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| WTO # | Product | Description |
| N/AUS/69 | Camelids from South America | Description of content:
-Diseases reported in Camelids and their status in Australia -Diseases of concern -Animal Health Risk Assessment of diseases of concern -Diseases reported in Camelids imported from South America -Draft quarantine requirements for the importation of Camelids from South America -Animal health risks associated with the importation of Camelid embryos - Draft quarantine requirements for the importation of Camelid embryos from South America. |
| 98.0085 | Packaged Foods | Description of content: A
proposal to consider
proposed provisions for date
marking on packaged food.
These proposed standards
differ from Codex standard
and in most cases are less
restrictive.
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| 98.0155 | All foods | Description of content: A proposal to develop nationally uniform standards for food hygiene practices and food premises and appliances. |
| N/CAN/37 | Fluazuron | Description of content:
Fluazuron is a tick
development inhibitor which
controls the cattle tick
Boophilus microplus, present
in tropical areas including
Australia. It is not currently
registered under the Pest
Control Products Act for use
in Canada since the product is
not manufactured, used or
sold in Canada.
The Pest Management
Regulatory Agency of Health
Canada has been requested to
establish Maximum Residue
Limits (MRLs) for fluazuron
in meat and meat by-products
from cattle imported into
Canada.
After the review of all available data, it is proposed to amend the Food and Drug Regulations to establish MRLs for fluazuron in fat of cattle at 7.0 ppm and in meat by-products of cattle at 0.5 ppm. Residues of fluazuron in cattle meat will be covered under the general tolerance of 0.1 ppm specified in subsection B.15.002(1). |
| N/CAN/38 | Glycerol Ester of Wood Rosin | Description of content:
Health Canada has received a
submission to permit the use
of glycerol ester of wood
rosin as a density adjusting
agent in citrus-flavoured and
spruce-flavoured beverages.
At present there is no
provision in the Food and
Drug Regulations for the use
of glycerol ester of wood
rosin in beverages or any
other food. However, this
proposed use is permitted in
the United States (U.S.) and
the European Union (EU).
This use of glycerol ester of
wood rosin was evaluated
from the standpoint of safety
and efficacy in accordance
with section B.16.002 of the
Food and Drug Regulations.
It was concluded that this
proposed use would not pose
either health or fraud risk to
consumers.
This proposed amendment
will provide for the use of
glycerol ester of wood rosin
as a density adjusting agent in
citrus-flavoured and spruce-flavoured beverages at a
maximum level of 100 ppm.
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| N/CRI/20 | Plant or Vegetable Products | Description of content: Prevent the introduction into Costa Rica of quarantine pests in plants, biological control agents and other organisms for agricultural use, by establishing phytosanitary measures for their importation. |
| 98.0079 | Chemicals | Description of content: This
draft law contains the
obligations of legal and
physical persons when
handling chemical substances
and preparations (hereinafter
CSPs), namely (titles of
Chapters):
1.Common provisions; 2.Classification and testing of CSPs; 3.Registration of CSPs; 4.Handling the dangerous CSPs; 5.Packaging and labelling dangerous CSPs; 6.Placing dangerous CSPs on the market; 7.Authorization to handling CSPs; 8.Import and export of certain CSPs; 9.Obligations on record-keeping and notifying of dangerous CSPs; 10.State administration in the sphere of handling dangerous CSPs; 11.Penalties.
Annex 1. Limits for changes in classification of CSPs Annex 2. List of CSPs the production, import, export and/or distribution of which banned in the Czech Republic |
| N/EEC/55 | Live Animals of Bovine/Porcine Spec | Description of content: The
Document sets out the animal
health conditions and the
veterinary certification for
import of live animals of
bovine and porcine species
from certain European
countries taking into account
the epidemiological situation
in the concerned countries
and in different parts of their
territories
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| N/EEC/56 | Live Animals & Animal Products | Description of content: The
draft Commission Decision
taking into account the
epidemiological situations of
certain European countries
considers possible to
introduce new import
requirements in order to
facilitate trade of live animals
and animal products
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| N/EEC/57 | Import of Fresh Meat | Description of content: The
Document sets out the animal
health conditions and the
veterinary certifications for
import of fresh meat from
certain European countries
taking into account the
epidemiological situation in
the concerned countries and
in different parts of their
territories. The product
covered includes fresh meat
of bovine, swine, ovine,
caprine species and
solipeds.
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| N/EEC/58 | Feedingstuffs | Description of content:
Definition of criteria to be
used for the establishment and
updating of a list of third
countries and of a list of
establishments located in third
countries able to provide
safeguards equivalent to those
offered by the Member States
in respect of their own
establishments operating in
the animal feed sector.
Definition of the form of a
register for listing the
establishments and of the
approval and registration
numbers.
The proposed date of entry into force is the 3rd day following that of the publication on the Official Journal of the EC.
