Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 27 April 2020 | Final date for Comment: 26 June 2020

This Draft Tanzania Standard prescribes the requirements and the methods of sampling and test for sodium bicarbonate.

Products Covered: (HS code(s): 283630); Physicochemical methods of analysis (ICS code(s): 71.040.50); Inorganic chemicals (ICS code(s): 71.060)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 27 April 2020 | Final date for Comment: 26 June 2020

This Draft Tanzania Standard specifies requirements and methods of test and sampling of hydrochloric acid.

Products Covered: Hydrogen chloride "hydrochloric acid"; chlorosulphuric acid (HS code(s): 2806); CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (ICS code(s): 71); Acids (ICS code(s): 71.060.30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 27 April 2020 | Final date for Comment: 26 June 2020

This Draft Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, methods of sampling and testing for Polyvinyl Acetate-Based adhesives intended for the bonding of wood to wood.

Products Covered: (HS code(s): 39051); Products of the chemical industry (ICS code(s): 71.100)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 27 April 2020 | Final date for Comment: 26 June 2020

This Draft Tanzania standard prescribes the requirements and the methods of sampling and testing of sulfuric acid.

Products Covered: (HS code(s): 2807); Inorganic chemicals (ICS code(s): 71.060); Acids (ICS code(s): 71.060.30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 27 April 2020 | Final date for Comment: 26 June 2020

This Draft Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, methods of sampling and testing for Shellac varnish used for protection and decoration of wooden surfaces.

Products Covered: (HS code(s): 38); Products of the chemical industry (ICS code(s): 71.100)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 April 2020 | Final date for Comment: 22 June 2020

The Draft provides for the addition of the Decision No. 318 with provisions allowing designated officials of the authorized plant quarantine bodies of the Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union to recognize the phytosanitary certificate as not confirming the necessary phytosanitary condition of the imported consignment of quarantined products. The Draft provides for a decision by the authorized body on the return of wood packaging materials in the case of absence of a special internationally recognized mark confirming that heating is applied throughout the wood or fumigation or in the case of non-compliance with the quarantine phytosanitary requirements specified to them.

Products Covered: Goods (products) subject to phytosanitary control

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 22 April 2020 | Final date for Comment: 22 May 2020

Chapter XX "Official Analytical Methods" of the Argentine Food Code is amended to include Article 1414 sexto, which sets the benchmarks for examining water for arsenic.

Products Covered: Arsenic (HS code(s): 280480); Examination of water for chemical substances (ICS code(s): 13.060.50)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 21 April 2020 | Final date for Comment: 08 May 2020

Proposed rule - Amends rules to list carpets and rugs containing perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances as a priority product.

Products Covered: Carpets and rugs with perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) (HS 2801.30, 3403.11, 3918.90.10, 5702) (ICS 03.120, 13.120, 71.100, 97.160)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 20 April 2020 | Final date for Comment: 14 June 2020

Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a premarket safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of phospholipase from Aspergillus oryzae AT969 in bread, flour, whole wheat flour and unstandardized bakery products.  Phospholipase from Aspergillus niger (PLA-54) is already permitted in bread, flour, whole wheat flour and unstandardized bakery products, though A. oryzae AT969, which expresses phospholipase A1 from Valsaria rubicosa, is not a permitted source organism for any food enzyme in Canada. The results of the premarket assessment support the safety of phospholipase from A. oryzae AT969 for its requested uses. Consequently, Health Canada has enabled the use of phospholipase from A. oryzae AT969 described in the information document below by modifying the List of Permitted Food Enzymes, effective 15 April 2020. The purpose of this communication is to publically announce the Department's decision in this regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for any inquiries or for those wishing to submit any new scientific information relevant to the safety of this food additive.

Products Covered: Phospholipase A1 from Aspergillus oryzae AT969  (ICS Codes: 67.200.20, 67.060)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 16 April 2020

This Resolution establishes criteria for the import of products for in vitro diagnosis of Coronavirus during the Public Health Emergency of International Concern due to the new Coronavirus (Covid-19)

Products Covered: HS Code(s): 3002300, 3822 (In vitro diagnosis products)

Regulation Type: Regular notification