Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
Distribution date: 06 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 04 February 2020
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: Pesticide: Flutianil.
Products Covered: - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Codes: 07.02, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09 and 07.10)- Edible fruit (HS Codes: 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10 and 08.11)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
Distribution date: 06 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 04 February 2020
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: Pesticide: Prothiofos.
Products Covered: - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Codes: 07.01, 07.03, 07.04, 07.06, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14) - Edible fruit and nuts, peel of citrus fruit (HS Codes: 08.02, 08.03, 08.05, 08.06, 08.08, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14) - Tea and spices (HS Codes: 09.02, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10)- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 12.07 and 12.12)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
Distribution date: 06 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 09 May 2025
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: Pesticide: Fenpicoxamid.
Products Covered: - Edible fruit (HS Code: 08.03)- Cereals (HS Codes: 10.01 and 10.02)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Animal Disease (Prohibition use of anabolic hormones, thyrostatic substances and growth promoters) regulations, 2006
Distribution date: 06 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 04 February 2020
This regulation describes the importation, distribution and use of prohibited substances including anabolic hormones, thyrostatic substances and growth promoters in stock production.
Products Covered: Anabolic hormones, thyrostatic substances and growth promoters
Regulation Type: Regular notification
The Dairy Regulations, 2019
Distribution date: 06 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 04 February 2020
Regulations to provide for the control and improvement of the dairy industry, its products and for incidental and connected matters.
Products Covered: HS Code(s): 04, 8434, 1517, 1702, 1901, 2106, 2105, 3502; ICS Code(s): 67.100
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Animal Disease Act (Regulation and Control of Veterinary Drugs and Medicinal Substances) Regulations, 2012
Distribution date: 06 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 04 February 2020
The overall regulation and control of importation, distribution and use of veterinary drugs and medicinal substances. The regulations shall protect animals from substandard veterinary medicinal products and humans from veterinary drugs residues in food of animal origin.
Products Covered: Veterinary drugs and medicinal substances
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Ordinance 249, 25 November 2019 (Portaria MAPA nº 249, de 25 de novembro de 2019) published by the Brazilian Official Gazette 230, on 28 November 2019
Distribution date: 09 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 26 January 2019
The notified regulation opens a 60-day period for public consultation on the draft of a technical regulation establishing the identity and minimum quality requirements that must meet gelatin, fish gelatin and hydrolyzed gelatin, collagen, skin, shavings and scrapes for gelatin and collagen production.
Products Covered: 3503.00 - gelatin
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Food Enzymes to Enable the Use of Xylanase from Trichoderma reesei (LOVxlnA#568.4) in Bread, Flour, Whole Wheat Flour and Unstandardized Bakery Products - Reference Number: NOM/ADM-0141
Distribution date: 11 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 09 May 2025
Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a premarket safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of Xylanase from Trichoderma reesei (LOVxlnA#568.4) in Bread, Flour, Whole Wheat Flour and Unstandardized Bakery Products. The results of the Food Directorate's evaluation of available scientific data support the safety of xylanase from T. reesei (LOVxlnA#568.4) when used as requested by the petitioner. Therefore, Health Canada has modified the List of Permitted Food Enzymes, effective 21 November 2019. 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: Xylanase from Trichoderma reesei (LOVxlnA#568.4) (ICS Codes: 67.060, 67.220.20)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Resolution – RDC number 316, October 17th, 2019
Distribution date: 13 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 09 May 2025
This resolution establishes the sanitary technical requirements for desalinated, potable, and bottled seawater. This regulation will be also notified to the TBT committee.
Products Covered: HS Code(s): 84133090 (desalinated sea water); ICS Code(s): 13
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Draft resolution number 732, October 22nd, 2019, regarding the active ingredient C36 - CIPROCONAZOL (cyproconazole) of the Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, published by Resolution - RE n° 165 of 29th August 2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of 2nd September 2003
Distribution date: 13 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 21 December 2019
This Draft resolution incorporates the following changes for the active ingredient C36 - CIPROCONAZOL (cyproconazole) from the Relation of Monographies of Active Ingredients of Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, all in the modality of foliar use (application):-includes the sorghum culture with MRL of 0,01 mg/kg and safety security period of 15 days;-changes the MRL of the cotton culture from 0,05 to 0,1 mg/kg;-changes the MRL of the rice culture from 0,4 to 1,0 mg/kg.
Products Covered: HS Code(s): 100700, 52, 1006; ICS Code(s): 13, 65
Regulation Type: Regular notification
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