Regulatory Updates
DEAS 842-1: 2025, Hair shampoo — Part 1: Soap based — Specification, Second Edition
Distribution date: 01 July 2025 | Final date for Comment: 30 August 2025
This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for soap-based hair shampoo.
Products Covered: Shampoos (HS code(s): 330510); Surface active agents (ICS code(s): 71.100.40)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Deltamethrin and Tralomethrin: Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard)
Distribution date: 01 July 2025 | Final date for Comment: 30 August 2025
Proposal for the amendments of the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the agricultural chemical: Deltamethrin and Tralomethrin. Commodity (for feed) Proposed MRL(mg/kg) Current MRL(mg/kg)Oats 2 1Barley 2 1Wheat 2 1Maize 2 1Milo 2 1Rye 2 1Hay 1 5 Note:- Residue definition for enforcement: Sum of deltamethrin (including deltamethrin converted from tralomethrin), and metabolites CR[(R)-α-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl=(1R,3R)-3-(dibromovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate] and CT[(S)-α-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl=(1S,3S)-3-(dibromovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate] converted to deltamethrin.- Hay includes hay and fodder (dry), straw, forage (green) and silage. The MRL is set as 90% dry matter base.
Products Covered: Oats (HS code: 10.04), barley (HS code: 10.03), wheat (HS code: 10.01), maize (HS code: 10.05), milo (HS code: 10.07), rye (HS code: 10.02), hay (HS code: 12.13, 12.14) for feed
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Cyfluthrin: Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard)
Distribution date: 01 July 2025 | Final date for Comment: 30 August 2025
Proposal for the amendments of the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the agricultural chemical: Cyfluthrin. Commodity (for feed) Proposed MRL(mg/kg) Current MRL(mg/kg)Wheat 0.2 2Maize 0.05 2Milo 3.5 2Hay 50 3 Note:- Residue definition for enforcement: Cyfluthrin (sum of isomers).- Hay includes hay and fodder (dry), straw, forage (green) and silage. The MRL is set as 90% dry matter base.
Products Covered: Wheat (HS code: 10.01), maize (HS code: 10.05), milo (HS code: 10.07), hay (HS code: 12.13, 12.14) for feed
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Fenitrothion: Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard)
Distribution date: 01 July 2025
Proposal for the amendments of the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the agricultural chemical: Fenitrothion. Commodity (for feed) Proposed MRL(mg/kg) Current MRL(mg/kg)Oats 6 1Barley 6 5Wheat 15 10Milo 6 1Rye 6 1 Note:- Residue definition for enforcement: Fenitrothion.
Products Covered: Oats (HS code: 10.04), barley (HS code: 10.03), wheat (HS code:10.01), milo (HS Code: 10.07) and rye (HS Code: 10.02) for feed
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Paraquat: Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard)
Distribution date: 01 July 2025 | Final date for Comment: 30 August 2025
Proposal for the amendments of the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the agricultural chemical: Paraquat. Commodity (for feed) Proposed MRL(mg/kg) Current MRL(mg/kg)Wheat 1.1 0.05Milo 0.05 0.5 Note:- Residue definition for enforcement: Paraquat (paraquat ion).
Products Covered: Wheat (HS code: 10.01) and milo (HS code: 10.07) for feed
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Chlorobenzilate: Amendment to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard)
Distribution date: 01 July 2025
Proposal for the revoke of the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the agricultural chemical: Chlorobenzilate. Commodity (for feed) Proposed MRL(mg/kg) Current MRL(mg/kg)Maize - (withdraw) 0.02
Products Covered: Maize (HS code: 10.05) for feed
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Protection of Public Health Regulations (Food) (Import of dietary supplements by a Proper Importer) 5783-2024
Distribution date: 27 June 2025
Products Covered: Dietary supplements (HS code(s): 3004); (ICS code(s): 11.120.10; 67.040)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Pesticide Labelling Requirements
Distribution date: 27 June 2025 | Final date for Comment: 26 August 2025
This is a revision of GDS 1: Part 7: 1999 Requirements for Labelling: Labelling of Pesticides and Other Toxic Chemicals. The standard specifies the information to be included on labels of all pesticides, in any form, including aerosol insecticides intended for end-user application. It does not apply to pesticides used for human pharmaceuticals or utilised in an industrial setting.
Products Covered: Pesticides and Other Toxic Chemicals (ICS: 13.300, 65.100)
Regulation Type: Revision to Regular Notification
Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan on lifting of temporary restrictions in connection with the improvement of the epizootic situation for highly pathogenic avian influenza from the departments of Hautes-Pyrénées, Gers and Pas-de-Calais of France from 13 March 2025 on the importation to the Republic of Kazakhstan from the above-mentioned territory of live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 ° C), feed and feed additives for birds (except for feed additives of plant origin, chemical and microbiological synthesis), hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermy treatment (feathered game), used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting birds, as well as the transit of live poultry from the above-mentioned territories through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan (HS codes: 01, 04, 67, 02, 23, 93, 84)
Distribution date: 23 June 2025
Kazakhstan notified in G/SPS/N/KAZ/112 (29 August 2022) the Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan on the introduction of temporary restrictions on the importation into the territory of Kazakhstan from France of live poultry, hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat, all types of poultry products, feed and feed additives for birds, hunting trophies, used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting birds, as well as transit through the territory of Kazakhstan of live poultry from the above-mentioned territory.The notified measure was modified by the Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan.
Products Covered: Live poultry, hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat, all poultry products, fodder and feed additives for birds, trophies of the chase, used equipment for the maintenance, slaughter and cutting of birds
Regulation Type: Addendum to Emergency Notification (SPS)
Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan on lifting of temporary restrictions in connection with the improvement of the epizootic situation for foot-and-mouth disease from the territory of Germany (except for the federal States of Berlin and Brandenburg) from 13 May 2025 on the importation to the Republic of Kazakhstan from the above-mentioned territory of animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease, as well as beef, pork, lamb, milk and dairy products, including finished products that have undergone heat treatment at a temperature of at least 70 °C for 30 minutes, non-food raw materials and products obtained from the slaughter of animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease, used equipment for their maintenance, slaughter and processing, feed for the slaughter of animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease (HS codes 01, 02, 04, 84)
Distribution date: 23 June 2025
Kazakhstan notified in G/SPS/N/KAZ/196 (21 March 2025) the Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan on the introduction of temporary restrictions on the importation into the territory of Kazakhstan from Germany of live animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease, genetic material, meat and meat products that have not been heat-treated to guarantee the destruction of the foot-and-mouth disease virus, milk and dairy products, wool, hair, bristles, trophies, intestinal raw materials, skins and leather that have not been processed using a technology that guarantees the destruction of the foot-and-mouth disease virus, used equipment for their maintenance, slaughter and processing, feed and feed additives for animals, with the exception of those that have been heat-treated to guarantee the destruction of the foot-and-mouth disease virus, of chemical and microbiological origin, as well as the transit from the above-mentioned territory through the territory of Kazakhstan of live animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease.The notified measure was modified by the Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan.
Products Covered: Animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease and raw materials obtained from them, meat and meat products, milk and dairy products, wool, hair, bristles, trophies, intestinal raw materials, hides and skins, used equipment for their maintenance, slaughter and processing, feed and feed additives for animals
Regulation Type: Addendum to Emergency Notification (SPS)
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