Distribution date: 09 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 08 June 2024

El Proyecto de Decisión contiene las disposiciones que regula los regímenes sanitarios, de control de calidad y vigilancia sanitaria en relación con la producción, procesamiento, envasado, acondicionamiento, importación, almacenamiento, expendio, expendio por sistemas de “refill” o rellano y comercialización de los productos de higiene doméstica y productos absorbentes de higiene personal.

Products Covered: EXTRACTOS CURTIENTES O TINTÓREOS; TANINOS Y SUS DERIVADOS; PIGMENTOS Y DEMÁS MATERIAS COLORANTES; PINTURAS Y BARNICES; MÁSTIQUES; TINTAS (Código(s) del SA: 32); ACEITES ESENCIALES Y RESINOIDES; PREPARACIONES DE PERFUMERÍA, DE TOCADOR O DE COSMÉTICA (Código(s) del SA: 33); JABONES, AGENTES DE SUPERFICIE ORGÁNICOS, PREPARACIONES PARA LAVAR, PREPARACIONES LUBRICANTES, CERAS ARTIFICIALES, CERAS PREPARADAS, PRODUCTOS DE LIMPIEZA, VELAS Y ARTÍCULOS SIMILARES, PASTAS PARA MODELAR, «CERAS PARA ODONTOLOGÍA» Y PREPARACIONES PARA ODONTOLOGÍA A BASE DE YESO FRAGUABLE (Código(s) del SA: 34); PRODUCTOS DIVERSOS DE LAS INDUSTRIAS QUÍMICAS (Código(s) del SA: 38); PAPEL Y CARTÓN; MANUFACTURAS DE PASTA DE CELULOSA, DE PAPEL O CARTÓN (Código(s) del SA: 48); MANUFACTURAS DIVERSAS (Código(s) del SA: 96)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 09 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 08 June 2024

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for anti-aging/ antiwrinkle products. This standard does not apply to skincare products covered by EAS 786, aromatherapy substances, sun protection products and hair creams, lotions and gels.

Products Covered: ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 33); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS code(s): 71.100.70); anti-aging skincare products; anti-wrinkle skincare products

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 09 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 08 June 2024

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for anti-aging/ antiwrinkle products. This standard does not apply to skincare products covered by EAS 786, aromatherapy substances, sun protection products and hair creams, lotions and gels.

Products Covered: ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 33); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS code(s): 71.100.70); anti-aging skincare products; anti-wrinkle skincare products

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 09 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 08 June 2024

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for anti-aging/ antiwrinkle products. This standard does not apply to skincare products covered by EAS 786, aromatherapy substances, sun protection products and hair creams, lotions and gels.

Products Covered: ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 33); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS code(s): 71.100.70); anti-aging skincare products; anti-wrinkle skincare products

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 09 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 08 June 2024

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for anti-aging/ antiwrinkle products. This standard does not apply to skincare products covered by EAS 786, aromatherapy substances, sun protection products and hair creams, lotions and gels.

Products Covered: ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 33); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS code(s): 71.100.70); anti-aging skincare products; anti-wrinkle skincare products

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 09 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 08 June 2024

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for anti-aging/ antiwrinkle products. This standard does not apply to skincare products covered by EAS 786, aromatherapy substances, sun protection products and hair creams, lotions and gels.

Products Covered: ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 33); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS code(s): 71.100.70); anti-aging skincare products; anti-wrinkle skincare products

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 10 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 09 June 2024

These measures would amend Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 as applicable in GB (“the Cosmetics Regulation”) as they apply in [England, Wales and Scotland]. The amendments would prohibit or restrict the use of certain chemical substances in cosmetic products.  We plan to amend the Cosmetics Regulation to permit the use of kojic acid for use at a maximum concentration of up to 1% in the following cosmetic products: face and hand products. We will also amend the Cosmetic Regulation to prohibit the use of chemicals classified as CMR substances under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (the GB CLP Regulation).

Products Covered: Cosmetics products are defined by Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.   ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 33); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS code(s): 71.100.70)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 10 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 22 April 2025

APA/SDA Ordinance No. 724, 23 December 2022 that approves technical regulation on the identity and quality requirements for hamburgers, notified as G/TBT/N/BRA/1275/Add.1 was amended by MAPA/SDA Ordinance No. 1076, 14 March 2024.

Products Covered: Prepared or preserved meat or offal of bovine animals (excl. sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 10 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 10 May 2024

The Minimum Requirements for Biological Products will be amended as follows:･ GENERAL RULESRegarding the standard for “Nasally Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine”, the section of “Attenuation Assay” will be deleted. And the standard for “Purified Typhoid Vi Polysaccharide Vaccine” that is to be newly approved will be added. ・STANDARDSThe section of “Standard Antimeasles Serum” will be partially amended. The Public Notice on National Release Testing will be amended as follows: The criterion, fee, and quantity for “Purified Typhoid Vi Polysaccharide Vaccine” that is to be newly approved will be added. And the criterion, fee, and quantity for “Human Serum Albumin” and “Freeze-dried Human Blood Coagulation Factor Ⅷ Concentrate” will be partially amended. In addition, the criterion and fee for “Human Plasma Protein Fraction”　will be partially amended. 

Products Covered: PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS (HS code(s): 30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 10 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 04 May 2024

Updating the text of the Requirements for labeling medicinal products for human use and veterinary medicines, taking into account the experience of their enforcement in terms of variants of specifying the expiration date on the internal packaging of medicinal products

Products Covered: 3004 (Medicinal products)

Regulation Type: Regular notification