G/SPS/N* SDD Fecha Límite Producto Miembro/Proyecto

ARE/67

05/01/2016

s/f Quarantine pests and regulated non quarantine pests

United Arab Emirates - Quarantine pests and regulated non quarantine pests (in Arabic) Ministerial Decree number 824/ 2015 on Annex 1 of Quarantine pests list and Annex 2 of Regulated non quarantine pests list

ARG/182/Add.1

04/01/2016 s/f Porcinos Argentina - Porcinos - Addendum Incorporación del artículo 4 de la Ley de Policía Sanitaria de la enfermedad de Diarrea Epidémica Porcina (PED), para proceder a su denuncia obligatoria, regla final.

ARG/182/Add.1/Corr.1

08/01/2016 s/f Porcinos Argentina - Porcinos - Corrigendum Corrige un error en la notificación.

ARG/185

13/01/2016

13/03/2016 Hospedantes de la plaga Raoiella indica

Argentina - Hospedantes de la plaga Raoiella indica Incorporación de la plaga Raoiella indica al listado de plagas cuarentenarias ausentes para la República Argentina

ARG/186

22/01/2016 22/03/2016 Bulbos para consumo de cebolla

Argentina - Bulbos para consumo de cebolla (Allium cepa) - España

ARG/187

22/01/2016 22/03/2016 Yemas de cítricos Argentina - Yemas (estaca/esqueje) de cítricos (Citrus spp) destino propagación - España

ARG/188

22/01/2016 22/03/2016 Yemas de cítricos con destino propagación

Argentina - Yemas de cítricos (citrus spp) con destino propagación - Israel

AUS/363/Add.4

21/01/2016 s/f Goods Australia - Goods – Addendum (1, 2) New draft biosecurity regulations out for consultation

AUS/379

13/01/2016 12/02/2016 Fresh table grapes (Vitis vinifera and hybrids)

Australia - Fresh table grapes (Vitis vinifera and hybrids) - Sonora, Mexico

AUS/380

15/01/2016 18/03/2016 Agricultural and veterinary chemicals

Australia - Agricultural and veterinary chemicals - Residues Proposal to Amend Schedule 20 of the revised Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

BRA/154/Rev.1

05/01/2016 16/01/2016 Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease

Brazil - National Plan for Prevention and Control of Newcastle (1,2,3,4,5) Portaria Nº 253/2015, proposes the National Plan for Prevention and Surveillance of Newcastle Disease and Avian Influenza and sanitary measures of control adopted in the confirmation of an outbreak.

BRA/173/Add.1

04/01/2016 s/f Animals, plants and their products

Brazil - Animals, plants and their products - Addendum Unified System for Plant and Animal Health

BRA/208/Add.1

29/01/2016 s/f Prunus persica (peach trees)

Brazil - Prunus persica (peach trees) - Addendum Normative Instruction Nº 1/2016 to amend the phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Brazil of Prunus persica (peach) according to country of destination and origin, for MERCOSUR States Parties

BRA/1017/Add.2

12/01/2016 12/03/2016 Fruits Brazil - Fruits - Addendum Proposes amendment of Annex II of the Normative Instruction SDA nº 12/2015, which sets the phytosanitary requirements for the importation of Juglans regia, from Argentina, Bulgaria, China and the United States of America, and Castanea sativa, from Italy, Portugal and Spain.

BRA/1072/Add.1

12/01/2016 27/01/2016 Antiparasitic veterinary products

Brazil - Antiparasitic veterinary products - Addendum Extends the period of comments until 27 January 2016

BRA/1086

04/01/2016 s/f Methyl bromide Brazil - Methyl bromide (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10) Instrução Normativa Conjunta Nº 02/2015 revokes Instrução Normativa Conjunta Nº 01/2002, and Instrução Normativa Conjunta Nº. 01/2003.

BRA/1087

04/01/2016

s/f Grains of Chia in natura

Brazil - Grains of Chia (Salvia hispanica) in natura - Peru (1,2)

BRA/1088

04/01/2016 s/f Fruits in natura of tangerine

Brazil - Fruits in natura of tangerine - Peru

G/SPS/N* SDD Fecha Límite Producto Miembro/Proyecto

BRA/1089

04/01/2016 15/01/2015 Pesticides Brazil - Pesticides - Residues - Famoxadone Draft resolution regarding the active ingrediente F53 FAMOXADONE of the monograph list of active ingredients for pesticides, household cleaning products and wood preservers

BRA/1090

29/01/2016 18/03/2016 Growing media used on plant propagation

Brazil - Growing media used on plant propagation Portaria Nº 5/2016 Draft of Normative Instruction that approves the establishment of phytosanitary import requirements for growing media used on plant propagation.

CAN/244/Rev.2/Add.2

28/01/2016 s/f Commodities derived from bovine animals

Canada - Commodities derived from bovine animals - Addendum Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Import Policy for Bovine Animals and Their Products and By-products and associated annexes, final rule.

