MAR/90
WTO/SPS
MA Morocco
  • 13 - Environment and health protection, Safety
  • 65 - Agriculture
2023-01-01
2022-11-10

Cleaning products and requirements and conditions governing their use in agri-food establishments.

Projet d'arrêté conjoint du ministère de l'agriculture, de la pêche maritime, du développement rural et des eaux et forêts et du ministre de la santé et de la protection sociale modifiant et complétant l'arrêté conjoint du ministre de l'agriculture, de la pêche maritime, du développement rural et des eaux et forêts et du ministre de la santé n° 2300-17 du 11 moharrem 1440 (21 septembre 2018) fixant les caractéristiques d'efficacité, de sophistication et de pureté des produits de nettoyage et de prescriptions et les conditions de leur utilisation dans les établissements et entreprises du secteur alimentaire et du secteur de l'alimentation animale (Draft Joint Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Development and Water Resources and Forestry and the Minister for Health and Social Protection amending and supplementing Joint Order No. 2300-17 of 11 moharrem 1440 (21 September 2018) of the Minister for Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Development and Water Resources and Forestry and the Minister for Health establishing the characteristics of cleaning products in terms of performance, level of sophistication and purity, and the requirements and conditions governing the use of these products in establishments and businesses in the food and animal feed sectors) Language(s): French Number of pages: 5

Joint Order No. 2300-17 of the Minister for Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Development and Water Resources and Forestry and the Minister for Health, published in 2018, establishing the characteristics of cleaning products in terms of performance and purity, and the specifications and conditions governing the use of these products in establishments and businesses in the food and animal feed sectors, contains, in Annex I, a list of the substances that can be used in cleaning and disinfection products for establishments and businesses in the food and animal feed sectors.

In view of developments regarding the registration of new substances used in cleaning and disinfection products in the livestock sector and the agri-food industry, it is necessary to update Order No. 2300-17.

As part of efforts to streamline procedures in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 55-19, and in order to make the existing procedure more flexible and to speed up the registration process for the substances listed in Annex I, the notified draft Joint Order proposes that the list be updated on a regular basis by the Director-General of ONSSA and published on the ONSSA website. The notified draft Joint Order also proposes that pictograms for personal protective equipment be added to the information required on product labels.