Revision of the standards and specifications for foods and food additives under the Food Sanitation Law (Revision of Agricultural Chemical residue standards)
Distribution date: 04 February 2010 | Final date for Comment: 05 April 2010
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Oxadiazon, Dimethenamid, Tebufenozide, Pyributicarb and Metaldehyde.
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 (HS Codes: 03.02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.06 and 03.07); - Dairy, eggs and honey (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, 07.12, 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, 08.13 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); and - Oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 12.05, 12.07, 12.10 and 12.12).
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: 04 February 2010 | Final date for Comment: 05 April 2010
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Spirotetramat, Butamifos, Milbemectin and Imidocarb.
Products Covered: - Meat and edible meat offal (HS Codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.08 and 02.09); - Fish and crustaceans (HS Codes: 03.02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.06 and 03.07); - Dairy (HS Code: 04.01); - 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, 07.12, 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, 08.13 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); - Products of the milling industry, malt, starches, inulin and wheat gluten (HS Code: 11.05); - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.08, 12.10 and 12.12); and - Animal fats (HS Code: 15.02).
Regulation Type: Regular notification
TITLE: Premanufacture Notification Exemption for Polymers; Amendment of Polymer Exemption Rule to Exclude Certain Perfluorinated Polymers ; ; AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ; ; ACTION: Final rule ; ; SUMMARY: EPA is amending the polymer exemption rule, which provides an exemption from the premanufacture notification (PMN) requirements of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), to exclude from eligibility polymers containing as an integral part of their composition, except as impurities, certain perfluoroalkyl moieties consisting of a CF3- or longer chain length. This exclusion includes polymers that contain any one or more of the following: Perfluoroalkyl sulfonates (PFAS), perfluoroalkyl carboxylates (PFAC), fluorotelomers, or perfluoroalkyl moieties that are covalently bound to either a carbon or sulfur atom where the carbon or sulfur atom is an integral part of the polymer molecule (affected polymers). In general, any person who intends to manufacture (which is defined by TSCA to include import into the customs territory of the United States) any of these polymers not already on the TSCA Inventory (Inventory) must complete the TSCA PMN review process prior to commencing the manufacture or import of such polymers. Alternatively, manufacturers or importers may submit a request for a different exemption, such as the Low Volume Exemption (LVE) or Low Release and Exposure Exemption (LoREX), for affected polymers that they reasonably believe may qualify for such exemptions. Those persons who are currently manufacturing or importing affected polymers, or who have previously manufactured or imported them but are not doing so now, in full compliance with the 1995 polymer exemption rule, may continue manufacturing or importing them until 27 January 2012. After that date, manufacture of these polymers will no longer be authorized under the polymer exemption rule, and continued manufacture or import must be authorized under a different TSCA section 5(h)(4) exemption or under a different TSCA section 5 authority, such as TSCA section 5(a)(1) or section 5(e). This change is necessary because, based on current information, EPA can no longer conclude that these polymers “will not present an unreasonable risk to human health or the environment” under the terms of the polymer exemption rule, which is the determination necessary to support an exemption under TSCA section 5(h)(4). ; ; DATES: This final rule is effective 26 February 2010. ; ; ; FULL TEXT URLs: ; http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-1477.htm ; http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-1477.pdf ;
Distribution date: 04 February 2010 | Final date for Comment: 26 April 2025
Products Covered: Perfluorinated Polymers (HS: 3808; ICS: 13)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
DKS 59-2: 2009. ; Specification for Sausages. Part 2: Raw or cooked poultry sausages (5 pages, in English) ;
Distribution date: 05 February 2010 | Final date for Comment: 15 February 2010
Prescribes quality requirements for raw or cooked poultry sausages, and poultry sausage meat products.
Products Covered: Poultry sausages (HS: 1601; ICS: 67.120.10)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
DKS 2227: 2009. Rock phosphate fertilizer — Specification (7 pages, in English) ;
Distribution date: 08 February 2010 | Final date for Comment: 15 February 2010
Specifies the requirements and prescribes methods of sampling and tests for rock phosphate fertilizer.
Products Covered: Fertilizers (HS: 31; ICS: 65.080)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
DKS 2219: 2009. Zinc Sulphate fertilizer — Specification (27 pages, in English) ;
Distribution date: 08 February 2010 | Final date for Comment: 15 February 2010
Specifies requirements and methods of test for Zinc sulphate fertilizer.
Products Covered: Fertilizers (HS: 31; ICS: 65.080)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Proposed Significant New Use Rule for Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (14 pages, English)
Distribution date: 10 February 2010 | Final date for Comment: 05 March 2010
EPA is proposing a significant new use rule (SNUR) under section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for the chemical substance identified generically as multi-walled carbon nanotubes (P-08-199). This action would require persons who intend to manufacture, import, or process the substance for an activity that is designated as a significant new use by this proposed rule to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing that activity. The required notification would provide EPA with the opportunity to evaluate the intended use and, if necessary, to prohibit or limit that activity before it occurs.
Products Covered: Carbon nanotubes (HS: 2803 ICS: 13.020, 71.100)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Motor Vehicle Brake Fluids (8 pages, English)
Distribution date: 10 February 2010 | Final date for Comment: 05 April 2010
This NPRM proposes to amend FMVSS No. 116, Motor Vehicle Brake Fluids, so that brake fluids would be tested with ethylene, propylene, and diene terpolymer (EPDM) rubber, as this type of rubber is increasingly being used in brake fluid seals. This NPRM also updates references to standards issued by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the American Society for Materials and Testing (ASTM) (no substantive changes to the standard would be made by these updates), and corrects minor errors in the standard.
Products Covered: Brake fluids (HS: 3819, ICS: 75.100, 75.120)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
KS 929: 2009 Specification for QAC based aromatic disinfectant liquid (11 pages, in English)
Distribution date: 16 February 2010 | Final date for Comment: 29 March 2010
Specifies requirements for five grades of light-duty, aromatic disinfectant fluids containing quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) as their principal antimicrobial agents.
Products Covered: Aromatic disinfectant liquid (HS: 380840 ; ICS: 11.080.20)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Anteproyecto de Norma Dominicana NORDOM 392. Carnes y Productos Cárnicos. Salchichas. Especificaciones (Proposed Draft Dominican Standard (NORDOM) No. 392. Meat and meat products. Sausages. Specifications)
Distribution date: 23 February 2010 | Final date for Comment: 24 April 2010
The notified proposed draft Standard lays down the physico-chemical, microbiological, organoleptic, compositional, labelling, packing and packaging requirements to be met by uncanned sausages.
Products Covered: Meat and meat products
Regulation Type: Regular notification
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