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Notifications

2016 Food Safety Notifications

Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)

Proposal to Amend Schedule 20 of the revised Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (31 May 2016 –
Proposed amendment (Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard)

Draft Commission Regulation setting out scientific criteria for the determination of endocrine
disrupting properties and amending Annex II to Regulation

Styrene Information and Research Center; Filing of Food Additive Petition; Notice of Petition 

Proposal to amend the List of Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for Veterinary Drugs in Foods
(Proposed MRL 2016-1) 

Health Canada's Proposal to Enable the Use of a New Food Additive, Carnobacterium divergens
M35, as an Antimicrobial Preservative in Sliced Ready-to-Eat Cold-Smoked Salmon and
Sliced Ready-to-Eat Cold-Smoked Trout 

Health Canada's Proposal to Enable the Use of Potassium Acetate and Potassium Diacetate as
Preservatives in Meat and Poultry Products

Aldicarb, Alternaria destruens, Ampelomyces quisqualis, Azinphos-methyl, Etridiazole, Fenarimol,
et al.; Tolerance and Tolerance Exemption Actions

Fluensulfone; Pesticide Tolerances 

Breast Cancer Fund, Center for Environmental Health, Center for Food Safety, Center for Science in
the Public Interest, Clean Water Action, Consumer Federation of America, Earthjustice, Environmental
Defense Fund, Improving Kids' Environment, Learning Disabilities Association of America, and Natural
Resources Defense Council; Filing of Food Additive Petition; Notice of Petition; Correction

Fluazinam; Pesticide Tolerances; Technical Correction

Specific requirements for gelatine, collagen and highly refined products of animal origin intended for
human consumption

Amendment Instrument 2016 (No. 7)

Food business who imports edible oils and fats shall implement food safety monitoring plan and shall
conduct periodic tests on those importing products

Food business who imports meat products, dairy products and fishery products shall implement food
safety monitoring plan and shall conduct periodic tests on those importing products

Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Pyriproxyfen

Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Imazapyr

Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Ametoctradin

Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Tebuconazole

Amendment the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives

Amendment to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Food Sanitation Law and the Standards and
Specifications for Foods and Food Additives 

Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Pyraclostrobin

Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Cyantraniliprole

Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: pyraflufen-ethyl

Establishment of Indicator Value for Listeria Monocytogenes for RTE (Ready-To-Eat) Frozen
Vegetables and Fruits 

Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Fenhexamid

Food (Colour Coding for Sugar Levels) Regulations 2016

Drat of the Philippine National Standard (PNS) on Natural Ingredients: Standard for Mushroom 

Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food against Intentional Adulteration; Final Rule

Draft Meat Inspection Bill

Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Metaldehyde

Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Trifloxystrobin

Draft Philippine National Standard (PNS) on the Code of Hygienic Practice for Tomatoes

The draft Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Amendment Regulations, 2016 

Draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment
Regulations, 2016 

Breast Cancer Fund, Center for Environmental Health, Center for Food Safety, Center for Science In
The Public Interest, Clean Water Action, Consumer Federation of America, Earth justice, Environmental
Defense Fund, Improving Kids' Environment, Learning Disabilities Association of America, and Natural
Resources Defense Council; Filing of Food Additive Petition; Notice of Petition 

This document announces EPA's receipt of several initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the
establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various
commodities.

Established Maximum Residue Limit: Clothianidin

Draft Meat Inspection Bill