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Sl. No.	Country	Notification	Authority	Notification No.	Date
India
1	India	Letter to West Bengal for opening of cross land border trans. reg	Ministry of Home Affairs	-	24 Apr 2020
2	India	Clarification on interpretation of guidelines w.r.t, factory sealing etc	-	23 Apr 2020
3	India	Clarification with respect to application for Free Sale and Commerce Certificate	Directorate General of Foreign Trade	Trade Notice No. 07/2020-2021	28 Apr 2020
4	India	Procedural details pursuant to Notification No. 57/2015-20 dated 31.03.2020 and Public Notice 67/2015-20 dated 31.03.2020- Extensions in Import Validity period and Export obligation period in Advance authorizations/DFIA	Circular No. 35/2015-2020	23 Apr 2020
5	India	Seeks to give effect to the provisions of rule 87 (13) and FORM GST PMT-09 of the CGST Rules, 2017	Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs	Notification No. 37/2020-Central Tax	28 Apr 2020
6	India	Guidelines for conduct of personal hearings in virtual mode under Customs Act, 1962 published	Instruction No. 04	27 Apr 2020
7	India	CBIC's instruction waiving charges during extended lockdown by ICDs and CFSs reg.	-	23 Apr 2020
8	India	Guidelines for Home Isolation of very mild/pre-symptomatic COVID-19 cases	Ministry of Health & Family Welfare	-	28 Apr 2020
9	India	Relaxation in procedure to start industrial operation	Revenue Department (Disaster Management), Karnataka Government Secretariat	-	28 Apr 2020
10	India	Permitting SEZ and EOU in various districts	Karnataka Government Secretariat	-	28 Apr 2020
11	India	Advisory on issuing movement passes for food inspection laboratories	Food Safety and Standard Authority	-	28 Apr 2020
12	India	Exemption, remission of Port charges notified	Cochin Port Trust	Trade Notice No. 1/2020	27 Apr 2020
13	India	Amended Technology Upgradation Funds Scheme (ATUFS) Easing post lock down period of COVID-19. Easing out the norms under ATUFS during post lock down period of COVID-19 Easing out implementation of the decision of IMSC under ATUFS for physical verification of machinery procured under previous versions of TUFS (MTUFS, RTUFS & RRTUFS) during post lockdown period of COVID-19	Ministry of Textile	-	25 Apr 2020
14	India	List of foreign Rapid / CLIA/ ELISA kits approved for testing of Covid-19 as on 25.04.2020 published	Central Drugs Standard Control Organization	-	25 Apr 2020
15	India	PCR Kits approved for testing of Covid-19 as on 25.04.2020 published	-	25 Apr 2020
16	India	DP world not to levy storage charges from 22.3.2020 to 3.05.2020 reg.	-	-	23 Apr 2020
17	India	Letter to CFS association to comply with DGS order w.r.t detention charges	Chennai Port Trust	-	23 Apr 2020
18	India	Guidelines Defining zones and start of activities w.e.f 23.04.2020	General Administration Department, Government of Kerala	-	23 Apr 2020
19	India	FSSAI ensures uninterrupted food business operations during the COVID-19	Food Safety and Standards Authority	Press Release	23 Apr 2020
ASEAN
20	Malaysia	Publishes food additive amendment	Ministry of Health	-	6 Apr 2020
21	Myanmar	New Cosmetics Recordings (New) Available on 27-4-2020 published	Food and Drug Administration	-	27 Apr 2020
22	Myanmar	Certificate of Import of Imported Medicines on 27-4-2020 published	-	27 Apr 2020
23	Myanmar	Certificates of importation of extractable medicines on 27-4-2020 published	-	27 Apr 2020
24	Philippines	Implementing the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Program established under CAO 5-2017 for Importers and Exporters	Bureau of Customs	CMO 09-2020	28 Apr 2020
25	Philippines	Guidelines on the submission of applications for batch notification of registered vapor products and HTPs	Food and Drug Administration	-	23 Apr 2020
26	Philippines	Procedure for pre-market application for vapor products and heated tobacco products seeking registration under the centre for cosmetics regulation and research	-	23 Apr 2020
