Proposed revision of the Specifications and Standards for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of the standards regarding bovine vertebral column in the Specifications and Standards for Food in General).
Distribution date: 26 November 2012 | Final date for Comment: 13 May 2025
Proposed standards for use of vertebral column derived from cattle raised in countries or regions with the occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) for manufacturing, processing or preparing foods.
Products Covered: Meat and edible meat offal of bovine animals (HS Codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.06 and 02.10) Bones unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products (HS Code: 05.06) Fats of bovine animals (HS Codes:15.02 and 15.03) Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal of bovine animals (HS Codes: 16.02 and 16.03) Greaves of bovine animals (HS Code: 23.01) Gelatin of bovine animals (HS Code: 35.03)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Draft MOPH Notification , B.E..., entitled " Food Additives (No.4): Steviol glycoside "
Distribution date: 03 December 2012 | Final date for Comment: 01 February 2013
This draft notification prescribes as follows: Clause 1. The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 262 B.E. 2545 (2002), Re: Stevioside and Foods Containing Stevioside, dated 26 September B.E. 2545 (2002), shall be repealed; Clause 2. Steviol glycosides are food additive; Clause 3. Steviol glycosides are purified extracts of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. Associated glycosides include rebaudioside B, rebaudioside C, rebaudioside D, rebaudioside F, dulcoside A, rubusoside and steviolbioside; Clause 4. Producers or importers of food for sale shall follow to the notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 281 B.E. 2547 (2004), dated 6 September B.E. 2547 (2004), Re: Food Additives, except for Clause 4 and 6 shall follow to Clause 5 and 6 of this draft MOPH notification; Clause 5 to 6. Food items under clause 3 in this draft notification shall comply to the following qualities and standards: (1) Qualities or standards, i.e. Chemical name, Chemical formula, Description, Identification, Purity, Packaging and Storage; (2) The types of food and quantities of Steviol glycosides shall be complied with the Annex of this notification. Clause 7. Producers or importers of the food as stipulated in clause 3, whose food serial number permitted under the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 262 B.E. 2545 (2002), Re: Stevioside and Foods Containing Stevioside, dated 26 September B.E. 2545 (2002) prior to this draft notification come into force, shall follow this draft notification and the notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 281 B.E. 2547 (2004), dated 18 November B.E. 2547 (2004) within one year after this draft notification come into force; Foods Containing stevioside for person who wishes to control weight under the notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 121 B.E. 2532 (1989), Re: weight control food, shall follow this draft notification within one year after this draft notification come into force; Clause 8. This draft notification is effective on the day after its announcement in the Government Gazette.
Products Covered: Food Additives (No.4): Steviol glycoside (ICS Code: 67.220)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Draft MOPH Notification , B.E..., entitled " Food Additives (No.4): Steviol glycoside "
Distribution date: 03 December 2012 | Final date for Comment: 01 February 2013
This draft notification prescribes as follows: Clause 1. The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 262 B.E. 2545 (2002), Re: Stevioside and Foods Containing Stevioside, dated 26 September B.E. 2545 (2002), shall be repealed; Clause 2. Steviol glycosides are food additive; Clause 3. Steviol glycosides are purified extracts of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. Associated glycosides include rebaudioside B, rebaudioside C, rebaudioside D, rebaudioside F, dulcoside A, rubusoside and steviolbioside; Clause 4. Producers or importers of food for sale shall follow to the notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 281 B.E. 2547 (2004), dated 6 September B.E. 2547 (2004), Re: Food Additives, except for Clause 4 and 6 shall follow to Clause 5 and 6 of this draft MOPH notification; Clause 5 to 6. Food items under clause 3 in this draft notification shall comply to the following qualities and standards: (1) Qualities or standards, i.e. Chemical name, Chemical formula, Description, Identification, Purity, Packaging and Storage; (2) The types of food and quantities of Steviol glycosides shall be complied with the Annex of this notification. Clause 7. Producers or importers of the food as stipulated in clause 3, whose food serial number permitted under the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 262 B.E. 2545 (2002), Re: Stevioside and Foods Containing Stevioside, dated 26 September B.E. 2545 (2002) prior to this draft notification come into force, shall follow this draft notification and the notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 281 B.E. 2547 (2004), dated 18 November B.E. 2547 (2004) within one year after this draft notification come into force; Foods Containing stevioside for person who wishes to control weight under the notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 121 B.E. 2532 (1989), Re: weight control food, shall follow this draft notification within one year after this draft notification come into force; Clause 8. This draft notification is effective on the day after its announcement in the Government Gazette.
Products Covered: Food Additives (No.4): Steviol glycoside (ICS Code: 67.220)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Proyecto de Decreto Supremo que Modifica el Reglamento de Establecimientos Farmacéuticos, 5 páginas, en español.
Distribution date: 03 December 2012 | Final date for Comment: 01 February 2013
El proyecto de Decreto Supremo contiene 4 Artículos. ; El Artículo 1º del proyecto modifica los Artículos 28º, 69º, 73º, 90º y 110º del Reglamento de Establecimientos Farmacéuticos aprobado por Decreto Supremo Nº 014-2011-SA. ; El Artículo 2º del proyecto modifica las infracciones 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 28, 36, 48, 61, 66, 67, 68 y 69 del Anexo 01: Escala por Infracciones y Sanciones a los Establecimientos Farmacéuticos, del citado Reglamento. ; Los Artículos 3º y 4º del proyecto están referidos a su refrendo y vigencia. ;
Products Covered: PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS (HS code(s): 30); Perfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions) (HS code(s): 3303); Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin, incl. sunscreen or sun tan preparations (excl. medicaments); manicure or pedicure preparations (HS code(s): 3304); Preparations for use on the hair (HS code(s): 3305); Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent (HS code(s): 3401); Organic surface-active agents (excl. soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations, and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap (excl. those of heading 3401) (HS code(s): 3402); Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up for retail sale or as preparations or articles, e.g. sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers (HS code(s): 3808); Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs, and other products and preparations, e.g. dressings and mordants of a kind used in the textile or similar industries, n.e.s. (excl. those with a basis of amylaceous substances) (HS code(s): 380991); Toilet paper and similar paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, in rolls of a width
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Proyecto de Decreto Supremo que Modifica el Reglamento de Establecimientos Farmacéuticos, 5 páginas, en español.
