Regulatory Updates

DEAS 842-1: 2025, Hair shampoo — Part 1: Soap based — Specification, Second Edition

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Distribution date: 01 July 2025 | Final date for Comment: 30 August 2025

This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for soap-based hair shampoo.

Products Covered: Shampoos (HS code(s): 330510); Surface active agents (ICS code(s): 71.100.40)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

DEAS 842-1: 2025, Hair shampoo — Part 1: Soap based — Specification, Second Edition

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Distribution date: 01 July 2025 | Final date for Comment: 30 August 2025

This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for soap-based hair shampoo.

Products Covered: Shampoos (HS code(s): 330510); Surface active agents (ICS code(s): 71.100.40)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

DEAS 842-1: 2025, Hair shampoo — Part 1: Soap based — Specification, Second Edition

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Distribution date: 01 July 2025 | Final date for Comment: 30 August 2025

This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for soap-based hair shampoo.

Products Covered: Shampoos (HS code(s): 330510); Surface active agents (ICS code(s): 71.100.40)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

DEAS 186-1: 2025, Bathing soap — specification — Part 1: solid, Second Edition

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Distribution date: 01 July 2025 | Final date for Comment: 30 August 2025

This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for solid bathing soap. It does not apply to carbolic soap or specialty soaps such as, transparent soap, floating soap, liquid soap, beauty soap or sea-water soap.

Products Covered: Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use, incl. medicated products (HS code(s): 340111); Surface active agents (ICS code(s): 71.100.40)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

DEAS 186-1: 2025, Bathing soap — specification — Part 1: solid, Second Edition

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Distribution date: 01 July 2025 | Final date for Comment: 30 August 2025

This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for solid bathing soap. It does not apply to carbolic soap or specialty soaps such as, transparent soap, floating soap, liquid soap, beauty soap or sea-water soap.

Products Covered: Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use, incl. medicated products (HS code(s): 340111); Surface active agents (ICS code(s): 71.100.40)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

DEAS 186-1: 2025, Bathing soap — specification — Part 1: solid, Second Edition

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Distribution date: 01 July 2025 | Final date for Comment: 30 August 2025

This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for solid bathing soap. It does not apply to carbolic soap or specialty soaps such as, transparent soap, floating soap, liquid soap, beauty soap or sea-water soap.

Products Covered: Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use, incl. medicated products (HS code(s): 340111); Surface active agents (ICS code(s): 71.100.40)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

DEAS 842-1: 2025, Hair shampoo — Part 1: Soap based — Specification, Second Edition

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Distribution date: 01 July 2025 | Final date for Comment: 30 August 2025

This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for soap-based hair shampoo.

Products Covered: Shampoos (HS code(s): 330510); Surface active agents (ICS code(s): 71.100.40)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Deltamethrin and Tralomethrin: Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard)

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Distribution date: 01 July 2025 | Final date for Comment: 30 August 2025

Proposal for the amendments of the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the agricultural chemical: Deltamethrin and Tralomethrin. Commodity (for feed)        Proposed MRL(mg/kg)      Current MRL(mg/kg)Oats                                                    2                                         1Barley                                                  2                                         1Wheat                                                 2                                         1Maize                                                   2                                         1Milo                                                     2                                         1Rye                                                     2                                         1Hay                                                     1                                         5 Note:- Residue definition for enforcement: Sum of deltamethrin (including deltamethrin converted from tralomethrin), and metabolites CR[(R)-α-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl=(1R,3R)-3-(dibromovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate] and CT[(S)-α-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl=(1S,3S)-3-(dibromovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate] converted to deltamethrin.- Hay includes hay and fodder (dry), straw, forage (green) and silage. The MRL is set as 90% dry matter base.

Products Covered: Oats (HS code: 10.04), barley (HS code: 10.03), wheat (HS code: 10.01), maize (HS code: 10.05), milo (HS code: 10.07), rye (HS code: 10.02),  hay (HS code: 12.13, 12.14) for feed

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Human health Food safety Maximum residue limits (MRLs)

Cyfluthrin: Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard)

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Distribution date: 01 July 2025 | Final date for Comment: 30 August 2025

Proposal for the amendments of the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the agricultural chemical: Cyfluthrin. Commodity (for feed)        Proposed MRL(mg/kg)      Current MRL(mg/kg)Wheat                                                 0.2                                      2Maize                                                   0.05                                   2Milo                                                     3.5                                      2Hay                                                     50                                       3 Note:- Residue definition for enforcement: Cyfluthrin (sum of isomers).- Hay includes hay and fodder (dry), straw, forage (green) and silage. The MRL is set as 90% dry matter base.

Products Covered: Wheat (HS code: 10.01), maize (HS code: 10.05), milo (HS code: 10.07), hay (HS code: 12.13, 12.14) for feed

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Food safety Human health Maximum residue limits (MRLs)

Fenitrothion: Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard)

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Distribution date: 01 July 2025

Proposal for the amendments of the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the agricultural chemical: Fenitrothion. Commodity (for feed)        Proposed MRL(mg/kg)      Current MRL(mg/kg)Oats                                                    6                                         1Barley                                                  6                                         5Wheat                                               15                                       10Milo                                                     6                                         1Rye                                                     6                                         1 Note:- Residue definition for enforcement: Fenitrothion.

Products Covered: Oats (HS code: 10.04), barley (HS code: 10.03), wheat (HS code:10.01), milo (HS Code: 10.07) and rye (HS Code: 10.02) for feed

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Food safety Human health Maximum residue limits (MRLs)

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