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Notifications
2019 Food Safety Notifications
Proposed Regulations Regarding Stock Remedies
Amendment of the Compulsory Specification for Canned Meat Products (VC8019)
Regulations relating to the reduction of Sodium in certain Foodstuffs and related matters:
Amendment (Government Notice R. 989 of 6 September 2016)
Regulations Governing Tolerances for Fungus-Produced Toxins in Foodstuffs: Amendment
Regulations relating to Maximum Levels of Metals in Foodstuffs
Draft Regulations Relating to the Fortification of Certain Foodstuffs (R. 217)
Compulsory Specification for Live Lobsters
Compulsory Specification for Live Lobsters
Notice for prohibition of import, export, possession, acquisition, sale, use and disposal of
agricultural remedies
Notice for prohibition of import, export, possession, acquisition, sale, use and disposal of
agricultural remedies
Those foods, food additives, food utensils, food containers or packaging classified under two
specific CCC codes
Establishment of standards for specification, scope, application and limitation of pectins, guar gum,
carob bean gum, α-cyclodextrin, β-cyclodextrin, and γ-cyclodextrin
Categories of consignments to be subjected to official controls at border control posts
Requirements for the entry into the Union of consignments of certain animals and goods intended
for human consumption, lists of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the
European Union of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption, model official
certificates for certain animals and goods
Uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on products of animal origin
intended for human consumption, specific rules for the performance of official controls on the
production of meat and for production and relaying areas of live bivalve molluscs
Wine-growing areas where the alcoholic strength may be increased, authorised oenological practices
and restrictions applicable to the production and conservation of grapevine products, the minimum
percentage of alcohol for by-products and their disposal, and publication of OIV files
Plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food
Health Canada's Proposal to Lower the Maximum Levels of Lead in Concentrated Infant Formula and
Infant Formula When Ready-to-Serve in the List of Contaminants and Other Adulterating Substances
in Foods - Reference Number: NOP/AVP C-2019-1
Established Maximum Residue Limit: Dithianon
Proposals to Amend the Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds Food Notice
December 2018
Established Maximum Residue Limit: Cyantraniliprole
Draft report on the assessment of the scientific aspects of high pressure processing as an equivalent
risk management measure to heat treatments in the Generic import risk analysis for chicken meat:
final import risk analysis report (2008)
Draft Standards for Veterinary Drug Residue Limits in Foods
Draft sanitation standard for liquid eggs
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various
Commodities. Notice of filing of petitions and request for comment
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various
Commodities. Notice of filing of petitions and request for comment
Technical Regulation for Added Sugar Upper Limit in Some Food Products
Cyflumetofen; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule
Proposal to amend Schedule 20 of the revised Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (21 May 2019)
Petition To Modify the Tolerance and Product Labels for Glyphosate With Regard to Oats; Notice of Filing
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/764 of 14 May 2019 concerning the authorisation of
a preparation of Lactobacillus hilgardii CNCM I-4785 and Lactobacillus buchneri CNCM I-4323/NCIMB
40788 as a feed additive for all animal species
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/804 of 17 May 2019 concerning the renewal of the
authorisation of organic form of selenium produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-3060 and
of selenomethionine produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCYC R397 as feed additives for all
animal species and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1750/2006 and (EC) No 634/2007
Publication Method for Lists of Foreign Countries Eligible To Export Meat, Poultry, or Egg Products
to the United States
Draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Amendment
Regulations, 2019
Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Sweeteners to Enable the Use of Steviol Glycosides
from Saccharomyces cerevisiae CD15380 and CD15407 in a Variety of Foods - Reference Number:
NOM/ADM-0132
Health Canada's proposal to enable the use of L-lysine monohydrochloride in certain processed
snack foods - Reference Number: NOP/ADP-0032
DUS DEAS 1:2018, Wheat Flour - Specification, Second Edition
DUS DEAS 44:2018, Milled maize (corn) products - Specification, Second Edition
DUS 2037:2018, Kombucha - Specification, First Edition
TFDA required that the import of gelatin and its derivatives for food purpose be accompanied by
official certificates issued by the competent authority of the exporting country
TFDA requires the import of eggs and egg products for food purpose be accompanied by official
certificates issued by the competent authority of the exporting country
DUS 2125:2019, Full fat Sesame flour - Specification, First Edition
DUS 2123:2019, Full fat groundnut flour - Specification, First Edition
DUS 175:2019, Sesame Oil - Specification, Second Edition
DUS 170:2019, Edible Cotton Seed Oil - Specification, Second Edition
Established Maximum Residue Limit: Penthiopyrad
Established Maximum Residue Limit: Difenoconazole
Established Maximum Residue Limit: Aminoethoxyvinylglycine hydrochloride
Established Maximum Residue Limit: Penflufen
KS 1054-1:2019 Energy drink - Specification Part 1: Ready-to-drink energy drinks
Amendment of the Maximum Limits or Maximum Levels for contaminants in feed commodities
(notification)