Distribution date: 03 December 2012 | Final date for Comment: 01 February 2013
El proyecto de Decreto Supremo contiene 4 Artículos. ; El Artículo 1º del proyecto modifica los Artículos 28º, 69º, 73º, 90º y 110º del Reglamento de Establecimientos Farmacéuticos aprobado por Decreto Supremo Nº 014-2011-SA. ; El Artículo 2º del proyecto modifica las infracciones 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 28, 36, 48, 61, 66, 67, 68 y 69 del Anexo 01: Escala por Infracciones y Sanciones a los Establecimientos Farmacéuticos, del citado Reglamento. ; Los Artículos 3º y 4º del proyecto están referidos a su refrendo y vigencia. ;
Products Covered: PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS (HS code(s): 30); Perfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions) (HS code(s): 3303); Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin, incl. sunscreen or sun tan preparations (excl. medicaments); manicure or pedicure preparations (HS code(s): 3304); Preparations for use on the hair (HS code(s): 3305); Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent (HS code(s): 3401); Organic surface-active agents (excl. soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations, and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap (excl. those of heading 3401) (HS code(s): 3402); Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up for retail sale or as preparations or articles, e.g. sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers (HS code(s): 3808); Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs, and other products and preparations, e.g. dressings and mordants of a kind used in the textile or similar industries, n.e.s. (excl. those with a basis of amylaceous substances) (HS code(s): 380991); Toilet paper and similar paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, in rolls of a width
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Feed and food of non-animal origin
Distribution date: 04 January 2013 | Final date for Comment: 13 May 2025
The revision of Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 has been adopted as "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1235/2012 of 19 December 2012 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the increased level of official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin" (OJ L 350, 20 December 2012, pp. 44-50). http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:350:0044:0050:EN:PDF http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:350:0044:0050:FR:PDF http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:350:0044:0050:ES:PDF http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2012/sps/EEC/12_4938_00_e.pdf http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2012/sps/EEC/12_4938_00_f.pdf http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2012/sps/EEC/12_4938_00_s.pdf
Products Covered:
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Feed and food of non-animal origin
Distribution date: 04 January 2013 | Final date for Comment: 13 May 2025
The revision of Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 has been adopted as "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1235/2012 of 19 December 2012 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the increased level of official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin" (OJ L 350, 20 December 2012, pp. 44-50). http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:350:0044:0050:EN:PDF http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:350:0044:0050:FR:PDF http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:350:0044:0050:ES:PDF http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2012/sps/EEC/12_4938_00_e.pdf http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2012/sps/EEC/12_4938_00_f.pdf http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2012/sps/EEC/12_4938_00_s.pdf
Products Covered:
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
Distribution date: 10 January 2013 | Final date for Comment: 11 March 2013
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemicals. Pesticides: Alachlor and Norflurazon
Products Covered: - Meat and edible meat offal (HS Codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.07, 02.08 and 02.09) - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS Codes: 03.01, 03.02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.05, 03.06 and 03.07) - Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS Code: 05.04) - Dairy produce and birds' eggs (HS Codes: 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08) - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Codes: 07.01, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14) - Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons (HS Codes: 08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04, 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14) - Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS Codes: 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10) - Cereals (HS Codes: 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.07 and 10.08) - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 12.07, 12.10 and 12.12) - Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06) - Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS Code: 22.01)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
Distribution date: 10 January 2013 | Final date for Comment: 11 March 2013
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemicals. Pesticides: Alachlor and Norflurazon
Products Covered: - Meat and edible meat offal (HS Codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.07, 02.08 and 02.09) - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS Codes: 03.01, 03.02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.05, 03.06 and 03.07) - Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS Code: 05.04) - Dairy produce and birds' eggs (HS Codes: 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08) - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Codes: 07.01, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14) - Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons (HS Codes: 08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04, 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14) - Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS Codes: 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10) - Cereals (HS Codes: 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.07 and 10.08) - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 12.07, 12.10 and 12.12) - Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06) - Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS Code: 22.01)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
TITLE: Significant New Use Rule on Certain Chemical Substances; Withdrawal of Significant New Use Rules ; ; AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ; ; ACTION: Final rule ; ; SUMMARY: EPA is withdrawing significant new use rules (SNURs) promulgated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). EPA published these SNURs using direct final rulemaking procedures. EPA received notices of intent to submit adverse comments on these rules. ; Therefore, the Agency is withdrawing these SNURs, as required under the expedited SNUR rulemaking process. EPA intends to publish in the near future proposed SNURs for these eight chemical substances under separate notice and comment procedures. ; ; DATES: This final rule is effective 2 January 2013. ; ; URLs: ; http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-12-21/html/2012-30694.htm ; http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-12-21/pdf/2012-30694.pdf ; ;
Distribution date: 11 January 2013 | Final date for Comment: 13 May 2025
Products Covered: Chemical substances (ICS 13.020, 71.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
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