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| 98.0176 | Organic Mushrooms | Description of content:
Establish the technical
conditions for producing
organic mushroom growing
on substrates
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| N/JPN/33 | Cat, Raccoon, Fox, Skunk, etc. | Description of content: Amendment of the Rabies Prevention Law with addition of the new animal species for quarantine requirements with reference of Rabies. |
| N/JPN/34 | Non-human Primates | Description of content:
Establishment of quarantine
requirements for importation
of non-human primates to
prevent invasion of non-human primates infected with
Ebola or Marburg virus into
Japan.
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| N/KOR/43 | Imported Pork from Austria | Description of content: The
animal health regulations
control the importation of
pork into the Republic of
Korea from Austria in order
to prevent the introduction of
diseases and food-poisons
that could have a serious
effect on the Republic of
Korea's agricultural industry.
For the products to be imported into Korea: -There shall not have
occurred Foot-and-Mouth
Disease, Vesicular Stomatitis,
Swine Vesicular Disease,
Rinderpest, African Swine
Fever, Teschen Diseases in
Austria.
-There shall not have occurred Anthrax, Tuberculosis, Classical Swine Fever, Aujeszky's Disease, PRRS at the farm where swine are reared.
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| N/KOR/44 | Foodstuffs | Description of content: The
Ministry of Health and
Welfare is proposing
amendment of Food Code in
order to improve food safety
and harmonize with
international standards,
guidelines and
recommendations.
a.Analytical Method; -admit CODEX method -allow KIT methods approved by a head of KFDA as official analytical methods for detection of microorganisms and toxins. b.Requirements for microorganisms are specified to general standards as follows; -fish and shellfish; Vibrio paraheamolyticus - negative. -meat (except for raw meat which will be used for manufacturing of processed meat products), pasteurized sterilized or ready-to-eat product; Salmonella spp, Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio paraheamolyticus, Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium botulinum, Listeria monocytogenes, E. coli O157:H7 - negative. c.Standards on microorganisms of fresh noodle and ready-to-cook noodle; delete specifications on the total plate counts and E. coli. d.Confectioneries, dairy products etc.: delete specifications on the shelf-life. e.Others; revised test methods for Salmonella spp, Staphylococcus aureus etc. |
| N/NLD/23 | Protein Products | Description of content: Maximum permissible standards for cadmium, lead and mercury in fungus, soybean and wheat protein products. |
| N/NLD/24 | Iodine Salt | Description of content: Exemption, subject to conditions, from the ban on the presence of potassium iodide in (a) cooking salt intended for direct consumption, in (b) cooking salt intended to be added to bread, and in (c) bread to which iodine salt is added. |
| 98.0076 | Goats and Sheeps Cheese | Description of content: Article 5, paragraph 2, of the Commodities Act Decree on dairy produce specifies that, with regard to cheese, goats cheese and sheeps cheese which is prepared using rennet of microbial origin, within the same sphere of application as the designation commodity, the following indications must be used: (a) vegetarian cheese; and (b) prepared using microbial rennet. Said provision is not deemed applicable to commodities intended for export. |
| 98.0165 | Iodine Salt | Description of content: Exemption, subject to conditions, from the ban on the presence of potassium iodide in (a) cooking salt intended for direct consumption, in (b) cooking salt intended to be added to bread, and in (c) bread to which iodine salt is added. |
| 98.0135 | Iodine Salt | Description of content:
Exemption, subject to
conditions, from the ban on
the presence of potassium
iodide in (a) cooking salt
intended for direct
consumption, in (b) cooking
salt intended to be added to
bread, and in (c) bread to
which iodine salt is added.
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| 98.0175 | Soft Drinks and Waters | Description of content: The present draft decree implements the provisions set forth in Articles 3 to 5 of the Protocol on product re-use (part of the Packaging Covenant II). These articles stipulate in broad terms that producers and importers of soft drinks and waters may introduce new (i.e. currently not available on the market) non-returnable packaging onto the market, if as a consequence thereof, the share of soft drinks and waters in returnable packaging does not drop by more than 2 per cent of the total product group. Producers and importers of soft drinks and mineral waters represented in the Commodity Board have communicated that, insofar as they wish to make use of this possibility, they only wish to do so via the introduction of non-returnable plastic bottles with a maximum content capacity of 0.5 litre. The present decree provides for the possibility of exemption from the obligation to charge a deposit for the said bottles. The possibilities of referring to this scheme apply to both producers and importers based in the Netherlands. Both are allowed to introduce onto the market maximum 2 per cent of their entire sales (in litres) on the Dutch market of said plastic bottles. Parties new to the market may introduce 2 per cent of their estimated sales in soft drinks and waters in the new bottles. |
| 98.0087 | Packaged foods | Description of content: A
proposal to consider
proposed provisions for date
marking on packaged food.
These proposed standards
differ from Codex standards
and in most cases are less
restrictive.
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| N/CHE/9 | Petfood Containing Animal Protein | Additional confirmation that
the product does not contain
specified risk material (SRM)
from animals of the bovine,
ovine and caprine species
that, according to Swiss legal
provisions, must be destroyed
by incineration, and that the
product does not contain
mechanically recovered meat
or dead animals of the above
mentioned species.
