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4 July 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  4 July 2023, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  California Proposition 12 Animal Confinement  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[ ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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:  
1 July 2023, Updated Frequently Asked Questions and Answers: 
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/AHFSS/AnimalCare/docs/prop_12_faq.pdf  
[ ] Other:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_10769_00_e.pdf  
 
Description:  An updated Frequently Asked Questions and Answers has been posted to the Ca lifornia 
Department of Food and Agriculture Animal Care Program website at 
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/AHFSS/AnimalCare/.  The website also provides access to other relevant 
information and guidance docu ments.  
View the webinars hosted and recorded during the month of June 2023 to review "Prop 12" Animal 
Confinement regulations and requirements for end -users, distributors, and pork producers:  
• View Recorded Webinar 6 June 2023 Prop 12: "End -Users"  
• View Recorded Webinar with North American Meat Institute (NAMI) Prop 12 Update  
• View Recorded Webinar 13 June 2023 Prop 12: "Distributors"  
 
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/1737/Add.5  
 
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  • View Recorded Webinar 27 June 2023 Prop 12 for "Pork Producers"  
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