Regulatory Updates
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
Distribution date: 19 March 2013 | Final date for Comment: 18 May 2013
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemicals. Pesticides: Formetanate hydrochloride and pyrimethanil.
Products Covered: - Meat and edible meat offal (HS Codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06 and 02.08) - Dairy produce, birds' eggs and natural honey (HS Code: 04.01) - Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS Code: 05.04) - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Codes: 07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 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: 09.03, 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 and 12.10) - Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Draft Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Measure on entitled "Food Additives (No. 4): Steviol glycoside"
Distribution date: 11 March 2013
The information in box 6 clause 3 of Notification G/SPS/N/THA/211 should be corrected to read as follows: Clause 3. Steviol glycosides are purified extracts of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. Associated glycosides include stevioside, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside B, rebaudioside C, rebaudioside D, rebaudioside F, dulcoside A, rubusoside and steviolbioside.
Products Covered:
Regulation Type: Corrigendum to Regular Notification
Draft Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Measure on entitled "Food Additives (No. 4): Steviol glycoside"
Distribution date: 11 March 2013
The information in box 6 clause 3 of Notification G/SPS/N/THA/211 should be corrected to read as follows: Clause 3. Steviol glycosides are purified extracts of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. Associated glycosides include stevioside, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside B, rebaudioside C, rebaudioside D, rebaudioside F, dulcoside A, rubusoside and steviolbioside.
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Regulation Type: Corrigendum to Regular Notification
Letters of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision No. FS-AS-7/2057 as of 22 February 2013 and No. FS-AS-7/2242 as of 28 February 2013
Distribution date: 08 March 2013
These letters introduce a temporary restriction on import of live poultry, incubative eggs, down and feather, poultry and all types of poultry products, which were not heat treated (no less than 70ºC), feed and feed additives and equipment for keeping, slaughter and cutting of poultry from Markisch-Oderland district, Brandenburg (Germany) due to low pathogenic avian influenza (AI) outbreak.
Products Covered: HS Codes: 0105, 0207, 0505, 1001 19 000 0, 1001 99 000 0, 1002 90 000 0, 1003 90 000 0, 1004 90 000 0, 1005 90 000 0, 1201 90 000 0, 1208, 1211, 1213 00 000 0, 1214, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304 00 000, 2306, 2308 00, 2309, 3507, 3923, 3926, 4415, 4416 00 000 0, 4421, 7020 00, 7309 00, 7310, 7326, 7616, 8436 21 000 0, 8436 29 000 0, 8436 80 900 0, 8606 91 800 0, 8609 00, 8716 39 800, 0407
Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)
Letters of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision No. FS-AS-7/2057 as of 22 February 2013 and No. FS-AS-7/2242 as of 28 February 2013
Distribution date: 08 March 2013
These letters introduce a temporary restriction on import of live poultry, incubative eggs, down and feather, poultry and all types of poultry products, which were not heat treated (no less than 70ºC), feed and feed additives and equipment for keeping, slaughter and cutting of poultry from Markisch-Oderland district, Brandenburg (Germany) due to low pathogenic avian influenza (AI) outbreak.
Products Covered: HS Codes: 0105, 0207, 0505, 1001 19 000 0, 1001 99 000 0, 1002 90 000 0, 1003 90 000 0, 1004 90 000 0, 1005 90 000 0, 1201 90 000 0, 1208, 1211, 1213 00 000 0, 1214, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304 00 000, 2306, 2308 00, 2309, 3507, 3923, 3926, 4415, 4416 00 000 0, 4421, 7020 00, 7309 00, 7310, 7326, 7616, 8436 21 000 0, 8436 29 000 0, 8436 80 900 0, 8606 91 800 0, 8609 00, 8716 39 800, 0407
Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)
Use of Materials Derived From Cattle in Human Food and Cosmetics; Reopening of the Comment Period
Distribution date: 08 March 2013 | Final date for Comment: 03 May 2013
SUMMARY: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening the comment period for the interim final rule entitled "Use of Materials Derived From Cattle in Human Food and Cosmetics" that published in the Federal Register of 14 July 2004 (69 FR 42256). The interim final rule prohibited the use of certain cattle material to address the potential risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in human food, including dietary supplements, and cosmetics. In the Federal Register of 7 September 2005 (70 FR 53063), FDA amended the interim final rule to make changes, including providing that the small intestine of cattle, formerly prohibited cattle material, could be used in human food and cosmetics if the distal ileum was removed by a specified procedure or one that the establishment could demonstrate is equally effective in ensuring complete removal of the distal ileum. Since 2005, peer-reviewed studies have been published showing the presence of infectivity in the proximal ileum, jejunum, ileocecal junction, and colon of cattle with BSE. Therefore, FDA is reopening the comment period for the interim final rule to give interested parties an opportunity to comment on the new studies concerning infectivity in parts of the small intestine other than the distal ileum. Federal Register 78 FR 14012 4 March 2013, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-03-04/pdf/2013-04869.pdf
