Draft Ministry of Social Welfare Resolution establishing technical regulations on the sanitary requirements for the production and marketing of panela cane sugar for human consumption and adopting other provisions (14 pages, in Spanish).

Distribution date: 05 September 2005
Objeto; Campo de aplicación; Definiciones; Condiciones generales de la panela; Requisitos; fisicoquímicos; Prohibiciones; Producción de panela a partir de mieles vírgenes; Condiciones sanitarias de los trapiches y de las centrales de acopio de mieles vírgenes; Envase, embalaje, rotulado, reempaque, almacenamiento, distribución, transporte y comercialización; Exportación de panela, registro sanitario y vigilancia sanitaria; Inspección, vigilancia, control, medidas de seguridad y sanciones; Certificado y evaluación de la conformidad y Vigencia.
Products Covered: Panela – unrefined brown cane sugar (17.01.11.10.00)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Chief Executive Decision No. 120/2005.

Distribution date: 31 August 2005
Suspension of importation for all medicines containing high-infectivity tissues listed on the "WTO Guidelines on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies in relation to Biological and Pharmaceutical Products." Suspension of the importation for all medicines where their countries of origin have had an outbreak incidence of BSE, except: in an urgent situation and approved by Department of Health; the medicine complies with the requirement of WHO guideline for minimizing the risk of transmission of animal spongiform encephalopathies through medicinal products or other equivalent criteria, and approved by the Department of Health; the medicine only containing tissues with no detected infectivity listed on the "WHO Guidelines on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies in relation to Biological and Pharmaceutical Products." All manufacturers who produce bovine-containing medicines should comply with GMP for producing such products. This Chief Executive Decision replaces the measures notified on 6 November 2001 under G/SPS/N/MAC/4, which entered into force on 2 July 2001.
Products Covered:
Regulation Type: Revision to Regular Notification
Chief Executive Decision No. 120/2005.

Distribution date: 31 August 2005
Suspension of importation for all medicines containing high-infectivity tissues listed on the "WTO Guidelines on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies in relation to Biological and Pharmaceutical Products." Suspension of the importation for all medicines where their countries of origin have had an outbreak incidence of BSE, except: in an urgent situation and approved by Department of Health; the medicine complies with the requirement of WHO guideline for minimizing the risk of transmission of animal spongiform encephalopathies through medicinal products or other equivalent criteria, and approved by the Department of Health; the medicine only containing tissues with no detected infectivity listed on the "WHO Guidelines on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies in relation to Biological and Pharmaceutical Products." All manufacturers who produce bovine-containing medicines should comply with GMP for producing such products. This Chief Executive Decision replaces the measures notified on 6 November 2001 under G/SPS/N/MAC/4, which entered into force on 2 July 2001.
Products Covered:
Regulation Type: Revision to Regular Notification
Specification for the Limit on Lead Content in Paints (25 pages, in English)

Distribution date: 23 August 2005
Products Covered: Paints and varnishes (HS: 3208, 3209; ICS: 87.040)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Specification for the Limit on Lead Content in Paints (25 pages, in English)

Distribution date: 23 August 2005
Products Covered: Paints and varnishes (HS: 3208, 3209; ICS: 87.040)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
National Standard of the P.R.C., Safety Requirements of Mill for Rubber and Plastics (11 pages, in Chinese)

Distribution date: 18 August 2005
Products Covered: Mills for various uses, such as breaking mill, warming mill, sheeting mill, refining mill and grinding mill, etc. (ICS: 71.120; 83.200 HS: 8477)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
National Standard of the P.R.C., Safety Requirements of Mill for Rubber and Plastics (11 pages, in Chinese)

Distribution date: 18 August 2005
Products Covered: Mills for various uses, such as breaking mill, warming mill, sheeting mill, refining mill and grinding mill, etc. (ICS: 71.120; 83.200 HS: 8477)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
National Standard of the P.R.C., Electrolytic Machine Tools - Technical Requirement for Safeguarding (11 Pages, in Chinese)

Distribution date: 18 August 2005
Products Covered: Electrolytic machine tools (ICS: 120.40; HS: 845690)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
National Standard of the P.R.C., Electrolytic Machine Tools - Technical Requirement for Safeguarding (11 Pages, in Chinese)

Distribution date: 18 August 2005
Products Covered: Electrolytic machine tools (ICS: 120.40; HS: 845690)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Draft Resolution issued by the Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency for garden products (8 pages, in Portuguese)

Distribution date: 11 August 2005
Products Covered: Products for professional gardening (HS: 3808)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
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