The latest bulletin lists a total of 104 notifications covering various sectors such as agriculture, chemical technology, civil engineering construction materials and buildings, fluid systems and components for general use, food technology, healthcare technology, metallurgy, packaging and distribution of good, petroleum and related technologies, road vehicles engineering, telecommunications, audio, and video engineering and textile and leather technology.

The respective issuing economies and the final date of comments are provided below:

Agriculture

1. Tobacco-related products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
2. Premises and equipment for settlement and operation of poultry farms and for eggs and derivatives processing units – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
3. Feed additives - Live microorganism ms-bacillus coagulans, China, 17 November 2024
4. Products containing edible insects, Uganda, 17 November 2024
5. Edible insect products, Uganda, 17 November 2024
6. Edible crickets, Uganda, 17 November 2024
7. Seeds and planting material – Addendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated
8. Tobaccoderived smoking products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated

Chemical Technology

1. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances – Addendum, United States, 07 October 2024
2. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances – Revision, United States, October 2024
3. Sanitizing products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
4. Ozone-depleting substances and fluorinated greenhouse gases – Addendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated
5. Chemical substances, Japan, 18 November 2024
6. Phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons – Revision, United States, 31 October 2024
7. Personal hygiene products, cosmetics and perfumes – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
8. Chemical and biological hazardous factors: chemicals and substances of biological origin, as well as those that are part of the product or mixed product – Revision, Ukraine, 15 November 2024
9. Phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
10. Phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
11. Hazardous air pollutants for the synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry and group I & II polymers and resins industry – Corrigendum, United States, deadline not indicated
12. Di-isononyl phthalate (DINP), United States, 04 November 2024

Civil Engineering

1. Luminaires for road and street lighting, Chile, 26 October 2024

Construction Materials and Buildings

1. Aluminum radiators used for hot water or steam heating systems – Corrigendum, Argentina, deadline not indicated
2. Construction Products – Addendum, Argentina, deadline not indicated
3. Construction products – Addendum, Argentina, deadline not indicated
4. Aluminium radiators used in hot-water or steam heating systems – Addendum, Argentina, deadline not indicated
5. Construction cements – Addendum, Argentina, deadline not indicated
6. Construction materials, Argentina, deadline not indicated

Domestic and Commercial Engineering/Equipment

1. Children's cots and folding cots for domestic use – Addendum, Israel, deadline not indicated
2. Children's cots and folding cots for domestic use – Addendum, Israel, deadline not indicated
3. Water bead toys and toys that contain water beads, United States, 08 November 2024
4. Air conditioners, Mexico, 19 November 2024
5. Cliff swing safety technical requirements, China, 17 November 2024

Fluid Systems and Components for General Use

1. Electric ceiling type fans, India, 15 November 2024

Food Technology

1. Infant formula – Addendum, Australia, deadline not indicated
2. Energy drinks, Honduras, 12 November 2024
3. Greek style yoghurt, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, 11 October 2024
4. Meat and poultry products, United States, 12 November 2024
5. Pasteurized camel milk, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, 10 November 2024
6. Microbiologic al standards of food – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
7. Meat, meat products, poultry, eggs in shell, egg products and aquaculture, Dominican Republic, 09 November 2024
8. Processed poultry meat, Namibia, 16 October 2024
9. Wine and distilled spirits containers – Addendum, United States, 09 October 2024
10. Ginger garlic paste prepared from Allium sativum L. and Zingiber officinale L. – Addendum, Tanzania, deadline not indicated
11. Garlic paste prepared from Allium sativum (L.) – Addendum, Tanzania, deadline not indicated
12. Crystallized ginger – Addendum, Tanzania, deadline not indicated
13. Orange fleshed sweet potato, sorghum and soya composite flour – Addendum, Tanzania, deadline not indicated
14. Orange fleshed sweet potato flour – Addendum, Tanzania, deadline not indicated
15. Cassava sorghum composite flour – Addendum, Tanzania, deadline not indicated
16. Sunflower seeds for oil extraction – Addendum, Tanzania, deadline not indicated
17. Mustard seeds for oil extraction – Addendum, Tanzania, deadline not indicated
18. Icing sugar – Addendum, Tanzania, deadline not indicated
19. Brown sugar – Addendum, Tanzania, deadline not indicated
20. Spiced honey – Addendum, Tanzania, deadline not indicated
21. Sorghum products, South Africa, 19 November 2024
22. Meat, poultry and their products, milk and dairy products – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
23. Alcoholic beverages – Addendum, United Kingdom, deadline not indicated
24. Pumpkin seeds flour – Addendum, Tanzania, deadline not indicated
25. Edible vegetable oils other than olive oil, Spain, 16 November 2024
26. Fruits juices, nectars, puree and pulp, Kenya, 16 November 2024
27. Fried banana chips, Kenya, 16 November 2024
28. Canned fruit and vegetable products, Kenya, 16 November 2024
29. Jams, jellies and marmalades, Kenya, 16 November 2024
30. Processed tomato concentrates, Kenya, 16 November 2024
31. Processed tomato concentrates, Kenya, 16 November 2024
32. Dried fruits and vegetables, Kenya, 16 November 2024
33. Dairy beverages – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
34. Foods for special dietary uses – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicated
35. Enrichment of rice – Addendum, Peru, deadline not indicated
36. Sugar – Addendum, Turkiye, 12 November 2024