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Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Use of Materials Derived From Cattle in Human Food and Cosmetics; Reopening of the Comment Period
Distribution date: 08 March 2013 | Final date for Comment: 03 May 2013
SUMMARY: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening the comment period for the interim final rule entitled "Use of Materials Derived From Cattle in Human Food and Cosmetics" that published in the Federal Register of 14 July 2004 (69 FR 42256). The interim final rule prohibited the use of certain cattle material to address the potential risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in human food, including dietary supplements, and cosmetics. In the Federal Register of 7 September 2005 (70 FR 53063), FDA amended the interim final rule to make changes, including providing that the small intestine of cattle, formerly prohibited cattle material, could be used in human food and cosmetics if the distal ileum was removed by a specified procedure or one that the establishment could demonstrate is equally effective in ensuring complete removal of the distal ileum. Since 2005, peer-reviewed studies have been published showing the presence of infectivity in the proximal ileum, jejunum, ileocecal junction, and colon of cattle with BSE. Therefore, FDA is reopening the comment period for the interim final rule to give interested parties an opportunity to comment on the new studies concerning infectivity in parts of the small intestine other than the distal ileum. Federal Register 78 FR 14012 4 March 2013, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-03-04/pdf/2013-04869.pdf
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Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Draft of the Eurasian Economic Commission Collegium Decisions on amendments to the Common veterinary (veterinary and sanitary) requirements No. 317 as of 18 June 2010
Distribution date: 06 March 2013 | Final date for Comment: 01 April 2013
The document introduces amendments to CU legislation specifically to the General provisions of the Common veterinary requirements. These amendments specify that establishments of the third countries are obliged to use raw materials of animal origin produced by establishments which have the right to supply the products to the Customs Union territory. This requirement applies for the products which contain components of animal origin.
Products Covered: HS Codes: 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205 00, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210, 0301, 0302, 0303, 0304, 0305, 0306, 0307, 0308, 0401, 0402, 0403, 0404, 0405, 0406, 0407, 0408, 0504 00 000 0, 1601 00, 1602, 1604, 1605, from 190220, from 190420, from 20, from 2104, from 2106, 2301, from 2105 00, 2309, from 2106, from 3501, 3502, 3503 00
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Draft of the Eurasian Economic Commission Collegium Decisions on amendments to the Common veterinary (veterinary and sanitary) requirements No. 317 as of 18 June 2010
Distribution date: 06 March 2013 | Final date for Comment: 01 April 2013
The document introduces amendments to CU legislation specifically to the General provisions of the Common veterinary requirements. These amendments specify that establishments of the third countries are obliged to use raw materials of animal origin produced by establishments which have the right to supply the products to the Customs Union territory. This requirement applies for the products which contain components of animal origin.
Products Covered: HS Codes: 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205 00, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210, 0301, 0302, 0303, 0304, 0305, 0306, 0307, 0308, 0401, 0402, 0403, 0404, 0405, 0406, 0407, 0408, 0504 00 000 0, 1601 00, 1602, 1604, 1605, from 190220, from 190420, from 20, from 2104, from 2106, 2301, from 2105 00, 2309, from 2106, from 3501, 3502, 3503 00
Regulation Type: Regular notification
TITLE: Declaration of Prion as a Pest Under FIFRA; Related Amendments; and Availability of Final Test Guidelines ; ; AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ; ; ACTION: Final rule ; ; SUMMARY: With this final rule EPA declares a prion (i.e., proteinaceous infectious particle) to be a pest under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and amends the regulations to expressly include prion within the regulatory definition of pest. This final rule also amends existing pesticide product performance data requirements to clarify that efficacy data are required for pesticide products with prion-related claims. In addition, EPA is announcing the availability of final test guidelines on generating the product performance data for prion-related pesticide products. ; ; DATES: This final rule is effective 29 April 2013. ; ; URLs: ; http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-02-28/html/2013-04613.htm ; http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-02-28/pdf/2013-04613.pdf ;
Distribution date: 06 March 2013
Products Covered: Pesticides (HS 3808; ICS 13.020, 65.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
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