Regulatory Updates
Proposal: M1012 Amendments to Standard 1.4.2
Distribution date: 23 October 2015
This Proposal sought to amend the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code to consider introducing certain temporary maximum residue limits (MRLs) for residues of agricultural and veterinary chemicals that may occur in food, in order to align standards with the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) temporary MRLs for coumatetralyl and warfarin in pork commodities.
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Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Proposal: M1012 Amendments to Standard 1.4.2
Distribution date: 23 October 2015
This Proposal sought to amend the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code to consider introducing certain temporary maximum residue limits (MRLs) for residues of agricultural and veterinary chemicals that may occur in food, in order to align standards with the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) temporary MRLs for coumatetralyl and warfarin in pork commodities.
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Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Amendment of Article 5 and Article 6 of Regulations for the Labelling of Agro-Pesticides
Distribution date: 21 October 2015 | Final date for Comment: 20 December 2015
<span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">Agro-pesticides contain genetically modified microorganism(s) should be marked with "genetically modified product" on the label.</span>
Products Covered: Agro-pesticides (CCCN: 1302.19.30.00-6; 3808.50.00.10-5; 3808.50.00.90-8; 3808.91.10.00-6; 3808.91.90.00-9; 3808.92.10.90-6; 3808.92.20.90-4; 3808.99.11.00-7; 3808.99.12.00-6; 3808.99.21.00-5; 2908.91.00.00-9; 2848.00.90.10-1; 3808.93.11.00-3; 3808.93.12.00-2; 3808.93.19.00-5; 3808.93.21.00-1; 3808.93.22.00-0)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Amendment of Article 5 and Article 6 of Regulations for the Labelling of Agro-Pesticides
Distribution date: 21 October 2015 | Final date for Comment: 20 December 2015
<span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">Agro-pesticides contain genetically modified microorganism(s) should be marked with "genetically modified product" on the label.</span>
Products Covered: Agro-pesticides (CCCN: 1302.19.30.00-6; 3808.50.00.10-5; 3808.50.00.90-8; 3808.91.10.00-6; 3808.91.90.00-9; 3808.92.10.90-6; 3808.92.20.90-4; 3808.99.11.00-7; 3808.99.12.00-6; 3808.99.21.00-5; 2908.91.00.00-9; 2848.00.90.10-1; 3808.93.11.00-3; 3808.93.12.00-2; 3808.93.19.00-5; 3808.93.21.00-1; 3808.93.22.00-0)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
<p style="margin:6pt 0cm;">This addendum aims at informing that the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, issued the Ordinance Nº 526, 16 October 2015, in order to make some adjustments in the Technical Regulation for Safety Matches, issued by Ordinance Nº 624, 22 November 2012 (G/TBT/N/BRA/501/Add.1).</p><p>Comments and suggestions will be accepted until 18 November 2015.</p><p>The full text is available in Portuguese and can be downloaded at: <a href="http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002325.pdf">http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002325.pdf</a></p>
Distribution date: 20 October 2015
Products Covered: HS 3605.00
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
<p style="margin:6pt 0cm;">This addendum aims at informing that the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, issued the Ordinance Nº 526, 16 October 2015, in order to make some adjustments in the Technical Regulation for Safety Matches, issued by Ordinance Nº 624, 22 November 2012 (G/TBT/N/BRA/501/Add.1).</p><p>Comments and suggestions will be accepted until 18 November 2015.</p><p>The full text is available in Portuguese and can be downloaded at: <a href="http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002325.pdf">http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002325.pdf</a></p>
Distribution date: 20 October 2015
Products Covered: HS 3605.00
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
<p style="margin:6pt 0cm;">This addendum aims at informing that the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, issued the Ordinance Nº 526, 16 October 2015, in order to make some adjustments in the Conformity Assessment procedures Safety Matches, issued by Ordinance Nº 641, 30 November 2012 (G/TBT/N/BRA/504/Add.1).</p><p>Comments and suggestions will be accepted until 18 November 2015.</p><p>The full text is available in Portuguese and can be downloaded at: <a href="http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002325.pdf">http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002325.pdf</a></p>
Distribution date: 20 October 2015
Products Covered: Matches (HS 3605).
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
<p style="margin:6pt 0cm;">This addendum aims at informing that the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, issued the Ordinance Nº 526, 16 October 2015, in order to make some adjustments in the Conformity Assessment procedures Safety Matches, issued by Ordinance Nº 641, 30 November 2012 (G/TBT/N/BRA/504/Add.1).</p><p>Comments and suggestions will be accepted until 18 November 2015.</p><p>The full text is available in Portuguese and can be downloaded at: <a href="http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002325.pdf">http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002325.pdf</a></p>
Distribution date: 20 October 2015
Products Covered: Matches (HS 3605).
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Notice of Consultation - Prescription Drug List (PDL): Polymyxin B (2 pages, in English and French)
Distribution date: 16 October 2015 | Final date for Comment: 15 December 2015
<span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">The purpose of this Notice of Consultation is to provide an opportunity to comment on the proposal to switch certain uses of Polymyxin B to prescription status for veterinary use by adding it to the Veterinary Prescription Drug List (PDL).</span></span>
Products Covered: Prescription status of medicinal ingredients for human use (ICS: 11.120; HS: 3004.90)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Notice of Consultation - Prescription Drug List (PDL): Polymyxin B (2 pages, in English and French)
Distribution date: 16 October 2015 | Final date for Comment: 15 December 2015
<span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">The purpose of this Notice of Consultation is to provide an opportunity to comment on the proposal to switch certain uses of Polymyxin B to prescription status for veterinary use by adding it to the Veterinary Prescription Drug List (PDL).</span></span>
Products Covered: Prescription status of medicinal ingredients for human use (ICS: 11.120; HS: 3004.90)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
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