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
Draft of "Suspension of the Importation of Deer Velvet, Deer Antler, Deer Penis (and Testis) and
Deer Antler Glue from Listed Countries (Zones) with Reported Case(s) of Chronic Wasting Disease"
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
Flonicamid; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule
Fenazaquin; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various
Commodities. Notice of filing of petitions and request for comment
Commission Regulation amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and
articles intended to come into contact with food
Manufacture, placing on the market and use of medicated feed
Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Ferbam, Thiram and Ziram (PMRL2019-08)
Updated Gene Technology Regulation in Australia - Gene Technology Amendment (2019 Measures
No. 1) Regulations 2019
Those foods, food additives, food utensils, food containers or packaging classified under 6 specific
CCC codes
Proposal to amend Schedule 20 of the revised Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (9 April 2019)
Those foods, food additives, food utensils, food containers or packaging classified under 9 specific
CCC codes
The National Food Safety Authority Board of Directors Decree No.1 of the year 2018 on the Rules
Governing the Registration and Handling of Foods for Special Dietary Use
Law No. 1/2017 regarding the Egyptian National Food Safety Authority
Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Synthetic Iron Oxide; Confirmation of Effective
Date; Final Rule
Draft of Standards for Pesticide Residue Limits in Foods
Standards for veterinary drug residue limits in foods
Amendment to the Cabinet Order and Ordinance for Enforcement of the Food Sanitation Act and
other relevant ordinances
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various
Commodities. Notice of filing of petitions and request for comment
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various
Commodities. Notice of filing of petitions and request for comment
Beverages: Bottled Water, Proposed Rule
Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for
Human Food; Technical Amendment
Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption;
Technical Amendment
Draft Commission Regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the
European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for imazalil in or on
certain products
DUS 2132:2019, Cider and Perry - Specification, First Edition
DUS 2131:2019, Country wine - Specification, First Edition
DUS 2026:2019, Pasteurized goat milk - Specification, First Edition
DUS 1979:2018, Butter sauce Ghee sauce (Eshabwe) - Specification, First Edition
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/456 of 20 March 2019 authorising the change of the
specifications of the novel food coriander seed oil from Coriandrum sativum under Regulation (EU)
2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2017/2470
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/387 of 11 March 2019 authorising an extension of
use of Schizochytrium sp. (ATCC PTA-9695) oil as a novel food and the change of the designation and
of the specific labelling requirement of Schizochytrium sp. (ATCC PTA-9695) oil under Regulation (EU)
2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and amending Commission Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2017/2470
Draft Commission Regulation on reference points for action for non-allowed pharmacologically
active substances present in food of animal origin and repealing Decision 2005/34/EC
Draft of sanitation standard for contaminants and toxins in food
The Draft Amendment of Standards for Specification, Scope, Application and Limitation of
Food Additives
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/454 of 20 March 2019 concerning the authorisation
of preparations of alpha-amylase from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens DSM 9553, Bacillus
amyloliquefaciens NCIMB 30251, or Aspergillus oryzae ATCC SD-5374, as well as a preparation of
endo-1,4-beta-glucanase from Trichoderma reesei ATCC PTA-10001 as silage additives for all animal
species
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards).
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
Notification of the Revocation of designation of feed additives of tylosin phosphate as feed additives
Revocation of designation of feed additives of Alkyltrimethylammonium calcium oxytetracycline and
Chlortetracycline as feed additives.
Metrafenone; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule
Sulfometuron-methyl; Pesticide Tolerance. Final Rule
Mandipropamid; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule
Draft Commission Regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the
European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for cyflufenamid,
fenbuconazole, fluquinconazole and tembotrione in or on certain products
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia/The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf draft Technical
Regulation for "Contaminants and toxins in food and feed"
Order Imposing Conditions in Relation to Secondary Control Zones In Respect of African Swine Fever
DUS DEAS 975:2019, Instant (soluble) coffee - Specification, First Edition
DUS DEAS 105:2019, Roasted coffee beans and roasted ground coffee - Specification, Second Edition
DUS 931:2019, Minced meat - Specification, Second Edition
Revision of the substances having no potential to cause damage to human health that the provision
requires the Minister of MHLW to specify under the Food Sanitation Act (Final rule)
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
Revision of the substances having no potential to cause damage to human health that the provision
requires the Minister of MHLW to specify under the Food Sanitation Act (Final rule)
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
Amendment to the Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc.
