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: 13 October 2016 | Final date for Comment: 01 May 2025

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

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: 07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.05, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14) - Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons (HS Codes: 08.01, 08.02, 08.04, 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14) - Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS Codes: 09.02, 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: 12.01, 12.02, 12.07 and 12.10) - 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: 13 October 2016 | Final date for Comment: 12 December 2016

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

Products Covered: - 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, 07.13 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 and 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) - Cereals (HS Codes: 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.07 and 10.08) - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.04, 12.07 and 12.12)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Human health Pesticides Food safety Maximum residue limits (MRLs)

Proyecto de Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-168-SEMARNAT-ASEA-2016, Niveles máximos permisibles de emisión provenientes de turbinas de gas, a ciclo abierto o ciclo combinado, aeroderivadas y su medición (22 páginas, en español)

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Distribution date: 13 October 2016 | Final date for Comment: 12 December 2016

<p>Es de observancia obligatoria para las personas físicas o morales, responsables de las turbinas de gas existentes o nuevas y sistemas de dos o más turbinas de gas en una misma fuente con una potencia nominal en su conjunto mayor a 0.5 MW, que utilizan combustibles gaseosos o líquidos en la industria, comercios y servicios.</p><p>No aplica en los siguientes casos: Turbinas de gas con potencia nominal menor a 0.5 MW para generación eléctrica, turbinas de gas existentes con potencia nominal igual o menor a 10 MW para generación de potencia mecánica, turbinas de gas destinadas a un uso derivado de una declaratoria de emergencia o desastre, turbinas de respaldo, turbinas existentes utilizadas en plataformas marítimas y turbinas existentes en los sistemas aislados de la red eléctrica nacional.</p>

Products Covered: MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR DISTILLATION; BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXES (HS code(s): 27); INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES (HS code(s): 28); Saturated acyclic hydrocarbons (HS code(s): 290110); Fuels (ICS code(s): 75.160)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company; Filing of Color Additive Petition; Notice of Petition

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Distribution date: 13 October 2016 | Final date for Comment: 01 May 2025

The Food and Drug Administration has filed a petition, submitted by Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, proposing that the color additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of calcium carbonate to color hard and soft candy, mints, and chewing gum.

Products Covered: HS Code(s): 28, 17; ICS Code(s): 67

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Human health Food safety Food additives

Notice for prohibition of import, export, possession, acquisition, sale, use and disposal of agricultural remedies

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Distribution date: 14 October 2016 | Final date for Comment: 01 May 2025

Item 6 of G/SPS/N/ZAF/42 should read: 6. Description of content: The acquisition, import, export, possession, sale, use and disposal of agricultural remedies containing the chemical substances listed below is prohibited in South Africa: - Aldicarb; - Aldrin; - Azinphos-ethyl; - Binapacryl; - Camphechlor (CLC); - Captafol; - Chlordimeform; - Chlorobenzilate; - Dibromochloropropane; - Dinitro-ortho-cresol (DNOC); - Dinoseb; - Endrin; - Heptachlor; - Hexachlorobenzene; - Kepone; - Phosphamidon; - Phosphorus containing formulations; - Propham. Item 9 of G/SPS/N/ZAF/42 should read: 9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: None

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Regulation Type: Corrigendum to Regular Notification

Food safety Human health Pesticides

Antifreeze (5 pages, in English)

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Distribution date: 24 October 2016 | Final date for Comment: 23 December 2016

<p>The proposed rules are amended to correct punctuation on a statutory cite, amend definitions to include language requested by the Office of Administrative Rules, update and clarify definitions to match the language used in OAC Chapters 15, 25, and 26, revise applicability of this chapter to include all entities subject to the requirements of Chapter 16 rules, outline and detail the authority of the PSTD pertaining to enforcing antifreeze, amend the rules to set forth the specific requirements for an application to sell antifreeze, correct rule citations, and outline the guidelines for obtaining antifreeze permits.</p>

Products Covered: Antifreeze

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Ready mixed paint brushing, finishing, semi gloss for general purpose (6 pages, in English)

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Distribution date: 26 October 2016 | Final date for Comment: 25 December 2016

This Pakistan Standard applies to scope, sample, test samples, supply, vendors certificate&nbsp; requirements and other parameters etc.

