Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

WTO code	G/SPS/N/TPKM/630
Date notice	14/08/2024
Notice type	Regular
Title	Draft Sanitation Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food
Summary	This regulation aims to set maximum levels (ML) for Cadmium in chocolate products.
Product	Chocolate and cocoa powder
Country	Chinese Taipei

File attach:
NTPKM630.pdf

Orther Notice:

G/SPS/N/USA/3536 - Fluopyram; Pesticide Tolerances. Final rule.
G/SPS/N/USA/3535 - Fluazinam; Pesticide Tolerances. Final rule.
G/SPS/N/CAN/1623 - Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Pyrethrins (PMRL2025-25).
G/SPS/N/CAN/1621 - RMD–25–03: Pest risk management document to deregulate Phytophthora abietivora in Canada.
G/SPS/N/CAN/1622 - Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Penthiopyrad (PMRL2025-26).
G/SPS/N/BRA/2418/Add.1 - Draft Resolution 1337, 18 June 2025
G/SPS/N/BRA/2417/Add.1 - Draft Resolution 1335, 12 June 2025
G/SPS/N/BRA/2412/Add.1 - Draft Resolution 1333, 20 May 2025
G/SPS/N/BRA/2266/Add.1 - Draft Resolution number 1242, 20 March 2024
G/SPS/N/UGA/465 - DARS 1023:2025, Live grading for rabbits, guinea pigs and other small mammals — Specification.
G/SPS/N/UGA/464 - DARS 1851:2025, Animal husbandry guidelines for egg- laying flocks — Cage-free, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/UGA/463 - DARS 1854:2025, Farm animal welfare and housing — Turkeys, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/UGA/462 - DARS 1856:2025, Farm animals' welfare — Dairy sheep, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/UGA/461 - DARS 1859:2025, Farm goat welfare — Dairy, fibre and meat goat, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/UGA/460 - DARS 1860:2025, Farm animal welfare — Dairy cattle, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/UGA/459 - DARS 1862: 2025, Farm animal welfare — Beef cattle, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/UGA/458 - DARS 11220:2025, Day-old chicks — Basic requirements, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/UGA/457 - DARS 1022:2025, Animal stock routes, First edition.
G/SPS/N/TUR/98/Add.1 - Turkish Food Codex Communique Amending the Communiqué on Drinking Milk.
G/SPS/N/KEN/352 - DKS 1564:2025, Handling, processing, storage and distribution of molluscan shellfish ― Code of practice.
G/SPS/N/CHL/863 - Establece condiciones sanitarias para la importación a Chile de équidos bajo el régimen de internación definitiva y de doble hemisferio; y deroga Resolución Exenta No 1.582 de 2019.
G/SPS/N/BRA/2410/Add.1 - Draft Resolution 1332, 20 May 2025
G/SPS/N/BRA/2363/Add.1 - Draft Resolution 1300, 10 December 2024
G/SPS/N/EU/892 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2183 of 29 October 2025 concerning the renewal of the authorization of L-valine produced with Corynebacterium glutamicum KCCM 80058 as a feed additive for all animal species and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 848/2014.
G/SPS/N/EU/897 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2046 of 10 October 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1486 as regards the terms of the authorisation of canthaxanthin as a feed additive for certain categories of poultry, ornamental fish and ornamental birds.
G/SPS/N/EU/896 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2171 of 29 October 2025 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of calcium D-pantothenate (vitamin B5) and D-panthenol (vitamin B5) as feed additives for all animal species and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 669/2014.
G/SPS/N/EU/895 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2186 of 29 October 2025 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of propionic acid, sodium propionate and ammonium propionate as feed additives for all terrestrial animal species and repealing Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1222/2013 and (EU) No 305/2014.
G/SPS/N/EU/894 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2175 of 29 October 2025 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of a preparation of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum CECT 4528 as a feed additive for all animal species and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 399/2014.
G/SPS/N/EU/893 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2176 of 29 October 2025 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of the preparations of Pediococcus acidilactici NCIMB 30005, Lacticaseibacillus paracasei NCIMB 30151 and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum DSM 16627 as feed additives for all animal species and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 849/2014
G/SPS/N/UKR/249/Add.1 - Draft Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine No. 1450 of 31 July 2023"
G/SPS/N/USA/3534 - Cyclobutrifluram; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule.
G/SPS/N/USA/3533 - Amicarbazone; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule.
G/SPS/N/JPN/1368/Corr.1 - Revision of the Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
G/SPS/N/VNM/174 - Draft Circular Regulations on quarantine of aquatic animals and animal products by the Minister of Agriculture and Environment.
G/SPS/N/UGA/290/Add.1 - DUS 983:2021, Banana (matooke) flour - Specification, Second Edition
G/SPS/N/UGA/289/Add.1 - DUS 998:2021, Plantain (gonja) - Specification, Second Edition
G/SPS/N/UGA/288/Add.1 - DUS 997:2021, Cooking banana (matooke) - Specification, Second Edition
G/SPS/N/UGA/159/Add.2 - DUS DEAS 66-4:2021, Tomato products - Specification - Part 4: Tomato concentrates (paste and puree), Second Edition
G/SPS/N/EU/851/Add.1 - The listing and the measures for regulated non-quarantine pests
G/SPS/N/EGY/177 - Ministerial Decree No. 6/2025 gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 9012 for "Sweetened condensed milk"
G/SPS/N/EGY/176 - Ministerial Decree No. 6/2025 gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 1623 for "Sterilized and/or UHT Milk".
G/SPS/N/EGY/175 - Ministerial Decree No. 6/2025 that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 189- 4/2018 (Partial modification 2022) for "Alcoholic Beverages – Part 4: Other Fermented Alcoholic Beverages, Except Beer and Wine".
G/SPS/N/EGY/174 - Ministerial Decree No. 6/2025 that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard 189- 3/2018 (Partial modification 2022) for "Alcoholic Beverages - Part: 3 Distilled Alcoholic Beverages".
G/SPS/N/EGY/173 - Ministerial Decree No. 6/2025 that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 189- 2/2018 (Partial modifications 2022 and 2023) for "Alcoholic Beverages Part: 2, Beer and Flavoured Beer".
G/SPS/N/EGY/172 - Ministerial Decree No. 6/2025 that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 189- 1/2018 (Partial modification 2022) for "Alcoholic Beverages - Part: 1, Wine".
G/SPS/N/EGY/88/Add.2 - Egyptian Standard ES 6374 for "Fat Spreads and Blended Spreads"
G/SPS/N/CAN/1620 - Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Quizalofop-ethyl (PMRL2025-24).
G/SPS/N/CAN/1619 - Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Ethiprole (PMRL2025-23).
G/SPS/N/OMN/166 - Regulatory Framework for the Importation of Agricultural Seedlings into the Sultanate of Oman.
G/SPS/N/IND/340 - Draft notification of the veterinary health certificate for regulating the import of raw, salted pickled, limed and dried skins and hides into India.