CAN/634/Add.2

11/01/2016 s/f Living organisms other than plants

Canada - Living organisms other than plants - Addendum D-12-02: Import Requirements for Potentially Injurious Organisms (Other than Plants) to Prevent the Importation of Plant Pests in Canada

CAN/960/Add.1

05/01/2016 s/f Pesticides Canada - Pesticides - Residues - Benoxacor - Addendum Established Maximum Residue Limit: Benoxacor

CAN/961/Add.1 05/01/2016 s/f Pesticides Canada - Pesticides - Residues - Pendimethalin - Addendum Established Maximum Residue Limit: Pendimethalin

CAN/962/Add.1 05/01/2016 s/f Pesticides Canada - Pesticides - Residues - Pyraclostrobin - Addendum Established Maximum Residue Limit: Pyraclostrobin

CAN/965/Add.1

20/01/2016 s/f Pesticides Canada - Pesticides - Residues - Bifenthrin - Addendum Established Maximum Residue Limit: Bifenthrin

CAN/966/Add.1

20/01/2016 s/f Pesticides Canada - Pesticides - Residues - Metrafenone - Addendum Established Maximum Residue Limit: Metrafenone

CAN/967/Add.1

20/01/2016 s/f Pesticides Canada - Pesticides - Residues - Chlorfenapyr - Addendum Established Maximum Residue Limit: Chlorfenapyr

CAN/968/Add.1

20/01/2016 s/f Pesticides Canada - Pesticides - Residues - Clothianidin - Addendum Established Maximum Residue Limit: Clothianidin

CAN/969/Add.1

28/01/2016 s/f Pesticides Canada - Pesticides - Residues - Saflufenacil - Addendum Established Maximum Residue Limit: Saflufenacil

CAN/970/Add.1

28/01/2016 s/f Pesticides Canada - Pesticides - Residues - Tebufenozide - Addendum Established Maximum Residue Limit: Tebufenozide

CAN/971/Add.1

28/01/2016 s/f Pesticides Canada - Pesticides - Residues - Abamectin - Addendum Established Maximum Residue Limit: Abamectin

CAN/973/Add.1

29/01/2016 s/f Pesticides Canada - Pesticides - Residues - Oxathiapiprolin - Addendum Established Maximum Residue Limit: Oxathiapiprolin

CAN/988

11/01/2016 18/03/2016 Enzymes Canada - Enzymes - Amylase Modification to the List of Permitted Food Enzymes to Enable the Use of Amylase Obtained from Pseudomonas fluorescens DC88 in Distillers' Mash and in Starch used in the Production of Dextrins, Maltose, Dextrose, Glucose (Glucose Syrup) or Glucose Solids (Dried Glucose Syrup)

CAN/989

12/01/2016 22/03/2016 Preservatives Canada - Preservatives - Potassium lactate and sodium lactate Modification to the List of Permitted Preservatives to Enable the Use of Potassium Lactate and Sodium Lactate as Preservatives in Unstandardized and Certain Standardized Marine and Fresh Water Animal Products

CAN/990

21/01/2016 29/03/2016 Steviol glycoside Canada - Sweeteners - Steviol glycoside Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Sweeteners to Enable the Use of Rebaudioside M as a Sweetener in Various Unstandardized Foods

CAN/991 27/01/2016 04/04/2016 Sweeteners Canada - Sweeteners - Saccharin, calcium saccharin, potassium

G/SPS/N* SDD Fecha Límite Producto Miembro/Proyecto

saccharin and sodium saccharin Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Sweeteners to Enable the Use of Saccharin and its Calcium, Potassium and Sodium Salts as Sweeteners in Preoperative Beverages

CAN/992

27/01/2016 05/04/2016 Pesticides Canada - Pesticides - Residues - Fenpyroximate Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Fenpyroximate (PMRL2016-01)

CHL/461/Add.3

08/01/2016 s/f Semillas de especies hortícolas, chacras, aromáticas y medicinales

Chile - Semillas de especies hortícolas, chacras, aromáticas y medicinales - Addendum Modificación de la Resolución N° 7.386/2014 que establece requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de semillas de especies hortícolas, chacras, aromáticas y medicinales, procedentes de todo origen

CHL/518

20/01/2016 20/03/2016 Durmientes de madera de quebracho colorado

Chile - Durmientes de madera de quebracho colorado (Schinopsis balansae) - Argentina Establece requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de durmientes de madera de quebracho colorado (Schinopsis balansae), procedentes de Argentina

CHL/519

29/01/2016 29/03/2016 Semillas de trigo y maíz

Chile - Semillas de trigo y maíz Modifica Resolución Nº 1.012/2004, Que establece requisitos fitosanitarios de ingreso para semillas de cereales

CHN/1042

29/01/2016 29/03/2016 Food nutritional fortifier magnesium gluconate

China - Food nutritional fortifier magnesium gluconate (in Chinese) National Food Safety Standard: Food Nutritional Fortifier Magnesium Gluconate This standard applies to food nutritional fortifier Magnesium Gluconate which using gluconic acid (or gluconic acid-δ-lactone) and magnesium oxide (or magnesium carbonate) as raw material, obtained through chemical synthesis and refining process. It specifies the technical requirements and testing methods for Magnesium Gluconate. The specification of magnesium gluconate prepared at the 53rd JECFA (1999)

