Distribution date: 26 November 2024 | Final date for Comment: 20 April 2025

The aim of this addendum is to update WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard, DEAS 801:2022, Soya protein products — Specification, Second Edition notified in  G/SPS/N/BDI/33, G/SPS/N/KEN/189, G/SPS/N/RWA/26, G/SPS/N/TZA/227, G/SPS/N/UGA/229, G/SPS/N/BDI/33/Add.1, G/SPS/N/KEN/189/Add.1, G/SPS/N/RWA/26/Add.1, G/SPS/N/TZA/227/Add.1 and G/SPS/N/UGA/229/Add.1 was adopted by Uganda on 6 August 2024 as a Uganda Standard, US EAS 801:2023, Soya protein products — Specification, Second Edition. The Uganda Standard, US EAS 801:2023, Soya protein products — Specification, Second Edition can be purchased online through the link: 

Products Covered: Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, n.e.s.; hide powder, whether or not chromed (excl. organic or inorganic compounds of mercury whether or not chemically defined) (HS code(s): 3504); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 26 November 2024 | Final date for Comment: 20 April 2025

The aim of this addendum is to update WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard, DEAS 801:2022, Soya protein products — Specification, Second Edition notified in  G/SPS/N/BDI/33, G/SPS/N/KEN/189, G/SPS/N/RWA/26, G/SPS/N/TZA/227, G/SPS/N/UGA/229, G/SPS/N/BDI/33/Add.1, G/SPS/N/KEN/189/Add.1, G/SPS/N/RWA/26/Add.1, G/SPS/N/TZA/227/Add.1 and G/SPS/N/UGA/229/Add.1 was adopted by Uganda on 6 August 2024 as a Uganda Standard, US EAS 801:2023, Soya protein products — Specification, Second Edition. The Uganda Standard, US EAS 801:2023, Soya protein products — Specification, Second Edition can be purchased online through the link: 

Products Covered: Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, n.e.s.; hide powder, whether or not chromed (excl. organic or inorganic compounds of mercury whether or not chemically defined) (HS code(s): 3504); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 28 November 2024 | Final date for Comment: 27 January 2025

Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 5438 part 12 deals with calcium carbonate used to treat water intended for human consumption. This proposed standard revision adopts the European Standard EN 1018: June 2021, with a few changes that appear in the standard's Hebrew section.  The major differences between the old version and this new revised draft standard are as follows:Adds to Section 7.3, dealing with transportation regulation and labelling, a requirement that users shall be aware of incompatibilities between transported products;Adds to Section 7.4, dealing with marking, a new marking requirement that applies also to the accompanying documents;Changes the composition requirements for porous products (Table 1) and their impurities (Table 2). After completion of the revision, the requirements of all sections of the revised standard will be mandatory, except in the national deviations to Section 7.4, the addition of the word “for drinking water treatment.”  

Products Covered: Calcium carbonate for treatment of water intended for human consumption (HS code(s): 283650); (ICS code(s): 71.100.80)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 29 November 2024 | Final date for Comment: 20 April 2025

MAFF will designate Isopropyl ester of 2-hydroxy-4-(metylthio) butanoic acid as a feed additive and set the standards and specifications for feed and feed additives to "Ministerial Ordinance on the Specifications and Standards of Feeds and Feed Additives" (Ordinance No. 35 of 24 July 1976 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

Products Covered: Isopropyl ester of 2-hydroxy-4-(metylthio) butanoic acid as a feed additive

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 02 December 2024 | Final date for Comment: 20 April 2025

The Russian Federation notifies temporary restrictions on imports of live poultry, poultry products and birds' eggs as well as the transit of live poultry from Hajdú–Bihar, Fejér and Baranya regions of Hungary to the territory of the Russian Federation due to  deterioration of the epizootic situation with highly pathogenic avian influenza in the regions mentioned. 

Products Covered: Live poultry, bird eggs, meat and edible offal of poultry, machinery for preparing animal feeding stuffs, poultry incubators and brooders. HS Codes: 0105; 0407, 0408; 0207;0208,0209,0210,0410 00 000 0,0504 00 000 0,0505,0511,1501,1506 00 000 0,1516 10,1518 00,1601 00,1602, 1603 00,1902 20,1904 20,products from group 20, from 2104, from 2106, 4206 00 000 0, 0106; 508 10 000 0,0106,9705 00 000 0; 9508 10 000 0,0106; 2102, 2309, 2936, 3504, 3507, 3808, 3824; 3923,3926,4415 4416 00 000 0, 4421, 7020 00, 7309 00, 7310, 7326, 7616, 8436 10 000 0, 8436 21 000 0, 8436 29 000 0, 8436 80 900 0, 8606 91 800 0, 8609 00, 8716 39 800;

Regulation Type: Addendum to Emergency Notification (SPS)

Distribution date: 02 December 2024 | Final date for Comment: 31 January 2025

The purpose of the notified regulation is to establish the administrative provisions and requirements that are to govern and control cannabis-based medicinal products. It applies to the processed products referred to therein as medicinal products made using cannabis and raw materials containing cannabis plant derivatives, that are to be used and applied in human medicine.

Products Covered: ICS 121190

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 04 December 2024 | Final date for Comment: 20 April 2025

Notice of Availability - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is announcing the availability of the final supplemental risk evaluation under the under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for asbestos Part 2: addressing legacy uses and associated disposal. The purpose of risk evaluations under TSCA is to determine whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, without consideration of costs or non-risk factors, including unreasonable risk to potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations identified as relevant to the risk evaluation by EPA, under the conditions of use. For the part 2 supplemental risk evaluation, the Agency evaluated legacy uses and associated disposals of asbestos including chrysotile asbestos, five additional fiber types, conditions of use for asbestos-containing talc that are subject to TSCA, and Libby asbestos. EPA used the best available science to prepare this final supplemental risk evaluation and determined, based on the weight of scientific evidence, that asbestos poses unreasonable risk to human health. Under TSCA, EPA must initiate risk management actions to address the unreasonable risk.  

Products Covered: Asbestos; Asbestos (excl. products made from asbestos) (HS code(s): 2524); Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Protection against dangerous goods (ICS code(s): 13.300); Production in the chemical industry (ICS code(s): 71.020); Products of the chemical industry (ICS code(s): 71.100)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 05 December 2024 | Final date for Comment: 04 March 2025

As per notification G/TBT/N/NZL/113, the New Zealand Government is establishing a new regulatory system to provide legal harvest assurance for the forestry and wood-processing sector. The Forest (Legal Harvest Assurance) Amendment Act 2023 was passed in May 2023 and is to come into force by no later than 1 August 2027. The government is now consulting on regulatory proposals to give effect to the legal harvest assurance system when it comes into force. These regulatory proposals include:specifying the relevant harvest laws in New Zealand for the purposes of the definition of “legally harvested”refining the scope of timber and timber products for legal harvestobligations and requirements for the people, organisations and entities regulated under the system, including exemptions and exceptionsdue diligence system requirementsapplying for exporter statementsinformation to be displayed on the public registers for registered people and recognised people.

Products Covered: 4401 (Fuel wood in logs),4402 (Wood Charcoal),4403 (Wood in the rough),4407 (Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise),4408 (Sheets for veneering),4409 (Wood, Tongued, Grooved, Moulded Etc, Coniferous),4410 (Particle board), 4411 (Fibreboard of wood),4412 (Plywood),4414 (Wooden frames),4416 (Casks, barrels, vats, tubs),4418 (Builders' joinery), 4419 (Tableware and Kitchenware, Of Wood),4420 (Wood Marquetry and Inlaid Wood; Cases), 4421 (Miscellaneous wood items).4602 (Basketwork, wickerwork)4703 (Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate),4705 (Mechanical or chemical wood pulp)4801 (Newsprint),4802 (Uncoated paper and paperboard),4803 (Toilet or facial tissue),4804 (Uncoated kraft paper and paperboard),4805 (Other uncoated paper and paperboard),4806 (Vegetable/parchment/tracing papers),4810 (Coated paper and paperboard),4811 (Paper products coated/surfaced),4813 (Cigarette paper),4818 (Toilet paper and similar paper),4819 (Cartons, boxes),4820 (Paper booklets),4821 (Paper labels),4823 (Other paper),4901 (Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar),4902 (Newspapers, journals, and periodicals),4909 (Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings),4911 (Other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs),8903 (Yachts and other vessels for pleasure or sports; rowing boats and canoes),9401 (Seats w Wooden Frames)9403 (Wooden Furniture, Except Seats),9406 (Prefabricated buildings),9504 (Video game consoles and machines, table or parlour games, including pintables, billiards, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling equipment, amusement machines operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other means of payment.).

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 10 December 2024 | Final date for Comment: 11 March 2025

This Draft Resolution proposes the review of the "List of simplified market registration herbal medicines" and the "List of simplified market registration traditional herbal products".

Products Covered: Medicaments (ICS code(s): 11.120.10)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 10 December 2024 | Final date for Comment: 10 February 2025

This Draft Resolution contains provisions on the classification in the priority category of petitions for market registration, post-market registration and prior approval in clinical research of medicines

Products Covered: Medicaments (ICS code(s): 11.120.10)

Regulation Type: Regular notification