27	Philippines	Guidelines for the preparation of a product information file for vapor product and heated tobacco product refills and cartridges, and heated tobacco product electronic delivery devices	-	23 Apr 2020
28	Philippines	General guidelines for the regulation of vapor products and heated tobacco products	-	23 Apr 2020
29	Philippines	Application procedure for product marketing authorizations through the FDA electronic portal (e‑portal) system.	-	23 Apr 2020
30	Philippines	Procedure on the application for license to operate (LTO) through the food and drug administration (FDA) electronic portal	-	23 Apr 2020
31	Singapore	Review of import timeframe requirement for meat and meat products	Singapore Food Agency	-	23 Apr 2020
32	Thailand	Explanation instruction of Cleaning or disinfecting products used for food	Food and Drug Administration	-	30 Apr 2020
33	Thailand	Imposed temporary ban on importation of Live poultry and poultry carcasses from Germany (Click here), South Africa (Click here) & Vietnam (Click here) to prevent the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza during period of 3rd April 2020 – 1st July 2020	Department of Livestock Development	-	29 Apr 2020
34	Thailand	Imposed temporary ban on importation of Live domestic pig and their carcasses from Laos (Click here ) & Cambodia (Click here) to prevent the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza during period of 3rd April 2020 – 1st July 2020	-	29 Apr 2020
SAARC
35	Nepal	Food and Feed import permit application format published	Department of Food Technology and Quality Control	-	24 Apr 2020
36	Nepal	Notice for food and feed importer and exporter	-	23 Apr 2020
Eurasian Economic Union
37	EEU	Electrical connectors in the form of plugs and sockets with threaded locking classified under HS 8536 69	Eurasian Economic Commission	Decision 55	28 Apr 2020
38	EEU	Amending section 2.7 of the list of goods with respect to which a permit procedure has been established for the import.	Decision no 45	23 Apr 2020
39	Russia	Imposed temporary ban on importation of Live poultry, bird eggs, meat and edible offal of poultry, machinery for preparing animal feeding stuffs, poultry incubators and brooder from Hungary to prevent the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza	The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance	-	29 Apr 2020
European Union
40	EU	Seek to approve carbendazim as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products	European Commission	-	29 Apr 2020
41	EU	Temporary measures in view of COVID-19 : Validity of certain certificates, licences and authorisations and the postponement of certain periodic checks and training in certain areas of transport legislation	-	29 Apr 2020
42	EU	Register of Feed Additives updated : Annex I: List of additives (Click here) and Annex II: List of additives (Click here) for which no application for reevaluation was submitted before the deadline of 8 November 2010.	-	28 Apr 2020
43	EU	Ensure compliance with maximum residue levels of pesticides and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on food of plant and animal origin	Regulation (EU) 2020/585	27 Apr 2020
44	EU	Granting a Union authorisation for the biocidal product family ‘SOPURCLEAN’	Regulation (EU) 2020/580	27 Apr 2020
45	EU	Granting a Union authorisation for the biocidal product family ‘HYPRED’s octanoic acid based products’	Regulation (EU) 2020/579	27 Apr 2020
46	EU	Amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1198 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ceramic tableware and kitchenware originating from China	Regulation 2020/571	24 Apr 2020
47	EU	Fixing import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 27 April 2020	Regulation 2020/573	24 Apr 2020
48	EU	Summary of European Union decisions on marketing authorisations in respect of medicinal products from 1 March 2020 to 31 March 2020	C135/8	24 Apr 2020
49	EU	Proposes non-renewal of approval of the following active substances Bromoxynil Mancozeb	-	24 Apr 2020
50	EU	Summary of authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)	020/C 132/05	23 Apr 2020
51	France	Seek for vigilance concerning essential-oil based sprays and diffusers	Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety	-	29 Apr 2020
52	United Kingdom	The Misuse of Drugs (Coronavirus) (Amendments Relating to the Supply of Controlled Drugs During a Pandemic etc.) Regulations 2020 published	-	Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 468	29 Apr 2020
Japan & South Korea
53	Japan	Revision of some of the standard standards for foods, additives (setoxim, diazinon, bifenthrin, buprofezin, flonicamid, florpyrauxifenebenzyl)	Ministry of Health & Labour Welfare	Notification 23	25 Apr 2020
54	Japan	Procedure for temporary measures to accept scanned or hard copies of export certificates published	Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	-	23 Apr 2020
55	South Korea	Revising their food regulations, including numerous pesticide MRL changes	Ministry of Food and Drug Safety	Notice No. 2020-24	14 Apr 2020
Australia
56	Australia	Import condition for fish roe and caviar for human consumption notified	Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment	-	30 Apr 2020
57	Australia	Amended the import conditions for Humulus spp. for use as nursery stock	-	29 Apr 2020
58	Australia	Updates to the production questionnaire for veterinary therapeutics	-	28 Apr 2020
59	Australia	Weekend diagnostics trial for cut flower imports ending in May 2020	Import Industry Advice Notice No. 60-2020	24 Apr 2020
60	Australia	Import conditions for medium risk plants for use as nursery stock	-	24 Apr 2020
61	Australia	Import conditions for xylellafastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock	-	24 Apr 2020
Hong Kong & New Zealand
62	Hong Kong	Dangerous Drugs Ordinance published	Department of Medicine	-	23 Apr 2020
63	New Zealand	Proposed to implement revised import health standards for seeds for sowing by 11 June 2020	Ministry of Prime Industries	-	24 Apr 2020
Switzerland
64	Switzerland	Revised ordinance on foodstuffs and utility articles	Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office	-	24 Apr 2020
Canada
65	Canada	Modified lists of permitted food additives to extend the use of Potassium Phosphate, dibasic, to the same foods and levels of use as currently Permitted for Sodium Phosphate, dibasic	Health Canada	-	23 Apr 2020
Bahrain & Kuwait
66	Bahrain	Proposes minimum energy performance requirements and testing requirements for Large Capacity Air-Conditioners published	Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Tourism	-	24 Apr 2020
67	Kuwait	Standards for Respiratory protective devices (Requirements, testing, marking) published	Kuwait Standard & Metrology Department	-	27 Apr 2020
Lebanon
68	Lebanon	The decision to withdraw and prevent the handling of a cook from a registered medical product.	Pharmacy and medicines	Resolution 466-2020	28 Apr 2020
69	Lebanon	Resolution regarding the cancellation of the registration of medical preparations.	Resolution 464-2020	28 Apr 2020
70	Lebanon	The decision concerns a warning about the existence of false medical diagnostic tests in America and Africa.	Resolution 463-2020	28 Apr 2020
71	Lebanon	A decision regarding the withdrawal of contraband medical products from the Lebanese market and preventing their circulation.	Resolution 462-2020	28 Apr 2020
Tanzania
72	Tanzania	Tanzania proposes standards for following products:- Tamarind (ukwaju) pulp Energy drinks Dehydrated soups, canned soups and broths Sterilized compound sodium lactate intravenous infusion Sterilized dextrose intravenous infusion Methylated spirit 70% for medical use Hospital based intravenous fluids	Tanzania Bureau of Standards	-	28 Apr 2020
73	Tanzania	Proposing standards for following products: Coriander seeds Mayonnaise Shellac varnish Polyvinyl Acetate-Based adhesives for wood Cashew nut shell liquid Sulfuric acid Sodium bicarbonate	-	27 Apr 2020

