APHIS Requests Public Comments on International SPS Standards
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is soliciting public comments on standards to be considered for APHIS' annual notice informing the public of the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standard-setting activities of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the…
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Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), and the North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO). International standard (defined in 19 USC 2578b) is any standard, guideline, or recommendation: (1) adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) on food safety; (2) developed under the auspices of the OIE regarding animal health and welfare, and zoonoses; (3) developed under the auspices of the IPPC Secretariat in cooperation with NAPPO onplant health; or (4) established by or developed under any other international organization agreed to by NAFTA or WTO member countries.