CHN/1043

29/01/2016 29/03/2016 Food nutritional fortifier 5'-Cytidylic Acid

China - Food nutritional fortifier 5'-Cytidylic Acid (in Chinese) National Food Safety Standard: Food Nutritional Fortifier 5' -Cytidylic Acid This standard applies to food nutritional fortifier 5' -Cytidylic Acid which using yeast RNA as raw material, obtained through enzyme method. It specifies the technical requirements and testing methods for food nutritional fortifier 5' -Cytidylic Acid. Food Chemicals Codex (FCC) of the United States of America

CHN/1044

29/01/2016 29/03/2016 Food nutritional fortifier retinol acetate

China - Food nutritional fortifier retinol acetate (in Chinese) National food safety standard: Food Nutritional Fortifier Retinol Acetate This standard applies to related food nutritional fortifier of Retinol Acetate or Retinol Acetate that synthesized with β- ionone and acetic acid as the main raw material. It specifies the technical requirements and testing methods for Retinol Acetate.

CHN/1045

29/01/2016 29/03/2016 Food nutritional fortifier D-sodium pantothenate

China - Food nutritional fortifier D-sodium pantothenate (in Chinese) National Food Safety Standard: Food Nutritional Fortifier D-sodium pantothenate This standard applies to related food nutritional fortifier of D-sodium pantothenate, which obtained from calcium pantothenate react with sodium sulfate or from condensation of α,γ-dihydroxy-β,β-dimethyl butyric acid ester sodium salt and β-alanine.

CHN/1046

29/01/2016 29/03/2016 Food nutritional fortifier polyfructose

China - Food nutritional fortifier polyfructose (in Chinese) National Food Safety Standard: Food Nutritional Fortifier Polyfructose This standard applies to food nutritional fortifier polyfructose which utilizing chicory as raw material. Production process includes acid/alkali treatment; filtration to remove protein, minerals and short chain fructans; evaporation drying or spray drying. It specifies the technical requirements and testing

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methods for nutritional fortifier polyfructose.

CHN/1047

29/01/2016 29/03/2016 Food nutritional fortifier fructo-oligosaccharides

China - Food nutritional fortifier fructo-oligosaccharides (in Chinese) National Food Safety Standard: Food Nutritional Fortifier Fructo-oligosaccharides This standard is suitable for the food nutritional fortifier fructo-oligosaccharides. Fructo-oligosaccharides are the mixtures of GFn (n ranging from 2 to 5) obtained from white sugar and cane sugar through the processes of transfructosylation action by a β-fructosidase of Aspergillus niger or Aspergillus, purification and drying etc., or the mixtures of GFn (n ranging from 2 to 7) and Fm (m ranging from 2 to 8) produced from chicory with the processes of partial enzymatic hydrolysis, purification and drying etc.

CHN/1048

29/01/2016 29/03/2016 Food nutritional fortifier zinc chloride

China - Food nutritional fortifier zinc chloride (in Chinese) National Food Safety Standard: Food Nutritional Fortifier Zinc Chloride This standard applies to food nutrition fortifier zinc chloride generated from the reaction of hydrochloric acid and zinc oxide or zinc ingots, or by the sphalerite after roasting the hydrochloric acid leaching, then separated, dried and packed. It specifies the technical requirements and testing methods for food nutritional fortifier zinc chloride.

CHN/1049

29/01/2016 29/03/2016 Food nutritional fortifier zinc acetate

China - Food nutritional fortifier zinc acetate (in Chinese) National Food Safety Standard: Food Nutritional Fortifier Zinc Acetate This standard applies to nutrition fortifier zinc acetate which was made by acetic acid and zinc oxide as raw materials. It specifies the technical requirements and testing methods for food nutritional fortifier zinc acetate.

CHN/1050

29/01/2016 29/03/2016 Food nutritional fortifier seaweed iodine, kelp

China - Food nutritional fortifier seaweed iodine, kelp (in Chinese) National Food Safety Standard: Food Nutritional Fortifier Seaweed Iodine, Kelp This standard applies to food nutritional fortifier Seaweed Iodine which using Kelp as raw material, processed by water, alkali and ethanol. It specifies the technical requirements and testing methods for Seaweed Iodine.

COL/255/Add.2

04/01/2016 s/f Semillas Colombia - Semillas - Addendum Medida fitosanitaria sobre semillas producto del mejoramiento genético

COL/261/Add.1

11/01/2016 29/01/2016 Material genético Colombia - Material genético de especies interés zootécnico - Addendum Se modifica la fecha para la presentación de observaciones hasta el 29 de enero de 2016.

CRI/168

07/01/2016 07/03/2016 Plásticos Costa Rica - Plásticos RTCR 480:2015 Envases Plásticos. Envases de tereftalato de polietileno reciclado (Rpet) grado alimentario destinados a entrar en contacto con alimentos. Especificaciones

ECU/166/Add.1

29/01/2016 s/f Fibra de algodón sin cardar ni peinar

Ecuador - Fibra de algodón (Gossypium hirsutum) sin cardar ni peinar - Addendum Requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de fibra de algodón (Gossypium hirsutum) sin cardar ni peinar para la industria originaria de Argentina.

