fruit in each grade to showing the 
percentage of defects permit ted in each grade; revise the minimum sample size to 25 fruit; update 
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/1590/Add.1  
 
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  size classifications; remove references to Temple oranges from the orange standards for grade; and 
more closely align terminology in both grade standards with Florida and California citr us standards.  
Effective 30 November 2020.  
This final rule and the proposed rule notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1590  are identified by Docket Number 
AMS-SC-17-0076. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=AMS -SC-17-0076 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.  
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