Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 06 June 2025 | Final date for Comment: 05 August 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for paper based mosquito repellents formulated and prepared as special paper cards infused with mosquito repellent chemicals that acts on burning the paper.

Products Covered: Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up for retail sale or as preparations or articles, e.g. sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers (HS code(s): 3808); Insecticides (ICS code(s): 65.100.10); Mosquito repellents

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 06 June 2025 | Final date for Comment: 05 August 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for paper based mosquito repellents formulated and prepared as special paper cards infused with mosquito repellent chemicals that acts on burning the paper.

Products Covered: Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up for retail sale or as preparations or articles, e.g. sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers (HS code(s): 3808); Insecticides (ICS code(s): 65.100.10); Mosquito repellents

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 06 June 2025 | Final date for Comment: 05 August 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for paper based mosquito repellents formulated and prepared as special paper cards infused with mosquito repellent chemicals that acts on burning the paper.

Products Covered: Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up for retail sale or as preparations or articles, e.g. sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers (HS code(s): 3808); Insecticides (ICS code(s): 65.100.10); Mosquito repellents

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 06 June 2025 | Final date for Comment: 05 August 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for paper based mosquito repellents formulated and prepared as special paper cards infused with mosquito repellent chemicals that acts on burning the paper.

Products Covered: Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up for retail sale or as preparations or articles, e.g. sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers (HS code(s): 3808); Insecticides (ICS code(s): 65.100.10); Mosquito repellents

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 06 June 2025 | Final date for Comment: 05 August 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for paper based mosquito repellents formulated and prepared as special paper cards infused with mosquito repellent chemicals that acts on burning the paper.

Products Covered: Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up for retail sale or as preparations or articles, e.g. sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers (HS code(s): 3808); Insecticides (ICS code(s): 65.100.10); Mosquito repellents

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 05 June 2025 | Final date for Comment: 04 August 2025

 This Draft Malawi Standard covers wax emulsion paste polish and two types of wax emulsion liquid polish suitable for use on furniture and floors other than (in the case of polish containing an organic solvent) those of thermoplastic (asphalt), flexible vinyl, linoleum, and rubber 

Products Covered: Polishes, creams and similar preparations, for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other woodwork, whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations (excl. artificial and prepared waxes of heading 3404) (HS code(s): 340520); Paints and varnishes (ICS code(s): 87.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 04 June 2025 | Final date for Comment: 10 August 2025

- clarification of the provisions of the Article 2 of the TR CU 028/2012 "Definitions"; - statement of the procedure for conformity assessment in the Article 7 of the TR CU 028/2012 "Conformity assessment" based on standard conformity assessment schemes (the Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 44 (April 18, 2018));- statement of the Article 8 of the TR CU 028/2012 "Marking with a single product circulation mark on the Union market" 

Products Covered: Explosives and Products on their Basis 

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 03 June 2025

This letter introduces temporary restrictions on imports of live poultry, poultry products, eggs, equipment for poultry, feed and feed additives for birds from Liberia to the Russian Federation, as well as on the transit of live birds through the territory of the Russian Federation due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Liberia.

Products Covered: Live poultry, egg products, meat and edible offal of poultry, poultry meat products, incubation egg of poultry, incubation egg (except poultry egg), live bird (except poultry), feed and feed additives for birds, equipment for the maintenance, slaughter and cutting of birds (HS code(s): 0105; 0207; 0208; 0209; 0210; 0408; 0410; 0504; 0505; 0511; 1506; 1510; 1516; 1518; 1601; 1602; 1603; 190220; 190420; 2102; 2104; 2106; 2309; 2936; 3504; 3808; 3824; 3923; 3926; 4206; 4415; 4416; 4421; 7020; 7309; 7310; 7326; 7616; 843610; 84362; 843680; 860691; 8609; 8716; 950810; 9705)

Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)

Distribution date: 03 June 2025

This letter introduces temporary restrictions on the imports of live poultry and poultry products from Malta to the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as on the transit of live poultry through the territory of the Russian Federation due to the outbreak of Newcastle disease in Malta.

Products Covered: Live poultry, egg products, meat and edible offal of poultry, poultry meat products, incubation egg of poultry, incubation egg (except poultry egg), live bird (except poultry), feed and feed additives for birds, equipment for the maintenance, slaughter and cutting of birds (HS code(s): 0105; 0207; 0208; 0209; 0210; 0407; 0408; 0410; 0504; 0505; 0511; 1506; 1510; 1516; 1518; 1601; 1602; 1603; 1902; 1904; 2102; 2104; 2106; 2309; 2936; 3504; 3507; 3808; 3824; 3923; 3926; 4206; 4415; 4416; 4421; 7020; 7309; 7310; 7326; 7616; 8436; 8606; 8609; 8716)

Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)

Distribution date: 02 June 2025

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is confirming the effective date of 19 February 2025, for the final order that appeared in the Federal Register of 17 January 2025. The final order amends the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of myoglobin as a color additive in ground meat and ground poultry analogue products. The effective date of 19 February 2025, for the final order published in the Federal Register of 17 January 2025 (90 FR 5590) is confirmed.

Products Covered: HS Code(s): 20, 3203; ICS Code(s): 67

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification