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Regulation of the Head of the National Agency of Drug and Food Control of Organic Product.
This Regulation specifically regulates the radiation source, types of food, maximum absorbed doses, irradiation purposes, re-irradiation, packaging requirements, irradiation facility, and labelling for irradiated food.

Draft Food Safety and Standards (Organic Foods) Regulations, 2017.

Amendment to the List of Regulated Living Organisms under the Invasive Alien Species Act

Amendment to the List of Regulated Living Organisms under the Invasive Alien Species Act.
To designate any member of the family Lepisosteidae and any living hybrid organisms of species of the family Lepisosteidae as Invasive Alien Species (IAS)

Proposed designation of organisms that need notification prior to its importation in Japan
This document provides information about a proposed designation of plant species that needs to be notified to relevant authorities prior to the importation of its seeds and/or seedlings. This document also provides the proposed timeline for plant seeds and/or seedlings to be notified to the authorities.
The legal basis of the list is derived from the Act on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity through Regulations on the Use of Living Modified Organisms.

Proposed Amendments to the Standards and Specifications for Foods.
The proposed amendment seeks to:... Delete endangered species from the list of "Raw materials approved for use in foods":
o Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), Porbeagle, Beaumaris shark, Porbeagle (Lamna nasus), Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus);

Proposed Draft Amendments to the temporary Standards & Specifications for food and Food Additives
1. Change the fee for safety assessment of food additives derived from genetically modified microorganism;
2. Extend the processing period for item change application of safety assessment result notice of food additives derived from genetically modified microorganism.

Proposed Amendments to the Regulation on Safety Assessment for Genetically Modified Food Products
1. Clarify the review procedure and the scope of the document for safety assessment of stacked events;
2. Clarify the subject and the document for the renewal of authorizations;
3. Notify change in the format of application (application for safety assessment etc.).

Order of the Minister of Agriculture and Marine Fisheries concerning the phytosanitary inspection of imported plants, plant products and other items.
Pursuant to the provisions contained in Title II of the Dahir of 20 September 1927 (23 Rabi I 1346) on the sanitary control of plants, the two Orders of the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform No. 1306-85 of 19 Rabi II 1407 (22 December 1986) on the sanitary control of imported plants and plant products, and No. 467-84 of 15 Joumada II 1404 (19 March 1984) regulating the importation of plants or parts of plants liable to be infested by certain harmful species of animals or plant pests, contain supplementary provisions on import conditions.
In order to remedy this situation and to provide professionals and control officers with a single text, the notified Order establishes a list of quarantine pests of which the introduction and spread must be prohibited in Morocco, and consolidates the different provisions on the control of imported plants and plant products. The two aforementioned Orders will be repealed, as from the entry into force of the notified text.

Memorandum on enhanced measures to prevent armyworm from entering Madagascar.
The notified Memorandum establishes the enhanced measures to be taken with regard to imports of plants, plant products and other items that could carry pests from infested countries, as well as the disinfection measures to be put in place at international ports and airports.