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation
Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
Draft Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and Claims) First Amendment Regulations, 2019
Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Food Enzymes to Enable the Use of Protein-glutaminase
from Chryseobacterium proteolyticum AE-PG in Various Standardized and Unstandardized Foods –
Reference Number: NOM/ADM-0130
Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Colouring Agents to Enable the Use of Ground
Limestone in Unstandardized Confectionery - Reference Number: NOM/ADM-0129
Summary of the Revision of Pesticide Registration System
Draft Commission Regulation (EU) amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of
the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for amitrole, fipronil,
flufenoxuron, flupyrsulfuron-methyl, imazosulfuron, isoproturon, orthosulfamuron and triasulfuron
in or on certain products
S-Metolachlor; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule
Methoxyfenozide; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule
Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption;
Extension of Compliance Dates for Subpart E; Final Rule
Draft MOPH Notification, No. … B.E. …., Re: Prescribed foods which are prohibited to be produced,
imported or sold
Draft MOPH Notification, No. … B.E. …., Re: Prescribed foods which have criteria, condition, and
method of use in food produced for sale, imported for sale or sold
Draft Ministry of Public Health Notification, B.E..., entitled "Nutrition Labelling (No. 3)"
Draft Ministry of Public Health Notification, No. … B.E. …. (....) entitled "Food Containing Pesticide
Residues (No. 2)"
Draft Ministry of Public Health Notification, No. … B.E. …. (....) entitled "Food Products Required to
Bear Nutrition Labelling and Guideline Daily Amounts, GDAs Labelling"
DEAS 975:2019 Instant (soluble) coffee - Specification
DEAS 130:2019 Green coffee beans - Specification
DEAS 26:2019 Canned corned beef - Specification
DEAS 84-1:2019 Meat Grades and Meat Cuts - Specification - Part 1: Beef Grades and Cuts
DEAS 953:2019 Dressed poultry - Specification
DEAS 954:2019 Meat sausages - Specification
DEAS 955:2019 Hygienic Requirement for the Production of Packaged Meat Products
Amendment to the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Food Sanitation Act and the Specifications and
Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc
Amendment to the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Food Sanitation Act and the Specifications and
Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc
Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council Of 11 December 2018 on
veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC
Fenoxaprop-ethyl, Flufenpyr-ethyl, Imazapyr, Maleic hydrazide, Pyrazon, Quinclorac, Triflumizole,
et al.; Proposed Tolerance and Tolerance Exemption Actions. Proposed Rule
Maximum Residue Limit of Pesticides on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
DEAS 105:2019 Roasted coffee beans and roasted ground coffee - Specification
DKS 2166:2018 Icing Sugar - Specification
Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Dithianon (PMRL2019-07)
Those foods, food additives, food utensils, food containers or packaging classified under 2 specific
CCC codes
DUS DEAS 954:2019, Meat sausages - Specification, First Edition
DUS DEAS 953:2019, Dressed poultry - Specification, First Edition
DUS DEAS 84-1:2019, Meat grades and meat cuts - Specification - Part 1: Beef grades and cuts, First
Edition
DUS DEAS 26:2019, Canned corned beef - Specification, First Edition
Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickening Agents,
the List of Permitted pH Adjusting Agents, Acid-Reacting Materials and Water Correcting Agents,
and the List of Permitted Sequestering Agents to Enable the Use of Potassium Pyrophosphate,
Tetrabasic inUnstandardized Foods - Reference Number: NOM/ADM-0128
Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Cyantraniliprole (PMRL2019-06)
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various
Commodities. Notice of filing of petitions and request for comment.
Trifloxystrobin; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule
Trifluralin; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule
Withdrawal of 10 food additives that are no longer distributed in Japan from the List of Existing Food
Additives (revision of the List of Existing Food Additives prescribed in the Food Sanitation Act).
Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Food Enzymes to Enable the Use of Maltogenic alpha-
Amylase from Bacillus licheniformis MDT06-221 in Bread, Flour, Whole Wheat Flour, Unstandardized
Bakery Products, andPasta - Reference Number: NOM/ADM-0127
Established Maximum Residue Limits: Spiromesifen
Established Maximum Residue Limits: Clomazone
Established Maximum Residue Limits: Fenamidone
DEAS 77-1:2019 Fruits, Juices and Nectars - Specification
DEAS 945:2019 Pickles - Specification
DEAS 946:2019 Dried Mango - Specification
DEAS 947:2019 Jams, jellies and marmalades - Specification
DEAS 948:2019 Fruit drinks - Specification
Draft Food Safety and Standards (Fortification of Foods) Amendment Regulations, 2019
Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Cyazofamid (PMRL2019-05)
Established Maximum Residue Limit: Flumioxazin
Maximum residue levels for bromuconazole, carboxin, fenbutatin oxide, fenpyrazamine and pyridaben in or on certain products
Established Maximum Residue Limits: Fluazifop-butyl
KS 2852:2019 Canned stone fruits - Specification
KS 2851:2019 Canned applesauce - Specification
KS 2689:2019 Quick frozen vegetables - Specification
KS 2688:2019 Certain canned fruits - Specification
KS 2687:2019 Pickled Fruits and Vegetables - Specification
KS 1178:2019 Canned Tropical Fruit Salad - Specification
DKS 2859:2018 Sweet potato Bread - Specification
DKS 2860:2018 Sweet potato puree - Specification
DKS 2861:2018 Production and handling of sweet potato - Code of practice
DKS 2853:2019 Dando Cheese - Specification
DKS 2850:2019 Cheeses in brine - Specification
DKS 2683:2019 Brie cheese - Specification
DKS 2682:2019 Camembert cheese - Specification
Evaporated Milks - Specification
DKS 2509:2019 Processed cheese - Specification
DKS 28-4:2019 Cheese - Specification Part 4:Tilister/Tilster
DKS 28-3:2019 Cheese - Specification Part 3: Gouda
DKS 28-2:2019 Cheese - Specification Part 2: Cheddar
DKS 28-1:2019 Cheese - Specification Part 1: General requirements