ECU/169

11/01/2016 11/03/2016 Varetas de mandarina

Ecuador - Varetas de mandarina - España

ECU/170

13/01/2016 13/03/2016 Fruta fresca de naranja

Ecuador - Fruta fresca de naranja - España

ECU/171

13/01/2016 13/03/2016 Fruta fresca de naranja

Ecuador - Fruta fresca de naranja - España

EU/94/Add.3

28/01/2016 s/f Plants for planting, other than seeds

Emergency measures - European Union - Plants for planting, other than seeds - Addendum Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2417 of 17 December 2015 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/789

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as regards measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.).

EU/153

08/01/2016 s/f Feed and food of non-animal origin

European Union - Feed and food of non-animal origin Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2383 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 as regards the list of feed and food of non-animal origin subject to an increased level of official controls on imports

EU/154

20/01/2016 s/f Preparation of a kind use in animal nutrition

European Union - Preparation of a kind use in animal nutrition Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2294 amending Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 as regards the establishment of a new functional group of feed additives

EU/155

29/01/2016 29/03/2016 Live animals and products of animal origin

European Union - Live animals and products of animal origin (1,2) Draft Commission Implementing Decision amending the Annexes to Decision 2007/275/EC concerning the lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC

IDN/106

04/01/2016 04/03/2016 Carcasses, meat and/or offal

Indonesia - Carcasses, meat and/or offal Draft Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture concerning Animal Quarantine Actions for the Importation of Carcass, Meat, and/or Offal Into the Territory of the Republic of Indonesia This draft regulation is implementation of Article 41B paragraph (2) of Law No. 41/2014 concerning Amendment of Law No. 18/2009 on Livestock and Animal Health, and Article 7 paragraph (3) of Government Regulation No. 82/2000 concerning Animal Quarantine. The scope of this regulation includes: 1. Quarantine requirements for importation of carcass, meat

and/or offal into the territory of Indonesia; 2. Quarantine actions; 3. Other provisions. I. Quarantine Requirements The Importation of carcasses, meat and/or offal into the territory of Indonesia shall meet the quarantine requirements as follows:

a. Accompanied by a sanitary certificate issued by an competent authority in the country of origin or transit country;

b. Shall be imported through the designated point of entry;

c. Shall meet the technical requirements of the animal health; and

d. Shall be notified and presented to the quarantine officer at the point of entry for quarantine actions.

Sanitary Certificate Sanitary certificate shall contain at least the following information: 1. Product identity

a. Kind and quantity; b. Country of origin; c. Registration number of production place from origin

country; d. Recommendation number and import permit; e. Date of production; and f. Halal label.

2. Name and address of sender and receiver 3. Transportation/shipment information

a. Type and identity of the means of conveyance; b. Country/Region of origin; c. Country/Region of destination; d. Estimated time of arrival/departure; e. Entry/Exit point; and f. Transit Point.

4. Declaration a. Carcass, meat and/or offal are free from animal

quarantine pests and diseases (HPHK); b. Safe and suitable for human consumption; c. Laboratory result of biological and chemical hazard

from appointed laboratory. 5. Technical requirement of the animal health

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a. Kind of carcass, meat and/or offal with HS code must be compatible to import permit;

b. From country and establishment unit approved by Minister;

c. Meet the shipment, transit and/or transshipment requirement;

d. Meet the packing, labeling and temperature requirement.

II. Quarantine Action 1. General

a. Carcass, meat and/or offal imported into Indonesia shall be subject to quarantine action;

b. Quarantine action carried out in form of examination, isolation, observation, treatment, detention, rejection, destruction and release;

c. Quarantine action for carcass, meat and/or offal which hazardous to people shall be coordinated with institution in charge of veterinary and zoological public health service;

d. Quarantine action shall be performed at entry point but if not possible, quarantine action can be performed at quarantine installation;

e. Examination shall be performed in order to recognize completeness and validity of the sanitary certificate, halal certificate, temperature recording, and physical examination;

f. If imported carcass, meat and/or offal has not accompanied by sanitation certificate, the carrier shall be rejected.

2. Importation of carcass, meat and/or offal from country or zone within a country a. In the case of importation of carcasses and meat from

a country or zone within a country, must be carried out quarantine measures in the country of origin prior to importation into Indonesia;

b. Quarantine measures in the country of origin carried out in the form of an examination of compliance of health requirements set by Indonesia.

3. Quarantine action of carcass, meat and/or offal for feed a. Carcass, meat and/or offal for feed shall be subject to

quarantine action; b. Carcass, meat and/or offal for feed shall be: coloured

with colour that safe for animal, marked unfit for human consumption on the packaging, transported in separated containers with the carcass, meat and/or offal for human consumption.

4. Other Provision This Law shall come into effect on the date of enactment.

IDN/107 04/01/2016 04/03/2016 Carrier of animal quarantine pest and diseases

Indonesia - Carrier of animal quarantine pest and diseases Draft Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture concerning Procedures for Delivery of Carrier of Animal Quarantine Pest and Diseases Through Postal Providers This draft regulation is implementation of Article 63 paragraph (2) of Government Regulation No. 82/2000 concerning Animal Quarantine. This draft regulation is stipulated as an effort of the implementation of procedures for delivery and quarantine measures against the carrier of animal quarantine pest and diseases which are transported through the postal providers. The scope of the draft regulation includes: 1. Quarantine requirements for export, import and inter area

of the carrier of animal quarantine pest and diseases; 2. Responsibilities and obligations; 3. Implementation places for quarantine measures; 4. Quarantine measures; Other provisions.

