Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 15 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 14 August 2026

This Draft East African Standard prescribes the test method for the determination of lead, mercury and arsenic content in cosmetics and oils and fats for cosmetic industry.

Products Covered: ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 33); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS code(s): 71.100.70)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 15 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 14 August 2026

The notified measure prohibits the importation, production, registration, marketing and use of drugs containing antimicrobials of critical importance in veterinary medicine and issues provisions concerning labelling for the marketing, in national territory, of other antimicrobial drugs for veterinary use. It also establishes provisions on the labelling and use of groups of antimicrobials deriving from phosphonic acids, third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins, and fluoroquinolones, for therapeutic purposes only.

Products Covered: Antimicrobial drugs for veterinary use (HS code(s): 300310; 300320; 300410; 300420)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 12 June 2026

Products covered: ICS:71.100 “Products of the chemical industry”This addendum concerns the notification of the draft of the Egyptian Standard ES 8011 for " Liquid Detergent for Cleaning Fresh Vegetables and Fruits with or without Disinfectant " (15 pages, in Arabic)"It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No. 243/2016 which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/155 dated 12 August 2016 mandated among others the earlier version of this Egyptian standard.Worth mentioning is that this standard complies with the following:- Regulation (EC) No. 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Detergents.- Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.- Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 - Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH).- Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 - classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP)- European Commission Ecolabel — Detergents for hand dishwashing — Criteria (2021)- ECOCERT Greenlife — Guidelines for Detergents and Cleaning Products (Version 2022).Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.Date of adoption: To be determinedDate of entry into force: To be determinedAgency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:National Enquiry PointEgyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - EgyptE-mail: eos@eos.org.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.egWebsite: http://www.eos.org.egTel: + (202) 22845528Fax: + (202) 22845504

Products Covered: Organic detergent disinfectants for vegetables and fresh fruit

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 09 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 08 August 2026

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for edible acid casein, edible rennet casein and edible caseinate intended for direct human consumption or further processing.

Products Covered: Other milk products (ICS code(s): 67.100.99)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 09 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 08 August 2026

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for edible acid casein, edible rennet casein and edible caseinate intended for direct human consumption or further processing.

Products Covered: Other milk products (ICS code(s): 67.100.99)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 09 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 08 August 2026

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for edible acid casein, edible rennet casein and edible caseinate intended for direct human consumption or further processing.

Products Covered: Other milk products (ICS code(s): 67.100.99)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 09 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 08 August 2026

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for edible acid casein, edible rennet casein and edible caseinate intended for direct human consumption or further processing.

Products Covered: Other milk products (ICS code(s): 67.100.99)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 09 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 08 August 2026

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for edible acid casein, edible rennet casein and edible caseinate intended for direct human consumption or further processing.

Products Covered: Other milk products (ICS code(s): 67.100.99)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 04 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 03 August 2026

This document specifies requirements for the development, qualification, and routine control of moist heat sterilization processes for medical devices, applicable to industrial sterilization applications.This document contains guidance intended to explain requirements set forth in the normative sections, so as to promote good practices related to moist heat sterilization processes specified herein.This document does not apply to the development, qualification, and routine control of processes for the inactivation of agents causing transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (e.g., scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease).This document does not specify occupational safety requirements related to the design and operation of moist heat sterilization facilities.

Products Covered: Medical devices sterilized by moist heat using saturated steam, steam or air-steam mixed gas, water spray, water immersion, etc. (HS code(s): 300590; 392329; 701790; 842129; 901831; 901839; 902131); (ICS code(s): 11.080.10)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 03 June 2026

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) by streamlining the classification and approval process for transporting certain low-hazard fireworks, revising the criteria for small arms cartridges to include tracer ammunition as eligible for self- classification, designating the PHMSA portal as the sole method to submit applications for all explosives approvals, and authorizing voluntary termination of an explosive approval by the approval holder. Effective Date: This final rule is effective on 2 July 2026. The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in this rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 28 December 2020.    Voluntary Compliance Date: 2 June 2026.    Delayed Compliance Date: 31 August 2026. 91 Federal Register (FR) 32889, 2 June 2026; Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 107, 171, and 173:https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-02/html/2026-10962.htmhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-02/pdf/2026-10962.pdf This final rule and the notice of proposed rulemaking notified as G/TBT/N/USA/2072 are identified by Docket Number PHMSA-2020-0103. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/PHMSA-2020-0103/document and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number.  

Products Covered: Energetic materials; Fireworks (HS code(s): 360410); Bombs, grenades, torpedos, mines, missiles, cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles and parts thereof, incl. buckshot, shot and cartridge wads, n.e.s. (HS code(s): 9306); Explosion protection (ICS code(s): 13.230); Explosives. Pyrotechnics and fireworks (ICS code(s): 71.100.30)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification