Regulatory Updates
Amendment No.3 of GB 23350-2021 Restriction of excessive packaging requirements for Food and cosmetics
Distribution date: 01 June 2026
The classification and k values of convenience foods, canned foods, cocoa and roasted coffee products in Table A.1 have been revised, and the standard implementation requirements have been partly revised.
Products Covered: Foods and cosmetics (ICS: 55.020)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Color Additive Petition from Environmental Defense Fund, et al.; Request To Amend the Color Additive Regulations To Remove the Solvents Ethylene Dichloride, Methylene Chloride, and Trichloroethylene; Reopening of the Comment Period
Distribution date: 01 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 29 June 2026
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is reopening the comment period for the notification of petition, published in the Federal Register of 11 January 2024, announcing that we filed a color additive petition proposing that the color additive regulations be amended to remove three specified solvents. FDA is reopening the comment period to allow for the submission of any updated data and other information over the last two years.
Products Covered: Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons (HS code(s): 2903); Food technology (ICS code(s): 67)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Food Additive Petition From Environmental Defense Fund, et al.; Request To Amend the Food Additive Regulations To Remove the Solvents Benzene, Ethylene Dichloride, Methylene Chloride, and Trichloroethylene; Reopening of the Comment Period
Distribution date: 01 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 29 June 2026
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is reopening the comment period for the notification of petition, published in the Federal Register of 11 January 2024, announcing that we filed a food additive petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to remove four specified solvents. FDA is reopening the comment period to allow for the submission of any updated data and other information over the last two years.
Products Covered: Cyclic hydrocarbons (HS code(s): 2902); Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons (HS code(s): 2903); Food technology (ICS code(s): 67)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
DEAS 1234: Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) — Specification
Distribution date: 28 May 2026
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the East African Standard; EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition), notified in; G/TBT/N/BDI/540, G/TBT/N/KEN/1732, G/TBT/N/RWA/1107, G/TBT/N/TZA/1243 and G/TBT/N/UGA/2080 was adopted and published by the East African Community Council of Ministers as EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition) on 19th January 2026 via East African Community Gazette, Legal Notice No. EAC/33/2026 dated 26th January, 2026. A copy of the document can be obtained via the following link at a basic fee: https://webstore.kebs.org
Products Covered: - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals: (HS code(s): 34031); Lubricants, industrial oils and related products (ICS code(s): 75.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
DEAS 1234: Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) — Specification
Distribution date: 28 May 2026
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the East African Standard; EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition), notified in; G/TBT/N/BDI/540, G/TBT/N/KEN/1732, G/TBT/N/RWA/1107, G/TBT/N/TZA/1243 and G/TBT/N/UGA/2080 was adopted and published by the East African Community Council of Ministers as EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition) on 19th January 2026 via East African Community Gazette, Legal Notice No. EAC/33/2026 dated 26th January, 2026. A copy of the document can be obtained via the following link at a basic fee: https://webstore.kebs.org
Products Covered: - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals: (HS code(s): 34031); Lubricants, industrial oils and related products (ICS code(s): 75.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
DEAS 1234: Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) — Specification
Distribution date: 28 May 2026
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the East African Standard; EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition), notified in; G/TBT/N/BDI/540, G/TBT/N/KEN/1732, G/TBT/N/RWA/1107, G/TBT/N/TZA/1243 and G/TBT/N/UGA/2080 was adopted and published by the East African Community Council of Ministers as EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition) on 19th January 2026 via East African Community Gazette, Legal Notice No. EAC/33/2026 dated 26th January, 2026. A copy of the document can be obtained via the following link at a basic fee: https://webstore.kebs.org
Products Covered: - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals: (HS code(s): 34031); Lubricants, industrial oils and related products (ICS code(s): 75.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
DEAS 1234: Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) — Specification
Distribution date: 28 May 2026
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the East African Standard; EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition), notified in; G/TBT/N/BDI/540, G/TBT/N/KEN/1732, G/TBT/N/RWA/1107, G/TBT/N/TZA/1243 and G/TBT/N/UGA/2080 was adopted and published by the East African Community Council of Ministers as EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition) on 19th January 2026 via East African Community Gazette, Legal Notice No. EAC/33/2026 dated 26th January, 2026. A copy of the document can be obtained via the following link at a basic fee: https://webstore.kebs.org
Products Covered: - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals: (HS code(s): 34031); Lubricants, industrial oils and related products (ICS code(s): 75.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
DEAS 1234: Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) — Specification
Distribution date: 28 May 2026
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the East African Standard; EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition), notified in; G/TBT/N/BDI/540, G/TBT/N/KEN/1732, G/TBT/N/RWA/1107, G/TBT/N/TZA/1243 and G/TBT/N/UGA/2080 was adopted and published by the East African Community Council of Ministers as EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition) on 19th January 2026 via East African Community Gazette, Legal Notice No. EAC/33/2026 dated 26th January, 2026. A copy of the document can be obtained via the following link at a basic fee: https://webstore.kebs.org
Products Covered: - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals: (HS code(s): 34031); Lubricants, industrial oils and related products (ICS code(s): 75.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan on the temporary restriction, due to highly pathogenic avian influenza, on imports into Kazakhstan from the territory of Csongrád-Csanád County of Hungary of live poultry and hatching eggs; poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C); feed and feed additives for birds (with the exception of feed additives of chemical and microbiological synthesis); down and feathers; hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermic treatment (feathered game); and used equipment for keeping, slaughtering, and processing birds
Distribution date: 22 May 2026
The Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan reports that on the basis of the official notification of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), hereby introduces, as of 4 March 2026, temporary restrictions due to highly pathogenic avian influenza on imports into Kazakhstan from the territory of Csongrád-Csanád County of Hungary of live poultry and hatching eggs; poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C); feed and feed additives for birds (with the exception of feed additives of chemical and microbiological synthesis); down and feathers; hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermic treatment (feathered game); and used equipment for keeping, slaughtering, and processing birds. As well as transit from the above-mentioned territory through the territory of Kazakhstan of live poultry.
Products Covered: Live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products, feed and feed additives for birds, hunting trophies, used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting birds
Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)
Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan on the introduction of temporary restrictions on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan from the Departments of Eure, Pas-de-Calais, Maine-et-Loire, Lot-et-Garonne, Nord, Allier, Deux-Sèvres in France of live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment, feed and feed additives for birds, hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermy treatment, used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting birds, as well as for transit from the above territory through the territory of Kazakhstan of live bird
Distribution date: 22 May 2026
The Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan reports that on the basis of the official notification of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza was registered in the Departments of Eure, Pas-de-Calais, Maine-et-Loire, Lot-et-Garonne, Nord, Allier, Deux-Sèvres in France. In this regard, since 27 March 2026, temporary restrictions have been introduced on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan from the territory of the Departments of Eure, Pas-de-Calais, Maine-et-Loire, Lot-et-Garonne, Nord, Allier, Deux-Sèvres in France of live poultry and hatching eggs, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C), feed and feed additives for birds (except for feed additives of plant origin, as well as chemical and microbiological synthesis), down and feathers, hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermy treatment (feathered game), down and feathers, used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting birds, as well as for transit from the above-mentioned territory through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan of live poultry.
Products Covered: Live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products, feed and feed additives for birds, hunting trophies, used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting birds
Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)
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