IND/120

04/01/2016 04/03/2016 Residues - Iron fillings

India - Residues - Iron fillings Draft Food Safety and Standard (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulation, 2011 related to maximum limit of Iron fillings in tea

G/SPS/N* SDD Fecha Límite Producto Miembro/Proyecto

IND/121

04/01/2016 04/03/2016 Pesticides, antibiotics and veterinary drugs residues in foods

India - Pesticides, antibiotics and veterinary drugs residues in foods Draft Food Safety and Standard (Contaminants, Toxin and Residues) (Amendment) Regulation, 2015

IND/122

04/01/2016 04/03/2016 Food additives India - Food additives Draft Food Safety and Standard (Food Product Standard and Food Additives) Amendment Regulation, 2011

IND/123

04/01/2016 04/03/2016 Irradiation of food products

India - Irradiation of food products Draft Food Safety and Standard (Food Product Standard and Food Additives) Amendment Regulation, 2015 and Draft Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015

IND/124

04/01/2016 04/03/2016 Contaminants - Zinc

India - Contaminants - Zinc Draft Food Safety and Standard (Contaminants, Toxin and Residues) (Amendment) Regulation, 2015

IND/125

04/01/2016 04/03/2016 Milk and milk products

India - Milk and milk products Draft Food Safety and Standard (Food Product Standard and Food Additives)

IND/126

04/01/2016 04/03/2016 Fish and fishery products

India - Fish and fishery products Draft Food Safety and Standard (Food Product Standard and Food Additives) (Amendment) Regulation, 2015

JPN/439

26/01/2016 26/03/2016 Milk products Japan - Milk products Proposed revision of the processing and storing standards for evaporated skimmed milk.

KGZ/6

08/01/2016 s/f Veterinary service Kyrgyz Republic - Veterinary service (in Russian and Kyrgyz) Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "About veterinary"

KGZ/7

08/01/2016 s/f Animal identification

Kyrgyz Republic - Animal identification (in Russian and Kyrgyz) Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "About animal identification"

KOR/524

06/01/2016 31/01/2016 Fishery products Republic of Korea - Fishery products (in Korean) Proposed inspection regulation of imported fishery products The proposed regulation seeks to: 1. Establish inspection standards and scope for imported

fishery products by specifying: Fishery products subject to document review; standards

and methods of on-site inspection; indication and management of fishery products subject to focused control;

2. Establish inspection and import declaration procedure varied by fishery item and end-uses of fish by specifying: Inspection and import declaration procedure for returned

fishery products; fishery products for attracting foreign currency and puffer fish; specified fishery products which special animal medicine applied;

3. Establish verifying methods of weight, item, and labelling standards and corrective actions;

4. Establish scope to decide test results of imported fishery products by specifying:

Determination of partly perished or metal detected fishery products or the products mixed with different items; establishment and management of the Inspection; and Determination Committee on imported fishery products.

KOR/525

08/01/2016 31/01/2016 Livestock products

Republic of Korea - Livestock products (in Korean) Proposed amendments of regulation on import declaration and inspection for livestock products The proposed amendments seek to: 1. Establish requirements of health certificate etc. for

importation: Mandating original certificate (or duplicate copy) issued

by exporting government; 2. Extend the scope of foods for import declaration maximum

five days prior to arrival date: From sterilized(or pasteurized) processed goods to

including meat, such as beef, pork, etc.;

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3. Specify measures for ineligible foodstuffs from the laboratory test or random sampling test(collection test); and

Categorize harmful substances.

KOR/526

08/01/2016 15/02/2016 Foods Republic of Korea - Foods (in Korean) Proposed amendments to Regulation on foods subject to Inspection Order The amendments seek to adjust terms to harmonize with Special Act on Imported Food Safety Control in force on 4 February 2016.

KOR/527

13/01/2016 13/03/2016 Food products Republic of Korea - Food products (in Korean) Proposed Amendments to the Standards and Specifications for Foods The proposed amendments seek to: 1. Permit irradiation of seasoned dried fish/shellfish for the

purpose of sterilization; 2. Adopt statistical concepts (three-class attributes plans) for

microbiological specifications for twenty food types including noodles, sauces, etc.;

3. Establish and revise maximum residue limits for pesticides: Establish maximum residue limits for newly registered

pesticides (oxathiapiprolin, indaziflam, isoxaflutole); Revise maximum residue limits for pesticides in 32

agricultural products; Establish maximum residue limits for deltamethrin and

fenpyrazamine in ginseng; 4. Establish and revise maximum residue limits for veterinary

drugs in foods: Establish maximum residue limits for twenty six

veterinary drugs in porcine muscle; Revise general testing methods.

KOR/528

13/01/2016 13/03/2016 Livestock products

Republic of Korea - Livestock products (in Korean) Proposed Draft Amendments to the Standards and Specifications for Livestock Products The proposed amendments seek to: 1. Adjust the structure of general provision to harmonize with

the Standards and Specifications for Foods; 2. Modify terms; Update and establish testing methods (general test, microbiological test etc.).