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| N/USA/114 | Meat and Poultry Establishments | Description of content: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is revising its policy regarding Agency approval of nonfood compounds and proprietary substances prior to use in official meat and poultry establishments. The compounds and substances currently subject to prior approval include maintenance and operating chemicals (sanitizers, cleaning compounds, water treatments, lubricants, and pesticides) and proprietary food processing chemicals (branding inks, scalding agents, rendering agents, and denaturants). FSIS recently proposed to eliminate the sanitation regulations requiring prior approval for some of these compounds and substances (contained in 9 CFR Parts 308 and 381, Subpart H). FSIS now is announcing that it is eliminating the prior approval system for all-nonfood compounds and proprietary substances and specifically requests comment on alternatives to the current prior approval system. |
| N/USA/117 | Pesticide - Propazine | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to revoke the tolerances for residues of propazine in or on sorghum fodder, sorghum forage, sorghum grain, and sweet sorghum. EPA is proposing this action because the remaining registration for propazine on sorghum was canceled in 1990. |
| N/USA/116 | Food Additives | Description of content: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a tentative final rule to amend its regulations to affirm that egg white lysozyme enzyme preparation, when labeled by the common or usual name "egg white lysozyme" to identify its source, is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for use in preventing late blowing of cheese caused by the bacterium Clostrium tyrobutyricum during cheese production. FDA has tentatively concluded that this use of the egg white lysozyme enzyme preparation is GRAS only when the ingredient statement for both bulk and packaged food that contains cheese manufactured using egg white lysozyme includes the common or usual name "egg white lysozyme" to identify the source of the protein. Egg whites are known to be an allergenic food source, particularly in children. There is a literature report indicating that lysozyme may in fact have been an allergen for some individuals who became sensitive to egg whites. Although the reported in vitro study does not establish that ingestion of egg white lysozyme in cheese will actually cause a clinically significant allergic reaction in such sensitive individuals, FDA is not aware of any data or information that would refute the study's inference that egg white lysozyme may be allergenic. Therefore, FDA concludes that there is insufficient information in the |
| 98.0011/Rev1 | Organic Foods | Description of content: The Administration is seeking comments on a proposal to establish a National Organic Programme. The programme is proposed under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 as amended, which requires the establishment of national standards governing the marketing of certain agricultural products as organically produced to facilitate commerce in fresh and processed food that is organically produced and to assure consumers that such products meet consistent standards. This programme would establish national standards for the organic production and handling of agricultural products, which would include a national list of synthetic substances approved for use in the production and handling of organically produced products. It also would establish an accreditation programme for State officials and private persons who want to be accredited to certify farm, wild crop harvesting, and handling operations that comply with the programme's requirements, and a certification programme for farm, wild crop harvesting, and handling operations that want to be certified as meeting the programme's requirements. The programme additionally would include labelling requirements for organic products and products containing organic ingredients, and enforcement provisions. Further, the proposed rule provides for |
| 98.0037.Add.01 | Candies | Description of content: The
Administration is proposing
to amend the nutrition
labelling regulations to
modify the product category
Sugars and sweets: hard
candies, and others by adding
after-dinner mints, caramels,
fondants (e.g. plain mints,
candy corn), and liquid and
powdered candies as kinds of
products included under the
category, and a reference
amount customarily
consumed per eating occasion
(reference amount) of 15
millilitres (ml) for liquid
candies; create a new product
category under Sugars and
Sweets, identified as
Chocolate-covered fondants
(e.g. chocolate-covered
creams, chocolate-covered
mints), taffy, and plain toffee,
with a reference amount of 30
grams (g); and clarify what
kinds of candies belong to the
all other candies product
category by expanding the
category name to include
specific examples. The
proposed changes are based
on information provided in
the letters and on analyses of
the petitioners data and of
the most recent candy
consumption data available
from the US Department of
Agriculture 1994 and 1995
Continuing Survey of Food
Intakes by Individuals.
ADDENDUM NOTE: The final date for comments has been extended to May 26, 1998. |
| 98.0172 | Imports and Other Trademarked Goods | Description of content: This document proposes to amend the Customs Regulations in light of the 1993 decision of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in Lever Bros. Co. V. United States. In line with that decision, the proposed rule would, upon application by the US trademark owner, restrict importation of certain gray market articles that bear genuine trademarks identical to or substantially indistinguishable from those appearing on articles authorized by the US trademark owner for importation or sale in the US, and that thereby create a likelihood of consumer confusion, in circumstances where the gray market articles and those bearing the authorized US trademark are physically and materially different. The proposed restrictions would apply notwithstanding that the US and foreign trademark owners are the same, are parent and subsidiary companies, or are otherwise subject to common ownership or control. The proposed restrictions would not be applicable if the otherwise restricted articles are labelled in accordance with proposed standards to eliminate consumer confusion. In addition, it is proposed to reorganize the Customs Regulations, with respect to importations bearing recorded trademarks or trade names, in order to clarify Customs enforcement of trademark rights as they relate to products bearing counterfeit, copying, or |
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