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 108 STAT. 4970 PUBLIC LAW 103-465—DEC. 8, 1994 "(A) be subject to inspection, sanitary, quality, species verification, and residue standjirds that achieve a level of sanitary protection equivalent to that achieved under United States standards; and "(B) have been processed in facilities and under conditions that achieve a level of sanitsiry protection equivalent to that achieved under United States standards."; and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: "(A) The Secretary may treat as equivalent to a United States standard a standard of an exporting country described in paragraph (1) if the exporting country provides the Secretary with scientific evidence or other mformation, in accordance witii risk assessment methodologies determined appropriate by the Secretary, to demonstrate that the standard of the exporting country achieves the level of sanitary protection achieved under the Unitea States standard. For the purposes of this subsection, the term 'ssmitary protection' means protection to safeguard public health."; (B) by striking subparagraph (B); and (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). (1) FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION ACT.— Section 20(e) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 620(e)) is amended— (1) so that subparagraphs (A) through (B) of paragraph (1) read as follows: "(A) A certification by the Secretary that foreign plants exporting carcasses or meat or meat products referred to in subsection (a) have complied with requirements that achieve a level of sanitary protection equivalent to that achieved under United States requirements with regard to all inspection, building construction standards, and all other provisions of this Act and regulations issued under this Act "(B) The Secretary may treat as equivalent to a United States requirement a requirement described in subparagraph (A) if the exporting country provides the Secretary with scientific evidence or other information, in accordance with risk assessment methodologies determined appropriate by the Secretary, to demonstrate that the requirement achieves the level of sanitary protection achieved under the United States requirement For the purposes of this subsection, the term 'sanitary protection' means protection to safeguard public health."; (2) by striking paragraph (2); and (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) as paragraphs (2) through (6), respectively. SEC. 432. INTERNATIONAL STANDARD-SETTING ACTIVrnES. Title IV of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2531 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitie: "Subtitle F—International Standard- Setting Activities 19 USC 2548. "SEC. 491. NOTICE OF UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN INTER- NATIONAL STANDARD-SETIING ACTIVrnES. President. "(a) IN GENERAL.— The President shall designate an agency to be responsible for informing the public of the sanitary and

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