KOR/529

29/01/2016 16/02/2016 Edible insects Republic of Korea - Edible insects (in Korean) Proposed Amendments to the Standards and Specifications for Foods The proposed amendment seeks to: 1. Establish requirement for edible insects to comply with the

standards for breeding of insects according to the Act on Fosterage and Support of the Insect Industry;

2. Establish maximum residue limits of heavy metals in edible insects: Maximum residue limits for lead (0.1ppm), cadmium

(0.05ppm) and arsenic (0.1ppm) in mealworm (Tenebrio molitor L.);

Maximum residue limits for lead (0.3ppm) and cadmium (0.3ppm) in two-spotted cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus).

LKA/38/Add.1

08/01/2016 16/02/2016 Labelling of food Sri Lanka - Labelling of food - Addendum The Amendment of the Draft (Food Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2015. Modification of final date for comments

MAR/43 13/01/2016 s/f Juices and nectars Morocco - Juices and nectars Draft Decree on the quality and safety of fruit and vegetable juices and juice concentrates and fruit nectars available on the market In light of the development of the market for these products and the increasing level of competition resulting from the opening of borders, it was considered necessary to establish a reference framework that would help facilitate trade while safeguarding aspects related to product quality and safety, consumer information and fair trade. Accordingly, and with a view to addressing industry concerns,

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the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Fisheries prepared a draft decree governing the sector in question. The main objectives of this draft text are as follows:

to modify the content of juice of certain fruits in manufactured nectars, taking into account international requirements;

to provide for the production of nectars without added sugars or with a low energy content. In these products, sugars are partly or completely replaced by artificial sweeteners that are permitted under existing regulations;

to provide for mixtures of fruit juice and vegetable juice; and

to clearly establish labelling specifications for the products subject to this draft decree, so as to prevent any form of misunderstanding.

MEX/294

12/01/2016 12/03/2016 Jarabe de agave México - Jarabe de agave PROY-NOM-003-SAGARPA-2015, relativa a las características de sanidad, calidad, inocuidad, trazabilidad, etiquetado y evaluación de la conformidad del jarabe de agave

MEX/295

25/01/2016 25/03/2016 Semilla de higuerilla

México - Semilla de higuerilla (Ricinus communis) - China

NZL/529

15/01/2016 s/f Fresh bananas New Zealand - Fresh bananas - China

PER/589/Add.1

05/01/2016 s/f Plantas de arándano

Perú - Plantas de arándano - Addendum - Estados Unidos

PER/634

15/01/2016 15/03/2016 Varas yemeras de damasco (Prunus armeniaca)

Perú - Varas yemeras de damasco (Prunus armeniaca) - Argentina Proyecto de Resolución Directoral para el establecimiento de requisitos fitosanitarios de necesario cumplimiento en la importación de plantas in vitro y varas yemeras de damasco (Prunus armeniaca) de origen y procedencia Argentina

PHL/285/Add.1 28/01/2016 s/f Domestic and wild birds

Emergency measures - Philippines - Domestic and wild birds - Addendum - United States of America

PHL/292/Add.1 28/01/2016 s/f Domestic and wild birds

Emergency measures - Philippines - Domestic and wild birds - Addendum - United States of America

PHL/301/Add.1

27/01/2016 s/f Domestic and wild birds

Emergency measures - Philippines - Domestic and wild birds - Addendum - United States of America

PHL/316

28/01/2016 s/f Poultry and poultry products

Emergency measures - Philippines - Poultry and poultry products - France

PHL/317

28/01/2016 31/03/2016 Chilled young coconut water/drink

Philippines - Chilled young coconut water/drink Final Draft of the Philippine National Standard (PNS) Code of Hygienic Practice (COHP) for Chilled Young Coconut Water/Drink

RUS/117

05/01/2016 s/f Swine Emergency measures - Russian Federation - Swine (in Russian) - Ukraine

RUS/117/Corr.1

13/01/2016 s/f Swine Emergency measures - Russian Federation - Swine - Corrigendum (in Russian) - Ukraine

SAU/189

04/01/2016 s/f Live bees Emergency measures - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Live bees - Italy (in Arabic)

SAU/190

04/01/2016 s/f Poultry meat, eggs and their products

Emergency measures - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Poultry meat, eggs and their products - Dordogne, France (in Arabic)

SAU/191

04/01/2016 s/f Poultry meat, eggs and their products

Emergency measures - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Poultry meat, eggs and their products - Landes, France (in Arabic)

SAU/192

07/01/2016 s/f One-day-old chicks and hatching eggs

Emergency measures - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - One-day-old chicks and hatching eggs - Dordogne and Landes, France

SAU/193

07/01/2016 s/f Poultry meat, eggs and their products

Emergency measures - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Poultry meat, eggs and their products - Haute-Vienne, Gers and Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France (in Arabic)

G/SPS/N* SDD Fecha Límite Producto Miembro/Proyecto

SAU/194 08/01/2016 08/03/2016 Food facilities Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Food facilities (in Arabic) The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia "Food Act This Act applies to all stages of food chain to ensure food safety, quality enhancement, protection of consumer's health by minimizing food related risks, and prevention barriers of food trade.

