                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                CHAPTER 13--TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979
 
         SUBCHAPTER II--TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (STANDARDS)
 
            Part F--International Standard-Setting Activities
 
Sec. 2578b. Definitions


(a) In general

    As used in this part:

                             (1) Agency

        The term ``agency'' means a Federal department or agency (or 
    combination of Federal departments or agencies).

                          (2) Commissioner

        The term ``Commissioner'' means the Commissioner of Food and 
    Drugs.

           (3) International standard-setting organization

        The term ``international standard-setting organization'' means 
    an organization consisting of representatives of 2 or more 
    countries, the purpose of which is to negotiate, develop, 
    promulgate, or amend an international standard.

               (4) Sanitary or phytosanitary standard

        The term ``sanitary or phytosanitary standard'' means a standard 
    intended to form a basis for a sanitary or phytosanitary measure.

                     (5) International standard

        The term ``international standard'' means a standard, guideline, 
    or recommendation--
            (A) regarding food safety, adopted by the Codex Alimentarius 
        Commission, including a standard, guideline, or recommendation 
        regarding decomposition elaborated by the Codex Committee on 
        Fish and Fishery Products, food additives, contaminants, 
        hygienic practice, and methods of analysis and sampling;
            (B) regarding animal health and zoonoses, developed under 
        the auspices of the International Office of Epizootics;
            (C) regarding plant health, developed under the auspices of 
        the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention 
        in cooperation with the North American Plant Protection 
        Organization; or
            (D) established by or developed under any other 
        international organization agreed to by the NAFTA countries (as 
        defined in section 3301(4) of this title) or by the WTO members 
        (as defined in section 3501(10) of this title).

(b) Other definitions

    The definitions set forth in section 2575b of this title apply for 
purposes of this part except that in applying paragraph (7) of section 
2575b of this title with respect to a sanitary or phytosanitary measure 
of a foreign country, any reference in such paragraph to the United 
States shall be deemed to be a reference to that foreign country.

(Pub. L. 96-39, title IV, Sec. 493, as added Pub. L. 103-465, title IV, 
Sec. 432, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4972.)
