Export controls

This material is on the Australia Group Export Control list and Schedule 2 of the CWC. 

This material is on the Australia Group Export Control list and Schedule 2 of the CWC. This material is a precursor for G-series nerve agents and has been used as a simulant for nerve agents in government tests. 

Codex Alimentarius Commission guidelines for the assessment of the competence of testing laboratories involved in the import and export control of food... 

Because of the status of the CAC described above, the work that it has carried out in the area of laboratory quality assurance must be carefully considered. One of the CAC Committees, the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (CCMAS), has developed criteria for assessing the competence of testing laboratories involved in the official import and export control of foods. These were recommended by the Committee at its 21st Session in March 19979 and adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission at its 22nd Session in June 1997 10 they mirror the EU recommendations for laboratory quality standards and methods of analysis. The guidelines provide a framework for the implementation of quality assurance measures to ensure the competence of testing laboratories involved in the import and export control of foods. They are intended to assist countries in then-fair trade in foodstuffs and to protect consumers. 

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