SAU/195 08/01/2016 08/03/2016 Animal feeding stuffs

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Animal feeding stuffs (in Arabic) The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia "Feed Act" This Act applies to the feed chain to ensure the feed safety and safeguard of human and public health from harmful substances resulting from feeding animals unsafe feed.

SAU/196 18/01/2016 s/f Live stock Emergency measures - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Live stock - Iran (in Arabic)

SAU/197

26/01/2016 s/f Poultry meat, eggs and their products

Emergency measures - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Poultry meat, eggs and their products - Hautes-Pyrénées and Lot in France (in Arabic)

SGP/30/Add.1

18/01/2016 s/f Live birds other than poultry

Emergency measures - Singapore - Live birds other than poultry - Addendum Clarification on the time period for pre-export avian influenza (AI) testing

THA/230/Add.1

05/01/2016 s/f Food additives Thailand - Food additives - Addendum (in Thai) MOPH Food Additives (No. 3)

THA/234

08/01/2016 08/03/2016 Food additives Thailand - Food additives (in Thai 1,2,3) Draft Ministry of Public Health Notification, No. ... B.E. .... entitled "Food Additives (No. 4)" The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) considered that it was appropriate to revise the detail of maximum use levels permitted for food additives including Cyclamate and Steviol glycoside as follows: Clause 1. The following Notifications shall be repealed: 1) The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 359 B.E.

2556 (2013), Re: Cyclamate, dated on 8 July B.E. 2556 (2013);

2) The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 360 B.E. 2556 (2013), Re: Steviol glycoside, dated on 8 July B.E. 2556 (2013).

Clause 2. Clause 6 of the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 281 B.E. 2547 (2004) on Food Additives, dated on 18 August B.E. 2547 (2004) shall be repealed and replaced by the following provision:

"Clause 6 the use of food additives shall use following the name of food additive, category or type of food, functional classes and maximum permitted use level according to annex I and annex II of this Notification."

Two or more food additives classified in the same functional classes, which have been determined the numeric maximum permitted level, are used in combination. The sum of the quantities obtained by dividing the amount of each food additive used by the maximum permitted level for that food additive must not exceed one.

The use of food additives that differs from the statement stipulated in the first and second paragraph shall be approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Such food additives shall be evaluated safety assessment according to the rules, conditions and procedures for permission as follows:

1) Food additives shall have the qualities or standards according to the Codex Advisory Specification for the Identity and Purity of Food Additives or the announcement of the Food and Drug Administration;

2) The dietary exposure of food additives shall be evaluated according to the principle approved by the Food Committee;

3) Food additives shall have the technical documents or reliable research publications supporting the necessity of using such additives in food;

4) Use of food additives shall comply with the current law and regulation of at least two countries, which have the reliable

G/SPS/N* SDD Fecha Límite Producto Miembro/Proyecto

risk assessment system, namely the European Union, Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America and Japan.

The use of food additives according to the first, second and third paragraph shall not enforce on the specific controlled food or prescribed food quality or standard particularly stipulating in the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health on using food additives.

Clause 3. Clause 7 of the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 281 B.E. 2547 (2004), Re: Food Additives, dated on 18 August B.E. 2547 (2004) shall be repealed. Clause 4. The manufacturer or food importer, obtaining a permission prior to the effective date of this Notification, shall comply with this Notification within one year from the effective date. Clause 5. This Notification shall come into force as from the date of its publication in the Royal Gazette.

TPKM/311/Add.1

15/01/2016 15/03/2016 Aluminium-containing food additives

Taipei Chino - Aluminium-containing food additives - Addendum (1,2) The content of the Draft Amendment of Standards for Specification, Scope, Application and Limitation is modified in this Addendum to Regular Notification.

TPKM/363/Add.1

18/01/2016 s/f Atomic dust and radioactivity contamination in foods

Taipei Chino - Atomic dust and radioactivity contamination in foods - Addendum Standards for the Tolerance of Atomic Dust and Radioactivity Contamination in Foods, final rule

TPKM/368/Add.1

04/01/2016 s/f Pesticides Taipei Chino - Pesticides - Residues - Addendum Standards for Pesticide Residue Limits in Foods

TPKM/380

05/01/2016 04/03/2016 Edible tallow Taipei Chino - Edible tallow Draft of Sanitation Standard for Edible Tallow

TPKM/381

07/01/2016 07/03/2016 Shellfish Taipei Chino - Shellfish - Republic of Korea

TPKM/382

13/01/2016 13/03/2016 Plants or plant products

Taipei Chino - Plants or plant products Draft amendment of the "Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Plants or Plant Products"

TPKM/383

27/01/2016 27/03/2016 Gum arabic; Acacia gum

Taipei Chino - Gum arabic; Acacia gum Draft of Specifications Standard for Gum Arabic as Food Raw Material

TUR/23/Add.7 04/01/2016 s/f Plants, plant products and other substances

Turkey - Plants, plant products and other substances with respect to plant health - Addendum (in Turkish) Regarding the Amendment of the Regulation on Plant Quarantine

