Revision of the standards and specifications for foods and food additives under the Food Sanitation Law (revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
Distribution date: 12 December 2011 | Final date for Comment: 10 February 2012
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for agricultural chemicals. Pesticides: Bensulfuron-methyl, Cyclanilide and Spinosad.
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) Crustaceans (HS Code: 03.06) 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, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.07, 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: 09.01, 09.02, 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10) Cereals (HS Codes: 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.06, 10.07 and 10.08) Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit (HS Codes: 12.01,12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 12.12) Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01 and 15.02, 15.06 and 15.12) Cacao and cacao preparations (HS Code: 18.01) Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder (HS Code: 23.02)
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: 12 December 2011 | Final date for Comment: 10 February 2012
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for agricultural chemicals. Pesticides: Bensulfuron-methyl, Cyclanilide and Spinosad.
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) Crustaceans (HS Code: 03.06) 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, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.07, 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: 09.01, 09.02, 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10) Cereals (HS Codes: 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.06, 10.07 and 10.08) Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit (HS Codes: 12.01,12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 12.12) Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01 and 15.02, 15.06 and 15.12) Cacao and cacao preparations (HS Code: 18.01) Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder (HS Code: 23.02)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ; ; TITLE: Prions; Proposed Amendment to Clarify Product Performance Data for Products with Prion-Related Claims and Availability of Draft Test Guidelines ; ; ACTION: Supplemental proposed rule ; ; SUMMARY: As a supplement to the proposed rule to declare a prion (i.e., proteinaceous infectious particle) a pest under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and to amend its regulations to expressly include prion within the regulatory definition of pest, EPA is now proposing to amend its product performance data requirements to clarify that efficacy data are required for all products with prion-related claims. The existing product performance data requirements already require efficacy data to be submitted when the pesticide product bears a claim to control pest microorganisms that pose a threat to human health and whose presence cannot readily be observed by the user including, but not limited to, microorganisms infectious to man in any area of the inanimate environment. Since this general requirement applies to products with prion-related claims, EPA is proposing to amend the regulation to specifically identify that efficacy data are required for products with prion-related claims. In addition, EPA is announcing the availability for public review and comment of draft test guidelines concerning the generation of product performance data for prion-related products. ; ; DATES: Comments must be received on or before 17 January 2012. ; ; Full Text URLs: ; www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-17/html/2011-29463.htm ; http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-17/pdf/2011-29463.pdf ;
Distribution date: 30 November 2011
Products Covered: Pesticides (HS 3808; ICS 13.020, 65.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ; ; TITLE: Prions; Proposed Amendment to Clarify Product Performance Data for Products with Prion-Related Claims and Availability of Draft Test Guidelines ; ; ACTION: Supplemental proposed rule ; ; SUMMARY: As a supplement to the proposed rule to declare a prion (i.e., proteinaceous infectious particle) a pest under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and to amend its regulations to expressly include prion within the regulatory definition of pest, EPA is now proposing to amend its product performance data requirements to clarify that efficacy data are required for all products with prion-related claims. The existing product performance data requirements already require efficacy data to be submitted when the pesticide product bears a claim to control pest microorganisms that pose a threat to human health and whose presence cannot readily be observed by the user including, but not limited to, microorganisms infectious to man in any area of the inanimate environment. Since this general requirement applies to products with prion-related claims, EPA is proposing to amend the regulation to specifically identify that efficacy data are required for products with prion-related claims. In addition, EPA is announcing the availability for public review and comment of draft test guidelines concerning the generation of product performance data for prion-related products. ; ; DATES: Comments must be received on or before 17 January 2012. ; ; Full Text URLs: ; www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-17/html/2011-29463.htm ; http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-17/pdf/2011-29463.pdf ;
Distribution date: 30 November 2011
Products Covered: Pesticides (HS 3808; ICS 13.020, 65.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 066: "Thinner" (5 pages, in Spanish)
Distribution date: 22 November 2011 | Final date for Comment: 21 January 2012
Este Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico establece el objeto, campo de aplicación, definiciones, condiciones generales, requisitos del producto, requisitos de envase, embalaje y rotulado, ensayos para evaluar la conformidad, muestreo, documentos normativos consultados o de referencia, demostración del cumplimiento con el reglamento técnico ecuatoriano, organismos encargados de la evaluación y la certificación de la conformidad, autoridad de fiscalización y/o supervisión, tipo de fiscalización y/o supervisión, régimen de sanciones, responsabilidad de los organismos de evaluación de la conformidad y revisión y actualización del reglamento técnico, para Diluyentes (Thinner).
Products Covered: 3814.00.90.00
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 066: "Thinner" (5 pages, in Spanish)
Distribution date: 22 November 2011 | Final date for Comment: 21 January 2012
Este Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico establece el objeto, campo de aplicación, definiciones, condiciones generales, requisitos del producto, requisitos de envase, embalaje y rotulado, ensayos para evaluar la conformidad, muestreo, documentos normativos consultados o de referencia, demostración del cumplimiento con el reglamento técnico ecuatoriano, organismos encargados de la evaluación y la certificación de la conformidad, autoridad de fiscalización y/o supervisión, tipo de fiscalización y/o supervisión, régimen de sanciones, responsabilidad de los organismos de evaluación de la conformidad y revisión y actualización del reglamento técnico, para Diluyentes (Thinner).
Products Covered: 3814.00.90.00
Regulation Type: Regular notification
National Food Safety Standard of the P.R.C.: Food Additive Methanol
Distribution date: 18 November 2011 | Final date for Comment: 17 January 2012
This standard applies to food additive methanol made from coal, natural gas, light oil or heavy oil. It specifies the technical requirements and testing methods for food additive methanol.
Products Covered: Food additive methanol
Regulation Type: Regular notification
National Food Safety Standard of the P.R.C.: Food Additive Methanol
Distribution date: 18 November 2011 | Final date for Comment: 17 January 2012
This standard applies to food additive methanol made from coal, natural gas, light oil or heavy oil. It specifies the technical requirements and testing methods for food additive methanol.
Products Covered: Food additive methanol
Regulation Type: Regular notification
National Food Safety Standard of the P.R.C.: Food Additive Sorbitol
Distribution date: 18 November 2011 | Final date for Comment: 17 January 2012
This standard applies to food additive sorbitol made from starch processed by hydrolysis, hydrogenation with catalysis, and purification. It specifies the technical requirements and testing methods for food additive sorbitol.
Products Covered: Food additive sorbitol
Regulation Type: Regular notification
National Food Safety Standard of the P.R.C.: Food Additive Sorbitol
Distribution date: 18 November 2011 | Final date for Comment: 17 January 2012
This standard applies to food additive sorbitol made from starch processed by hydrolysis, hydrogenation with catalysis, and purification. It specifies the technical requirements and testing methods for food additive sorbitol.
Products Covered: Food additive sorbitol
Regulation Type: Regular notification
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