Draft Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards conformity assessment procedures for EU fertilising products 

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Distribution date: 24 February 2025 | Final date for Comment: 25 April 2025

Annex IV of Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 lays down conformity assessment procedures for the assessment of fertilising products. Module A1 is amended as to introduce the requirement that detonation resistance tests for ammonium nitrate fertilisers of high nitrogen content shall be carried out only by laboratories with proven technical capacity. Module D1 is amended as to set a general audit frequency for recovered component materials, independent from the required output material sampling.

Products Covered: Fertilising products

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Draft Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine “On Approval of Hygienic Requirements for Edible Caseins and Caseinates”

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Distribution date: 21 February 2025 | Final date for Comment: 22 April 2025

The draft Order proposes the approval of Hygienic requirements for edible caseins and caseinates, which define the information required for labeling the final product.The draft Order is also notified under the SPS Agreement. 

Products Covered: Edible caseins and caseinates,  (HS code(s): 3501)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Food standards

Resolución No. 00001310 del 18 de febrero de 2025 "Por la cual se suspende temporalmente la emisión de documentos zoosanitarios de importación (DZI) para algunos productos de origen animal procedentes de la República Federal de Alemania por la presencia del virus de la fiebre aftosa" (Resolution No. 00001310 of 18 February 2025 temporarily suspending the issuance of animal health import documents for certain products of animal origin from the Federal Republic of Germany on account of the presence of foot and mouth disease virus).

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Distribution date: 21 February 2025

Resolution temporarily suspending the issuance of animal health import documents for animal products of the bovine and porcine species coming from Germany.

Products Covered: Product UseBovine albumin Laboratory materialBile, whether or not dried; glands Laboratory materialand other animal products usedin the preparation ofpharmaceutical productsBile, whether or not dried; glands Diagnosticsand other animal products usedin the preparation ofpharmaceutical productsMatured (unpasteurized) cheese Human consumptionPorcine liver extract Commercial/animal consumptionPorcine pancreatin Human medicinePorcine haemoglobin Animal consumption

Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)

Animal health Territory protection Animal diseases Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization Foot and mouth disease

Draft Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine “On Approval of Hygienic Requirements for Edible Caseins and Caseinates”

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Distribution date: 21 February 2025 | Final date for Comment: 22 April 2025

The draft Order proposes the approval of Hygienic requirements for edible caseins and caseinates, which define the information required for labeling the final product. This information shall include, in particular, information about food additives and/or milk protein content (where applicable). The draft Order also provides for the prohibition of the use of caseins and caseinates for food purposes that do not meet the requirements for the maximum permissible levels of some pollutants and impurities (lead, foreign matter such as wood or metal particles, hair or insect fragments). The criteria applicable to edible caseinates and caseins are outlined in the Annex to Hygienic requirements.The draft Order is also notified under the TBT Agreement.

Products Covered: Edible caseins and caseinates (HS code(s): 3501) 

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Human health Food safety

DRS 603-2: 2025, Ammonium chloride fertilizer — Specification — Part 2: Liquid

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Distribution date: 19 February 2025 | Final date for Comment: 17 March 2025

This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for liquid ammonium chloride fertilizer. It covers the liquid ammonium chloride fertilizer in concentrate and diluted formulations.

Products Covered: (HS code(s): 28); Fertilizers (ICS code(s): 65.080)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Order Repealing Certain Marketing Authorizations Issued Under the Food and Drugs Act

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Distribution date: 17 February 2025

The proposed order notified under the title “Marketing Authorization repealing certain Marketing Authorizations issued under the Food and Drugs Act” in G/TBT/N/CAN/713 (dated February 2, 2024) was adopted on January 31, 2025 and published in the Canada Gazette, Part II on February 12, 2025.  The order repeals sixteen redundant food marketing authorizations; fifteen of which relate to permitted food additives, and one regarding the fortification of Milk, Goat's Milk and Margarine with vitamin D. Text of the final regulations is publicly available, in both English and French, via the links provided above.

Products Covered: Food products in general (ICS: 67.040)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Food standards

Regulations Amending the Pest Control Products Fees and Charges Regulations (Annual Charge)

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Distribution date: 17 February 2025 | Final date for Comment: 06 March 2025

Following careful deliberation taking into consideration requests from stakeholders, the comment period for the proposed Regulations Amending the Pest Control Products Fees and Charges Regulations (Annual Charge) (https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2024/2024-12-21/html/reg8-eng.html) has been extended by 15 additional days, until 6 March 2025.

Products Covered: Pest control products, including but not limited to HS 3808 (ICS: 65.100).

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Human health

National Standard of the P.R.C., Feed additives—Part 2: Vitamins,provitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect— L-Calcium ascorbate 

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Distribution date: 17 February 2025 | Final date for Comment: 18 April 2025

This document specifies the requirements, test methods, inspection rules, labeling,packaging, transportation storage and shelf life for feed additive L-Calcium ascorbateaThis document applies to L-Calcium ascorbate made from L-ascorbic acid and calcium salts.

Products Covered: L-Calcium ascorbatea(HS code(s): 293627); (ICS code(s): 65.020.30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Animal health

National Standard of the P.R.C., Feed additives—Part 2: Vitamins, provitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect—Choline chloride

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Distribution date: 17 February 2025 | Final date for Comment: 18 April 2025

This document specifies the chemical name, molecular formula and relative molecular mass of choline chloride. It specifies the technical requirements, inspection rules, labeling, packaging, transportation, storage and shelf life of the feed additive choline chloride, and describes the sampling and test methods.This document applies to the choline chloride aqueous solution produced by the reaction of trimethylamine hydrochloride aqueous solution with ethylene oxide, as well as the choline chloride powder made by adding a carrier to the choline chloride aqueous solution as the raw material.

Products Covered: choline chloride(HS code(s): 230990; 292310); (ICS code(s): 65.120)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Animal health

National Standard of the P.R.C., Feed additives-Part 3:Minerals and their complexes (or chelates)一Tricalcium phosphate 

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Distribution date: 17 February 2025 | Final date for Comment: 18 April 2025

This document specifies the chemical name, molecular formula and relative molecular mass of tricalcium phosphate, specifies the technical requirements, inspection rules, labeling, packaging, transportation, storage and shelf life of feed additive tricalcium phosphate, and describes the sampling and test methods.This document applies to feed additive tricalcium phosphate produced by methods of high-temperature sintering, chemical precipitation, phytic acid calcium hydrolysis, and calcination of sodium hypophosphite slag.

Products Covered: tricalcium phosphate(HS code(s): 283526); (ICS code(s): 65.120)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Animal health

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