TUR/68

12/01/2016 12/03/2016 Animal products Turkey - Animal products (in Turkish) Draft Communiqué on rules regarding the veterinary checks on the products that were sent for the entry into free zones or customs warehouses or for ship chandlery (EU Legislation)

TUR/69

14/01/2016 14/03/2016 Spirit drinks Turkey - Spirit drinks (in Turkish) Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Spirit Drinks (EU Legislation)

TUR/70

14/01/2016 14/03/2016 Botanicals and botanical preparations that may be used in foods

Turkey - Botanicals and botanical preparations that may be used in foods (Turkish 1,2,3) Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Botanicals and Botanical Preparations That May Be Used in Foods This Communiqué lays down a common procedure for the safety assessment of botanical materials (e.g. whole, fragmented or cut plants, plant parts, algae, fungi and lichens) and botanical preparations and provides lists of botanical materials and botanical preparations permitted for use in foods, conditions of use of them and rules on the labelling of foods which include botanical materials and botanical preparations.

UKR/107/Add.1 13/01/2016 16/03/2016 Food products Ukraine - Food products - Addendum Modification of the final date of comments to 16 March 2016.

G/SPS/N* SDD Fecha Límite Producto Miembro/Proyecto

UKR/108 20/01/2016 s/f Cattle and parts thereof

Emergency measures - Ukraine - Cattle and parts thereof - European Union

USA/2734/Add.1

25/01/2016 s/f Live animals, hatching eggs, and animal germplasm

United States - Live animals, hatching eggs, and animal germplasm - Addendum Final Rule: Exportation of Live Animals, Hatching Eggs, and Animal Germplasm From the United States (Docket No. APHIS-2012-0049)

USA/2749/Add.1

06/01/2016 03/02/2016 Food contact materials

United States - Food contact materials - Addendum Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components; Final Rule

USA/2754/Add.2

06/01/2016 s/f Food additives United States - Food additives - Addendum Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Mica-Based Pearlescent Pigments; Confirmation of Effective Date

USA/2809

04/01/2016 16/02/2016 Raw poultry United States - Raw poultry FSIS Compliance Guideline for Controlling Salmonella and Campylobacter in Raw Poultry

USA/2810

06/01/2016 04/03/2016 Synthetic flavoring food additives

United States - Synthetic flavoring food additives Center for Science in the Public Interest, Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Food Safety, Consumers Union, Improving Kids' Environment, Center for Environmental Health, Environmental Working Group, Environmental Defense Fund, and James Huff; Filing of Food Additive Petition; Notice of Petition

USA/2811

14/01/2016 s/f Pesticides United States - Pesticides - Residues - Azoxystrobin Azoxystrobin; Pesticide Tolerances

USA/2812

14/01/2016 s/f Pesticides United States - Pesticides - Residues - Naphthalene acetate group Naphthalene Acetates; Pesticide Tolerances

USA/2813

14/01/2016 s/f Pesticides United States - Pesticides - Residues - Bacillus Amyloliquefaciens Bacillus Amyloliquefaciens MBI600 (Antecedent Bacillus Subtilis MBI600); Amendment to an Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance

USA/2814

14/01/2016 s/f Pesticides United States - Pesticides - Residues - Choline chloride (acetyl choline) Choline Chloride; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance

USA/2815

14/01/2016 s/f Pesticides United States - Pesticides Extension of Pesticide Residue Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions (Multiple Chemicals)

USA/2816

21/01/2016 s/f Pesticides United States - Pesticides - Residues - Propiconazole Propiconazole; Pesticide Tolerances

USA/2817

21/01/2016 s/f Pesticides United States - Pesticides - Residues - Pendimethalin Pendimethalin; Pesticide Tolerances

USA/2818

21/01/2016 21/03/2016 Fresh apple and pear

United States - Fresh apple and pear Proposed Rule: Importation of Fresh Apple and Pear Fruit Into the Continental United States From Certain Countries in the European Union

USA/2819

22/01/2016 s/f Pesticides United States - Pesticides - Residues - Spinosad Spinosad; Pesticide Tolerances

USA/2820

22/01/2016 s/f Pesticides United States - Pesticides - Residues - Spinetoram Spinetoram; Pesticide Tolerances

USA/2821

22/01/2016 s/f Pesticides United States - Pesticides - Residues - Propiconazole Propiconazole on Tea; Pesticide Tolerance

USA/2822

22/01/2016 s/f Pesticides United States - Pesticides - Residues - Propyzamide Propyzamide; Pesticide Tolerances

USA/2823 22/01/2016 s/f Pesticides United States - Pesticides

G/SPS/N* SDD Fecha Límite Producto Miembro/Proyecto

Withdrawal of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment or Modification of Pesticide Chemical Tolerances or Tolerance Exemptions

VNM/74

13/01/2016 13/03/2016 Animal and animal products, veterinary medicines

Viet Nam - Animal and animal products, veterinary medicines (in Vietnamese) Draft of Decree guiding the implementation of the Veterinary Law

ZAF/42

21/01/2016 21/03/2016 Pesticides South Africa - Pesticides Notice for prohibition of import, export, possession, acquisition, sale, use and disposal of agricultural remedies