Sl. No.

Country

Notification

Authority

Notification No.

Date

India

India

Letter to West Bengal for opening of cross land border trans. reg

Ministry of Home Affairs

24 Apr 2020

India

Clarification on interpretation of guidelines w.r.t, factory sealing etc

23 Apr 2020

India

Clarification with respect to application for Free Sale and Commerce Certificate

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Trade Notice No. 07/2020-2021

28 Apr 2020

India

Procedural details pursuant to Notification No. 57/2015-20 dated 31.03.2020 and Public Notice 67/2015-20 dated 31.03.2020- Extensions in Import Validity period and Export obligation period in Advance authorizations/DFIA

Circular No. 35/2015-2020

23 Apr 2020

India

Seeks to give effect to the provisions of rule 87 (13) and FORM GST PMT-09 of the CGST Rules, 2017

Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Notification No. 37/2020-Central Tax

28 Apr 2020

India

Guidelines for conduct of personal hearings in virtual mode under Customs Act, 1962 published

Instruction No. 04

27 Apr 2020

India

CBIC's instruction waiving charges during extended lockdown by ICDs and CFSs reg.

23 Apr 2020

India

Guidelines for Home Isolation of very mild/pre-symptomatic COVID-19 cases

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

28 Apr 2020

India

Relaxation in procedure to start industrial operation

Revenue Department (Disaster Management), Karnataka Government Secretariat

28 Apr 2020

India

Permitting SEZ and EOU in various districts

Karnataka Government Secretariat

28 Apr 2020

India

Advisory on issuing movement passes for food inspection laboratories

Food Safety and Standard Authority

28 Apr 2020

India

Exemption, remission of Port charges notified

Cochin Port Trust

Trade Notice No. 1/2020

27 Apr 2020

India

Amended Technology Upgradation Funds Scheme (ATUFS) Easing post lock down period of COVID-19.

Ministry of Textile

25 Apr 2020

India

List of foreign Rapid / CLIA/ ELISA kits approved for testing of Covid-19 as on 25.04.2020 published

Central Drugs Standard Control Organization

25 Apr 2020

India

PCR Kits approved for testing of Covid-19 as on 25.04.2020 published

25 Apr 2020

India

DP world not to levy storage charges from 22.3.2020 to 3.05.2020 reg.

23 Apr 2020

India

Letter to CFS association to comply with DGS order w.r.t detention charges

Chennai Port Trust

23 Apr 2020

India

Guidelines Defining zones and start of activities w.e.f 23.04.2020

General Administration Department, Government of Kerala

23 Apr 2020

India

FSSAI ensures uninterrupted food business operations during the COVID-19

Food Safety and Standards Authority

Press Release

23 Apr 2020

ASEAN

Malaysia

Publishes food additive amendment

Ministry of Health

6 Apr 2020

Myanmar

New Cosmetics Recordings (New) Available on 27-4-2020 published

Food and Drug Administration

27 Apr 2020

Myanmar

Certificate of Import of Imported Medicines on 27-4-2020 published

27 Apr 2020

Myanmar

Certificates of importation of extractable medicines on 27-4-2020 published

27 Apr 2020

Philippines

Implementing the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Program established under CAO 5-2017 for Importers and Exporters

Bureau of Customs

CMO 09-2020

28 Apr 2020

Philippines

Guidelines on the submission of applications for batch notification of registered vapor products and HTPs

Food and Drug Administration

23 Apr 2020

Philippines

Procedure for pre-market application for vapor products and heated tobacco products seeking registration under the centre for cosmetics regulation and research

23 Apr 2020

Philippines

Guidelines for the preparation of a product information file for vapor product and heated tobacco product refills and cartridges, and heated tobacco product electronic delivery devices

23 Apr 2020

Philippines

General guidelines for the regulation of vapor products and heated tobacco products

23 Apr 2020

Philippines

Application procedure for product marketing authorizations through the FDA electronic portal (e‑portal) system.

23 Apr 2020

Philippines

Procedure on the application for license to operate (LTO) through the food and drug administration (FDA) electronic portal

23 Apr 2020

Singapore

Review of import timeframe requirement for meat and meat products

Singapore Food Agency

23 Apr 2020

Thailand

Explanation instruction of Cleaning or disinfecting products used for food

Food and Drug Administration

30 Apr 2020

Thailand

Imposed temporary ban on importation of Live poultry and poultry carcasses from Germany (Click here), South Africa (Click here) & Vietnam (Click here) to prevent the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza during period of 3rd April 2020 – 1st July 2020

Department of Livestock Development

29 Apr 2020

Thailand

Imposed temporary ban on importation of Live domestic pig and their carcasses from Laos (Click here ) & Cambodia (Click here) to prevent the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza during period of 3rd April 2020 – 1st July 2020

29 Apr 2020

SAARC

Nepal

Food and Feed import permit application format published

Department of Food Technology and Quality Control

24 Apr 2020

Nepal

Notice for food and feed importer and exporter

23 Apr 2020

Eurasian Economic Union

EEU

Electrical connectors in the form of plugs and sockets with threaded locking classified under HS 8536 69

Eurasian Economic Commission

Decision 55

28 Apr 2020

EEU

Amending section 2.7 of the list of goods with respect to which a permit procedure has been established for the import.

Decision no 45

23 Apr 2020

Russia

Imposed temporary ban on importation of Live poultry, bird eggs, meat and edible offal of poultry, machinery for preparing animal feeding stuffs, poultry incubators and brooder from Hungary to prevent the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance

29 Apr 2020

European Union

Seek to approve carbendazim as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products

European Commission

29 Apr 2020

Temporary measures in view of COVID-19 : Validity of certain certificates, licences and authorisations and the postponement of certain periodic checks and training in certain areas of transport legislation

29 Apr 2020

Register of Feed Additives updated : Annex I: List of additives (Click here) and Annex II: List of additives (Click here)

for which no application for reevaluation was submitted before the deadline of 8 November 2010.

