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Notifying
Member: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
If
applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2): State of Virginia
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Agency responsible:
Department
of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), State of Virginia [2221]
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and
website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle
comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from
above:
Please
submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov
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Notified
under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [X], 7.2 [ ],
other:
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Products
covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS
numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Commercial Feed; Vegetable materials and vegetable waste,
vegetable residues and by-products, whether or not in the form of pellets, of
a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included. (HS
code(s): 2308); Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Animal feeding stuffs (ICS
code(s): 65.120)
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Title,
number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Commercial Feed Act; (1 page(s), in English)
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Description
of content: Notice of Intended
Regulatory Action - Notice is hereby given in accordance with § 2.2-4007.01
of the Code of Virginia that the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services
intends to consider amending 2VAC5-360, Regulations for the
Enforcement of the Virginia Commercial Feed Act. The
purpose of the proposed action is to amend the regulation to replace the
crude fiber requirement for pet and specialty pet food product labels with a
required maximum guarantee of dietary fiber content. Currently, all
commercial animal feed products are required to list a maximum crude fiber
guarantee on product labels. The amendment being considered will be limited
to pet and specialty pet food only and does not impact labeling requirements
for other categories of commercial feed, which will still require a maximum
crude fiber guarantee.
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Objective
and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Protection of animal or plant life or health; Quality
requirements
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Relevant
documents:
Virginia
Register of Regulations, Vol. 41 Issue 15, 10 March 2025: https://register.dls.virginia.gov/details.aspx?id=11527
2VAC5-360,
Regulations for the Enforcement of the Virginia Commercial Feed Act: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title2/agency5/chapter360/
WTO Members
and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA
TBT Enquiry Point. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry
Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders by 4pm Eastern Time on 9 April 2025 will be
shared with VDACS if received within the comment period.
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Proposed
date of adoption: To be determined
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined
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Final
date for comments: 9 April 2025
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Texts available from: National enquiry
point [ ] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website
addresses, if available, of other body:
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/USA/25_02432_00_e.pdf
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