Chemical Regulatory Updates – Latest Global Changes

Notification of updating the Annex of the adopted Animal Health Requirements for raw milk/milk products to be exported to Japan

Distribution date: 04 August 2017

As was announced in G/SPS/N/JPN/471/Add.1 dated 14 November 2016, the revised Article 45 of "the Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control" will enter into force on 1 November 2017, and raw milk/milk products will be added to the list of items subject to animal health quarantine. In G/SPS/N/JPN/471/Add.2 dated 16 February 2017, MAFF proposed the draft Animal Health Requirements to set out detailed import conditions including required statements in the health certificate to be applied to raw milk/milk products to be imported into Japan from 1 November 2017(*). In G/SPS/N/JPN/471/Add.3 dated 1 May 2017, MAFF proposed the adopted Animal Health Requirements for raw milk/milk products to be exported to Japan and the model format of the health certificate. This is to notify Ukraine and Puerto Rico are added on Listed countries of the Annex of the adopted Animal Health Requirements:http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/JPN/17_3487_00_e.pdf (*)Note:Raw milk/milk products arriving in Japan on and after 1 November 2017, including products exported from exporting countries before 1 November 2017, will need to be accompanied by the health certificate issued by the competent authority of the exporting country in accordance with the AHRs.

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Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Modification of content/scope of regulation

Resolution No. 0075 - Temporary prohibition of the entry into Ecuador of all livestock products (live animals of all susceptible species and products and by-products of animal origin) from the Republic of Colombia that could transmit the foot-and-mouth disease virus

Distribution date: 04 August 2017

Resolution No. 0097 amending Article 1 of Resolution No. 0075 of 26 June 2017. The amendment concerns Article 1 alone; the other Articles of Resolution No. 0075 of 26 June 2017 remain in force in their entirety. Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/ECU/17_3482_00_s.pdf.

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Regulation Type: Addendum to Emergency Notification (SPS)

Modification of content/scope of regulation

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

Distribution date: 04 August 2017 | Final date for Comment: 03 October 2017

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

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) - 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) - 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: 09.01, 09.02, 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, 10.06, 10.07 and 10.08) - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 12.12) - Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06)- Cacao and cacao preparations (HS Code: 18.01)