28 Apr 2020

Ensure compliance with maximum residue levels of pesticides and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on food of plant and animal origin

Regulation (EU) 2020/585

27 Apr 2020

Granting a Union authorisation for the biocidal product family ‘SOPURCLEAN’

Regulation (EU) 2020/580

27 Apr 2020

Granting a Union authorisation for the biocidal product family ‘HYPRED’s octanoic acid based products’

Regulation (EU) 2020/579

27 Apr 2020

Amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1198 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ceramic tableware and kitchenware originating from China

Regulation 2020/571

24 Apr 2020

Fixing import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 27 April 2020

Regulation 2020/573

24 Apr 2020

Summary of European Union decisions on marketing authorisations in respect of medicinal products from 1 March 2020 to 31 March 2020

C135/8

24 Apr 2020

Proposes non-renewal of approval of the following active substances

24 Apr 2020

Summary of authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

020/C 132/05

23 Apr 2020

France

Seek for vigilance concerning essential-oil based sprays and diffusers

Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety

29 Apr 2020

United Kingdom

The Misuse of Drugs (Coronavirus) (Amendments Relating to the Supply of Controlled Drugs During a Pandemic etc.) Regulations 2020 published

Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 468

29 Apr 2020

Japan & South Korea

Japan

Revision of some of the standard standards for foods, additives (setoxim, diazinon, bifenthrin, buprofezin, flonicamid, florpyrauxifenebenzyl)

Ministry of Health & Labour Welfare

Notification 23

25 Apr 2020

Japan

Procedure for temporary measures to accept scanned or hard copies of export certificates published

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

23 Apr 2020

South Korea

Revising their food regulations, including numerous pesticide MRL changes

Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

Notice No. 2020-24

14 Apr 2020

Australia

Australia

Import condition for fish roe and caviar for human consumption notified

Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment

30 Apr 2020

Australia

Amended the import conditions for Humulus spp. for use as nursery stock

29 Apr 2020

Australia

Updates to the production questionnaire for veterinary therapeutics

28 Apr 2020

Australia

Weekend diagnostics trial for cut flower imports ending in May 2020

Import Industry Advice Notice No. 60-2020

24 Apr 2020

Australia

Import conditions for medium risk plants for use as nursery stock

24 Apr 2020

Australia

Import conditions for xylellafastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock

24 Apr 2020

Hong Kong & New Zealand

Hong Kong

Dangerous Drugs Ordinance published

Department of Medicine

23 Apr 2020

New Zealand

Proposed to implement revised import health standards for seeds for sowing by 11 June 2020

Ministry of Prime Industries

24 Apr 2020

Switzerland

Switzerland

Revised ordinance on foodstuffs and utility articles

Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office

24 Apr 2020

Canada

Canada

Modified lists of permitted food additives to extend the use of Potassium Phosphate, dibasic, to the same foods and levels of use as currently Permitted for Sodium Phosphate, dibasic

Health Canada

23 Apr 2020

Bahrain & Kuwait

Bahrain

Proposes minimum energy performance requirements and testing requirements for Large Capacity Air-Conditioners published

Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Tourism

24 Apr 2020

Kuwait

Standards for Respiratory protective devices (Requirements, testing, marking) published

Kuwait Standard & Metrology Department

27 Apr 2020

Lebanon

Lebanon

The decision to withdraw and prevent the handling of a cook from a registered medical product.

Pharmacy and medicines

Resolution 466-2020

28 Apr 2020

Lebanon

Resolution regarding the cancellation of the registration of medical preparations.

Resolution 464-2020

28 Apr 2020

Lebanon

The decision concerns a warning about the existence of false medical diagnostic tests in America and Africa.

Resolution 463-2020

28 Apr 2020

Lebanon

A decision regarding the withdrawal of contraband medical products from the Lebanese market and preventing their circulation.

Resolution 462-2020

28 Apr 2020

Tanzania

Tanzania

Tanzania proposes standards for following products:-

Tanzania Bureau of Standards

28 Apr 2020

Tanzania

Proposing standards for following products:

27 Apr 2020


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