Healthcare Technology

1. Hygiene products for industrial use – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicated
2. Medicines in general, processed natural products for medicinal use, homeopathic products or medicines and medical devices, Ecuador, 09 November 2024
3. Assistive products for walking manipulated by both arms - Walking frames, Egypt, 09 November 2024
4. Assistive products for walking manipulated by both arms – Rollators, Egypt, 09 November 2024
5. Walking aids manipulated by both arms - Walking tables, Egypt, 09 November 2024
6. Medicines – Addendum, Mexico, deadline not indicated
7. Medicinal products, Ukraine, 19 November 2024
8. Narcotics, Japan, 18 October 2024
9. Pharmaceuticals, Republic of Korea, 18 November 2024
10. Advanced biopharmaceutical products, Republic of Korea, 18 November 2024
11. Medical devices, Republic of Korea, 18 November 2024
12. Sterile hypodermic needles for single use, China, 17 November 2024
13. Metallic surgical implants, China, 17 November 2024
14. Biological products for human use, Ecuador, 16 November 2024
15. Traditional chinese medicine products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated

Metallurgy

1. Steel tubes for nonpressure purposes, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 17 November 2024
2. Cold formed structural steel sections of thickness of 1 mm to 8 mm, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 17 November 2024
3. Welded steel tubes, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 17 November 2024
4. Refined nickel, India, 15 November 2024
5. Refined zinc, India, 15 November 2024
6. Tin ingot, India, 15 November 2024

Packaging and Distribution of Goods

1. Apparatus, containers, and packaging, Japan, 09 November 2024

Petroleum and Related Technologies

1. Gasoline for spark ignition engines, grade A1 diesel fuel, grade B1 diesel fuel, grade B2 diesel fuel, kerosene, fuel oil No. 5 and fuel oil No. 6 – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated
2. Petroleum and natural gas systems – Corrigendum, United States, deadline not indicated

Road Vehicles Engineering

1. Electric vehicle charging stations, United States, 04 November 2024
2. Motor-pump and motor pump sets, for clean water management, Mexico, 19 November 2024
3. Federal motor vehicle safety standards, United States, 18 November 2024
4. EV energy transfer equipment, China, 17 November 2024
5. Motor vehicles, seat belt assembly anchorages – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
6. Bicycles – Addendum, Argentina, deadline not indicated.

Telecommunications, Audio, and Video Engineering

1. Radio service operations in the 3550- 3700 MHz band, United States, 05 November 2024
2. Telecommunications installations, Switzerland, 16 November
3. Telecommunication equipment – Addendum, Brazil, 28 October 2024
4. Baseline cybersecurity requirements for surveillance camera, Vietnam, 15 November 2024

Textile and Leather Technology

1. Products with filling materials, China, 17 November 2024

Please submit your comments to the DTI Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) thru email at bps@dti.gov.ph and copy the DTI Export Marketing Bureau (exports@dti.gov.ph). The BPS serves as the Philippines’ National Enquiry Point (NEP) and the National Notification Authority (NNA) for the WTO-TBT Agreement.