Products Covered: Ready mixed paint brushing, finishing, semi gloss for general purpose PS: 402 (U.D.C No. 667.82.685.31) (HS: 32.08, 32.09 and 32.10)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

; ; ;By means of this Addendum No. 4, the Republic of Ecuador advises that Amendment No. 3 to Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (RTE INEN) No. 088 "Surface tension agents", notified in document G/TBT/N/ECU/106/Add.1 of 24 October 2014, has been issued pursuant to Resolution No. 16 361 of 1 September 2016 of the Under-Secretariat for the Quality System of the Ministry of Industry and Productivity, published in Official Journal No. 859 of 11 October 2016. ;Text available from: ;Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) ;Subsecretaría de la Calidad (Under-Secretariat for Quality) ;Organismo Nacional encargado de la Notificación (National Notification Authority) ;Contact person: Marlon Martínez B. ;Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña ;Quito, Ecuador ;Tel.: (+593-2) 394-8760, Ext. 2358/2255 ;Email: [email protected]/[email protected] ; ;

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Distribution date: 26 October 2016 | Final date for Comment: 01 May 2025

Products Covered: 34.01.11.00, 34.01.19.00, 34.01.19.10, 34.01.19.90, 34.01.20.00, 34.01.30.00, 34.02.11.10, 34.02.11.90, 34.02.12.10, 34.02.12.90 and 34.02.13.10. ;

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Proyecto de Resolución del Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social "Por la cual se establece el reglamento técnico sobre los requisitos que debe contener la etiqueta de los reactivos in vitro para investigación, in vitro huérfanos para diagnóstico, in vitro grado analítico, analito específico, y los reactivos de uso general en laboratorio, que sean utilizados en muestras de origen humano" (5 páginas, en español).

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Distribution date: 28 October 2016 | Final date for Comment: 27 December 2016

<p><span lang="ES" style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;"></span>Se establecen los requisitos que debe cumplir la etiqueta de los reactivos in vitro para investigación, in vitro huérfanos para diagnóstico, in vitro grado analítico, analito específico y los reactivos de uso general en laboratorio; Objeto y ámbito de aplicación; Definiciones; Requisitos generales de la etiqueta; Requisitos específicos de la etiqueta; Declaración de la conformidad; Procedimiento de evaluación de la conformidad; Autorización para el agotamiento de existencias de etiquetas y uso de adhesivos; Revisión y actualización; Inspección, Vigilancia y Control y Vigencia.</p>

Products Covered: Antisera and other blood fractions and modified immunological products, whether or not obtained by means of biotechnological processes (HS code(s): 300210); Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; toxins, cultures of micro-organisms and similar products (excl. yeasts and vaccines) (HS code(s): 300290); Reagents for determining blood groups or blood factors (HS code(s): 300620); Culture media specially prepared for the development of micro-organisms (HS code(s): 3821); Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, and certified reference materials (excl. compound diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient, blood-grouping reagents, animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses and vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms and similar products) (HS code(s): 3822)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

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Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of a Pesticide Chemical in or on a Commodity, Notice of Filing of Petition and Request for Comment

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Distribution date: 04 November 2016 | Final date for Comment: 28 November 2016

This document announces the Agency's receipt of an initial filing of a pesticide petition requesting the amendment of the tolerance for residues of the fungicide, propamocarb hydrochloride, in or on potato from 0.06 parts per million (ppm) to 0.30 ppm.

Products Covered: Potato

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Food safety Pesticides Maximum residue limits (MRLs) Human health

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