Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)

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Distribution date: 02 August 2016 | Final date for Comment: 01 October 2016

Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: Veterinary drug: Piperazine.

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, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS Codes: 03.02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.06 and 03.07) - Dairy produce, birds' eggs and natural honey (HS Codes: 04.01, 04.07, 04.08 and 04.09) - Products of animal origin (HS Code: 05.04) - Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Food safety Human health Veterinary drugs Maximum residue limits (MRLs)

Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)

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Distribution date: 02 August 2016 | Final date for Comment: 01 October 2016

Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: Veterinary drug: Piperazine.

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, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS Codes: 03.02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.06 and 03.07) - Dairy produce, birds' eggs and natural honey (HS Codes: 04.01, 04.07, 04.08 and 04.09) - Products of animal origin (HS Code: 05.04) - Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Food safety Human health Veterinary drugs Maximum residue limits (MRLs)

Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)

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Distribution date: 02 August 2016 | Final date for Comment: 01 October 2016

Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: Pesticide: Ethofumesate.

Products Covered: - Meat and edible meat offal (HS Codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06 and 02.08) - Dairy produce (HS Code: 04.01) - Products of animal origin (HS Code: 05.04) - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Codes: 07.03, 07.09 and 07.10) - Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons (HS Code: 08.14) - Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS Codes: 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10) - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.04, 12.07 and 12.12) - Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Human health Pesticides Food safety Maximum residue limits (MRLs)

Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)

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Distribution date: 02 August 2016 | Final date for Comment: 01 October 2016

Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: Pesticide: Ethofumesate.

Products Covered: - Meat and edible meat offal (HS Codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06 and 02.08) - Dairy produce (HS Code: 04.01) - Products of animal origin (HS Code: 05.04) - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Codes: 07.03, 07.09 and 07.10) - Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons (HS Code: 08.14) - Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS Codes: 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10) - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.04, 12.07 and 12.12) - Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Human health Pesticides Food safety Maximum residue limits (MRLs)

Letter by the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision No. FS-RH-7/14167 as of 29 July 2016

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Distribution date: 02 August 2016 | Final date for Comment: 01 May 2025

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance sets out temporary restrictions on the imports of unregistered feed produced by Ukrainian enterpises due to repeated detection of genetically modified components.

Products Covered: Animal feed and feed additives from the following HS Code(s): 0511, 100119, 100199, 100290, 100390, 100490, 100590, 120190, 1208, 1211, 121300, 1214, 1501, 1502, 1504, 150600, 151610, 151800, 2301, 2302, 230400, 2306, 2309, 30, 350400

Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)

Food safety Animal feed Animal health Human health Feed additives Biotechnology Genetically modified organisms (GMOs)

Letter by the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision No. FS-RH-7/14167 as of 29 July 2016

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Distribution date: 02 August 2016 | Final date for Comment: 01 May 2025

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance sets out temporary restrictions on the imports of unregistered feed produced by Ukrainian enterpises due to repeated detection of genetically modified components.

Products Covered: Animal feed and feed additives from the following HS Code(s): 0511, 100119, 100199, 100290, 100390, 100490, 100590, 120190, 1208, 1211, 121300, 1214, 1501, 1502, 1504, 150600, 151610, 151800, 2301, 2302, 230400, 2306, 2309, 30, 350400

Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)

Food safety Animal feed Animal health Human health Feed additives Biotechnology Genetically modified organisms (GMOs)

Draft revision of the Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control

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Distribution date: 04 August 2016 | Final date for Comment: 01 May 2025

MAFF is proposing revision of the Article 45 of the Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control to add milk products (for details see item 3 above) to the list of items subject to animal quarantine. Once an item is subject to animal quarantine, the import of the said item will not be permitted without an appropriate health certificate issued by the animal health authority of the exporting country. Milk products imported/exported as personal effects are exempted from animal quarantine. Animal Health Requirements are in preparation to set out detailed import conditions for milk products including required statements in the health certificate based on the import risk analysis and Chapters 8.8.24, 8.8.25, 8.8.35 and 8.8.36 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code (the OIE code). MAFF will duly notify WTO Members once draft Animal Health Requirements have been developed.

Products Covered: Milk products categorized in the following HS codes: - Milk and cream (HS Codes: 04.01 and 04.02) - Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream (HS Code: 04.03) - Whey (HS Code: 04.04) - Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk, and dairy spreads (HS Code: 04.05) - Cheese and curd (HS Code: 04.06) Milk products categorized in the following HS codes which contain ingredients derived from milk: - Lactose and lactose syrup (HS Codes: 1702.11 and 1702.19) - Dog or cat food and animal feed (HS Codes: 2309.10 and 2309.90) - Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives (HS Codes: 3501.10 and 3501.90) - Milk albumin and other milk albumin derivatives (HS Codes: 3502.20 and 3502.90)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Animal diseases Modification of content/scope of regulation Animal health

Critères microbiologiques et chimiques applicables aux produits de la pêche et de l'aquaculture (Microbiological and chemical criteria applicable to fishery and aquaculture products)

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Distribution date: 08 August 2016 | Final date for Comment: 01 May 2025

The notified regulatory text seeks to ensure compliance with the microbiological and chemical criteria applicable to fishery and aquaculture products.

Products Covered: Fishery and aquaculture products.

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Food safety Human health

Draft Bill about Public Consultation Notice Nº 1, 28 June 2016 (6 pages, in Portuguese)

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Distribution date: 11 August 2016 | Final date for Comment: 28 September 2016

<p style="margin:6pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;">Draft Bill <span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">providing for the registration, evaluation and industrial chemicals control in Brazil. The goal is to reduce the impacts to the human health and the environment generated by the production, import and use of those chemical substances in the country and to establish the instruments for risk management.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">Note for clarification: this Law will establish the general guidelines for the matter. The details of the regulation will be provided later by a Decree which will follow the definitions of the Law and will also be notified.</span></span>

Products Covered: HS Chapter 28 (Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds) and Chapter 29 (Organic chemicals)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Microbiological and chemical criteria applicable to fishery and aquaculture products

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Distribution date: 16 August 2016 | Final date for Comment: 01 May 2025

The purpose of this addendum is to provide Members with a link to the electronic version of the notified document, which was not included in the original notification.Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/GIN/16_3285_00_f.pdf.

Products Covered:

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Food safety Human health

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