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Letters of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance No. FS-ARe-7/6246 as of 31 October 2020 and No. FS-ARe-7/6276-3 as of 19 November 2024

Distribution date: 02 December 2024

The Russian Federation notifies temporary restrictions on imports of live poultry, poultry products and birds' eggs as well as the transit of live poultry from Hajdú–Bihar, Fejér and Baranya regions of Hungary to the territory of the Russian Federation due to deterioration of the epizootic situation with highly pathogenic avian influenza in the regions mentioned.

Products Covered: Live poultry, bird eggs, meat and edible offal of poultry, machinery for preparing animal feeding stuffs, poultry incubators and brooders. HS Codes: 0105; 0407, 0408; 0207;0208,0209,0210,0410 00 000 0,0504 00 000 0,0505,0511,1501,1506 00 000 0,1516 10,1518 00,1601 00,1602, 1603 00,1902 20,1904 20,products from group 20, from 2104, from 2106, 4206 00 000 0, 0106; 508 10 000 0,0106,9705 00 000 0; 9508 10 000 0,0106; 2102, 2309, 2936, 3504, 3507, 3808, 3824; 3923,3926,4415 4416 00 000 0, 4421, 7020 00, 7309 00, 7310, 7326, 7616, 8436 10 000 0, 8436 21 000 0, 8436 29 000 0, 8436 80 900 0, 8606 91 800 0, 8609 00, 8716 39 800;

Regulation Type: Addendum to Emergency Notification (SPS)

Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization Animal diseases Zoonoses Food safety Animal health Human health Avian Influenza Modification of content/scope of regulation

Proposed revision of Ministerial Ordinance on the Specifications and Standards of Feeds and Feed Additives

Distribution date: 29 November 2024

MAFF will designate Isopropyl ester of 2-hydroxy-4-(metylthio) butanoic acid as a feed additive and set the standards and specifications for feed and feed additives to "Ministerial Ordinance on the Specifications and Standards of Feeds and Feed Additives" (Ordinance No. 35 of 24 July 1976 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

Products Covered: Isopropyl ester of 2-hydroxy-4-(metylthio) butanoic acid as a feed additive

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Animal health Human health Food safety Animal diseases

SI 5438 part 12 - Chemicals used for treatment of water intended for human consumption: Calcium carbonate

Distribution date: 28 November 2024 | Final date for Comment: 27 January 2025

Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 5438 part 12 deals with calcium carbonate used to treat water intended for human consumption. This proposed standard revision adopts the European Standard EN 1018: June 2021, with a few changes that appear in the standard's Hebrew section. The major differences between the old version and this new revised draft standard are as follows:Adds to Section 7.3, dealing with transportation regulation and labelling, a requirement that users shall be aware of incompatibilities between transported products;Adds to Section 7.4, dealing with marking, a new marking requirement that applies also to the accompanying documents;Changes the composition requirements for porous products (Table 1) and their impurities (Table 2). After completion of the revision, the requirements of all sections of the revised standard will be mandatory, except in the national deviations to Section 7.4, the addition of the word “for drinking water treatment.”

Products Covered: Calcium carbonate for treatment of water intended for human consumption (HS code(s): 283650); (ICS code(s): 71.100.80)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Human health

DEAS 801:2022, Soya protein products — Specification, Second Edition

Distribution date: 26 November 2024

The aim of this addendum is to update WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard, DEAS 801:2022, Soya protein products — Specification, Second Edition notified in G/SPS/N/BDI/33, G/SPS/N/KEN/189, G/SPS/N/RWA/26, G/SPS/N/TZA/227, G/SPS/N/UGA/229, G/SPS/N/BDI/33/Add.1, G/SPS/N/KEN/189/Add.1, G/SPS/N/RWA/26/Add.1, G/SPS/N/TZA/227/Add.1 and G/SPS/N/UGA/229/Add.1 was adopted by Uganda on 6 August 2024 as a Uganda Standard, US EAS 801:2023, Soya protein products — Specification, Second Edition. The Uganda Standard, US EAS 801:2023, Soya protein products — Specification, Second Edition can be purchased online through the link:

Products Covered: Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, n.e.s.; hide powder, whether or not chromed (excl. organic or inorganic compounds of mercury whether or not chemically defined) (HS code(s): 3504); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)