Regulatory Updates
National Food Safety Standard: Food Additive Sodium Carbonate

Distribution date: 21 January 2015 | Final date for Comment: 22 March 2015
This standard applies to food additive sodium carbonate. It specifies the technical requirements and test methods for food additive sodium carbonate.
Products Covered: Food Additive Sodium Carbonate
Regulation Type: Regular notification
National Food Safety Standard: Food additive Cocoa husk pigment

Distribution date: 20 January 2015 | Final date for Comment: 21 March 2015
This standard applies to food additives cocoa husk pigment produced from the cocoa shell as raw materials through aqueous solution, refining, concentration, drying. It specifies the technical requirements and testing methods for food additive Cocoa husk pigment.
Products Covered: Food additive Cocoa husk pigment
Regulation Type: Regular notification
National Food Safety Standard: Food additive Cocoa husk pigment

Distribution date: 20 January 2015 | Final date for Comment: 21 March 2015
This standard applies to food additives cocoa husk pigment produced from the cocoa shell as raw materials through aqueous solution, refining, concentration, drying. It specifies the technical requirements and testing methods for food additive Cocoa husk pigment.
Products Covered: Food additive Cocoa husk pigment
Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 20 January 2015
Products Covered: Fertilizers, liming, inoculants, agricultural biofertilizers or secondary materials (HS 31)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 20 January 2015
Products Covered: Fertilizers, liming, inoculants, agricultural biofertilizers or secondary materials (HS 31)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 16 January 2015
Products Covered: Paints for buildings (HS Chapter 32).
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 16 January 2015
Products Covered: Paints for buildings (HS Chapter 32).
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Proposed revision of the Specifications and Standards for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act.

Distribution date: 08 January 2015
Proposed standards for use of vertebral column derived from cattle raised in countries or regions with the occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) for manufacturing, processing or preparing foods and manufacturing food additives.
Products Covered: - Bones unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products (HS Code: 05.06) - Gelatin of bovine animals (HS Code: 35.03)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Proposed revision of the Specifications and Standards for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act.

Distribution date: 08 January 2015
Proposed standards for use of vertebral column derived from cattle raised in countries or regions with the occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) for manufacturing, processing or preparing foods and manufacturing food additives.
Products Covered: - Bones unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products (HS Code: 05.06) - Gelatin of bovine animals (HS Code: 35.03)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Letter of the Federal Service for the Veterinary and Phytosanitary No. FS-EN-8/25052 as of 17 December 2014

Distribution date: 07 January 2015
This letter introduces a temporary restriction on import of products from the USA mentioned in point 3 due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 and H5N2.
Products Covered: HS Code(s): 0105 (from the Washington State only), 0207, 0505, 1001190000, 1001990000, 1002900000, 1003900000, 1004900000, 1005900000, 1201900000, 1208, 1211, 1213000000, 1214, 2301, 2302, 2303, 230400000, 2306, 2309, 3507, equipment and supplies for transportation, breeding, temporary overexposure of animals of all species, as well as equipment for the transportation of raw materials (products) of animal origin from 3923, 3926, 4415, 4416000000, 4421, 702000, 730900, 7310, 7326, 7616, 8436210000, 8436290000, 8436809000, 8606918000, 860900, 871639800, 0407.
Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)

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