Regulatory Updates
Draft Amendment of the Official Standards for Ordinary Fertilizers, etc. (2 pages in English)
Distribution date: 08 July 2013 | Final date for Comment: 06 September 2013
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 29.5pt;text-indent:-29.5pt;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><span>In order to make bovine Flesh-Bone Meal able to be used as a fertilizer, the following requirements are to be</span></span></span><span> </span>established: </p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 29.45pt;text-indent:-11.45pt;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><span>(i) Specification to take measures, such as addition of materials to prevent cattle etc. from eating the fertilizer in the Official Standards.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 29.45pt;text-indent:-11.45pt;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><span>(ii) Labeling to prevent the fertilizer from being misused for livestock, etc.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">(2)<span> </span>The Official Standards of Complex fertilizer and Mixed fertilizer are considered to be amended</span></span>
Products Covered: Fertilizer (HS: 3101, 3103, 3105)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Draft Amendment of the Official Standards for Ordinary Fertilizers, etc. (2 pages in English)
Distribution date: 08 July 2013 | Final date for Comment: 06 September 2013
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 29.5pt;text-indent:-29.5pt;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><span>In order to make bovine Flesh-Bone Meal able to be used as a fertilizer, the following requirements are to be</span></span></span><span> </span>established: </p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 29.45pt;text-indent:-11.45pt;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><span>(i) Specification to take measures, such as addition of materials to prevent cattle etc. from eating the fertilizer in the Official Standards.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 29.45pt;text-indent:-11.45pt;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><span>(ii) Labeling to prevent the fertilizer from being misused for livestock, etc.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">(2)<span> </span>The Official Standards of Complex fertilizer and Mixed fertilizer are considered to be amended</span></span>
Products Covered: Fertilizer (HS: 3101, 3103, 3105)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Sanitary import requirements of bovine fetal serum.
Distribution date: 03 July 2013 | Final date for Comment: 01 September 2013
Draft regulation that establishes the sanitary import requirements of bovine fetal serum.
Products Covered: Bovine fetal serum - HS Code: 300120.
Regulation Type: Revision to Regular Notification
Sanitary import requirements of bovine fetal serum.
Distribution date: 03 July 2013 | Final date for Comment: 01 September 2013
Draft regulation that establishes the sanitary import requirements of bovine fetal serum.
Products Covered: Bovine fetal serum - HS Code: 300120.
Regulation Type: Revision to Regular Notification
Sanitary import requirements for bovine blood, plasma, serum and products.
Distribution date: 03 July 2013 | Final date for Comment: 01 September 2013
Draft regulation that establishes the sanitary import requirements for bovine blood, plasma, serum and products (except blood meal).
Products Covered: Blood, plasma, serum and products - HS Code: 300210.
Regulation Type: Revision to Regular Notification
Sanitary import requirements for bovine blood, plasma, serum and products.
Distribution date: 03 July 2013 | Final date for Comment: 01 September 2013
Draft regulation that establishes the sanitary import requirements for bovine blood, plasma, serum and products (except blood meal).
Products Covered: Blood, plasma, serum and products - HS Code: 300210.
Regulation Type: Revision to Regular Notification
<pre><p>TITLE: Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Reactive Blue 246 and Reactive Blue 247 Copolymers; Confirmation of Effective Date</p><p>AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS</p><p>ACTION: Final rule; confirmation of effective date</p><p>SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is confirming the effective date of 2 May 2013, for the final rule that published in the Federal Register of 1 April 2013 (78 FR 19413), and that amended the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of additional copolymers of 1,4-bis[4-(2-methacryloxyethyl)phenylamino]anthraquinone (C.I. Reactive Blue 246) and copolymers of 1,4-bis[(2- hydroxyethyl)amino]-9,10-anthracenedione bis(2-methyl-2-propenoic)ester (C.I. Reactive Blue 247) as color additives in contact lenses.</p><p>DATES: Effective date confirmed: 2 May 2013.</p></pre> ; ;http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-06-25/html/2013-15111.htm ;http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-06-25/pdf/2013-15111.pdf
Distribution date: 03 July 2013
Products Covered: Contact lenses (Color Additives) (HS 9001.30; ICS 11.120, 71.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
<pre><p>TITLE: Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Reactive Blue 246 and Reactive Blue 247 Copolymers; Confirmation of Effective Date</p><p>AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS</p><p>ACTION: Final rule; confirmation of effective date</p><p>SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is confirming the effective date of 2 May 2013, for the final rule that published in the Federal Register of 1 April 2013 (78 FR 19413), and that amended the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of additional copolymers of 1,4-bis[4-(2-methacryloxyethyl)phenylamino]anthraquinone (C.I. Reactive Blue 246) and copolymers of 1,4-bis[(2- hydroxyethyl)amino]-9,10-anthracenedione bis(2-methyl-2-propenoic)ester (C.I. Reactive Blue 247) as color additives in contact lenses.</p><p>DATES: Effective date confirmed: 2 May 2013.</p></pre> ; ;http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-06-25/html/2013-15111.htm ;http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-06-25/pdf/2013-15111.pdf
Distribution date: 03 July 2013
Products Covered: Contact lenses (Color Additives) (HS 9001.30; ICS 11.120, 71.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
<p><span style="font-face:Verdana;font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;"><span>TITLE: Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Reactive Blue 246 and Reactive Blue 247 Copolymers; Confirmation of Effective Date</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-face:Verdana;font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;"><span>AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Health and Human Services (HHS)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-face:Verdana;font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;"><span>ACTION: Final rule; confirmation of effective date</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-face:Verdana;font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;"><span>SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is confirming the effective date of 2 May 2013, for the final rule that published in the Federal Register of 1 April 2013 (78 FR 19413), and that amended the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of additional copolymers of 1,4-bis[4-(2-methacryloxyethyl)phenylamino]anthraquinone (C.I. Reactive Blue 246) and copolymers of 1,4-bis[(2- hydroxyethyl)amino]-9,10-anthracenedione bis(2-methyl-2-propenoic)ester (C.I. Reactive Blue 247) as color additives in contact lenses.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-face:Verdana;font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;"><span>DATES: Effective date confirmed: 2 May 2013.</span></span></span></p> ; ;http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-06-25/html/2013-15111.htm ;http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-06-25/pdf/2013-15111.pdf
Distribution date: 03 July 2013
Products Covered: Contact lenses (Color Additives) (HS 9001.30; ICS 11.120, 71.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
<p><span style="font-face:Verdana;font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;"><span>TITLE: Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Reactive Blue 246 and Reactive Blue 247 Copolymers; Confirmation of Effective Date</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-face:Verdana;font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;"><span>AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Health and Human Services (HHS)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-face:Verdana;font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;"><span>ACTION: Final rule; confirmation of effective date</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-face:Verdana;font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;"><span>SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is confirming the effective date of 2 May 2013, for the final rule that published in the Federal Register of 1 April 2013 (78 FR 19413), and that amended the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of additional copolymers of 1,4-bis[4-(2-methacryloxyethyl)phenylamino]anthraquinone (C.I. Reactive Blue 246) and copolymers of 1,4-bis[(2- hydroxyethyl)amino]-9,10-anthracenedione bis(2-methyl-2-propenoic)ester (C.I. Reactive Blue 247) as color additives in contact lenses.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-face:Verdana;font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;"><span>DATES: Effective date confirmed: 2 May 2013.</span></span></span></p> ; ;http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-06-25/html/2013-15111.htm ;http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-06-25/pdf/2013-15111.pdf
Distribution date: 03 July 2013
Products Covered: Contact lenses (Color Additives) (HS 9001.30; ICS 11.120, 71.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
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