SPS - Sanitary or phytosanitary measure - Any measure applied:
To protect animal or plant life or health within the territory of the Member from risks arising from the entry, establishment or spread of pests, diseases, disease-carrying organisms or disease-causing organisms, risks arising from additives, contaminants, toxins or disease-causing organisms in foods, beverages or feedstuffs, risks arising from diseases carried by animals, plants or products thereof, or from the entry, establishment or spread of pests and to prevent or limit other damage within the territory of the Member from the entry, establishment or spread of pests.
| S.No. | Date | Notifying Member | Region Country | Product Covered | Brief | Notification | Final Date of Comment |
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| 1 | 04 Sep 2025 | China | All Trading Partner | Food additive Glycine | This standard applies to food additive aminoacetic acid (glycine) obtained from industrial glycine by ammoniation process of monochloroacetic acid, then purified by dissolving in water, decolorized with activated carbon and recrystallized; or obtained from the sodium glycinate produced by the ammoniation and alkaline hydrolysis of hydroxyacetonitrile, followed by processes of ion exchange and membrane decolorization. This standard also applies to the food nutrition fortifier glycine. | G/SPS/N/CHN/1342 | 03 Nov 2025 |
| 2 | 04 Sep 2025 | China | All Trading Partner | Food additive pectins | This standard applies to food additive pectins obtained from the extraction and purification of raw materials such as fruit peels or residues of fruits (including pomelo, lemon, citrus, and apple), sunflower plates, or other appropriate edible plants. The extraction solvents used are ethanol and isopropanol. | G/SPS/N/CHN/1348 | 03 Nov 2025 |
| 3 | 04 Sep 2025 | Australia | All Trading Partner | Seeds for sowing of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and capsicum (Capsicum annuum species complex) | As notified in G/SPS/N/AUS/469, the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has implemented emergency measures for tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and capsicum (Capsicum annuum species complex) seeds. These measures have been in place since 2019. This addendum is to notify trading partners that we have reviewed Australia’s import conditions for tomato and capsicum seed disease testing. This review focused on evaluating seed testing protocols for Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) and Tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV), as well as the authorisation process for laboratories conducting these tests. As a result of this review, we are updating Australia’s emergency measures for tomato and capsicum seeds. We will be introducing two key changes, which include: Establishing a list of authorised laboratories registered to test tomato and capsicum seed;Updating the approved testing protocols and the interpretation of their results to improve consistency and assurance in detecting ToBRFV and ToMMV. The new import conditions will commence on 12 November 2025. A list of authorised laboratories will be published on 1 October 2025 to enable importers to begin transitioning to the new arrangements. During the transition period (1 October 2025 – 11 November 2025), we will continue to accept seed lots that have already been tested for ToBRFV and ToMMV under Australia’s existing import conditions. Consignments that arrive on or after 12 November 2025 that do not meet the new requirements will be offered onshore testing at an approved laboratory in Australia (at the importer’s expense), exported or disposed. For further detail on these changes, see:Pathogen testing requirements for tomato and capsicum seeds webpageEmergency measures for tomato and capsicum seedWhen published, the revised import conditions will be made available in the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON): https://bicon.agriculture.gov.au/BiconWeb4.0/Information sessions. | G/SPS/N/AUS/469/Add.3 | N/A |
| 4 | 04 Sep 2025 | China | All Trading Partner | Food additives lycopene (synthetic) | This standard applies to food additives lycopene produced from 3,7,11-trimethyl-2,4,6,10-dodecatetraenyl-triphenylphosphonium salt with 2,7-dimethylocta-2,4,6-trienedial as starting materials or intermediates, through Wittig condensation reaction, obtained by purification and crystallization. This standard specifies the technical requirements and determination methods for the food additives lycopene (synthetic). | G/SPS/N/CHN/1340 | 03 Nov 2025 |
| 5 | 29 Aug 2025 | China | All Trading Partner | Modified milk | Based on document G/SPS/N/CHN/1287 notified on 25 October 2023, the standard has: 1. Adds requirement "except for flavored condensed milk" for concentrated milk ingredients; 2. Removes the requirement of allowing fat to rise on top in sensory requirements; 3. Modifies the description of milk powder production and reconstituted milk labeling; 4. Adds regulations for liquid products made from raw milk with only lactase added, clarifying that standards can be applied according to their production process. | G/SPS/N/CHN/1287/Add.1 | 28 Oct 2025 |
| 6 | 29 Aug 2025 | Canada | All Trading Partner | Prepackaged food with milk ingredients and/or modified milk ingredients | Ingredients and components must be shown in the list of ingredients on food labels by their common names. For certain ingredients and components, there is an option to use a common name for the class of foods they belong to instead of their individual common names. The optional common names for certain classes of ingredients and components are set out in Table 2 of the Common Names for Ingredients and Components document, which is incorporated by reference into the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR) | G/TBT/N/CAN/749 | 21 Oct 2025 |
| 7 | 28 Aug 2025 | China | All Trading Partner | Food additive L-sodium malate | This standard is applicable to L-sodium malate which is prepared by reaction of l-malic acid and sodium carbonate after crystallization and drying. The technical requirements and test methods of L-sodium malate are mainly stipulated. | G/SPS/N/CHN/1337 | 27 Oct 2025 |
| 8 | 28 Aug 2025 | China | All Trading Partner | Food additive | This standard applies to label of food additive (including food nutrient fortifier). It is not applicable for label of storage and transportation packaging to provide protection for food additives during storage and transportation. | G/SPS/N/CHN/1329 | 27 Oct 2025 |
| 9 | 28 Aug 2025 | China | All Trading Partner | Food additive vanillin | This standard is applicable to vanillin, a food additive made primarily from vanillin through chemical reactions. The physical and chemical indicators required for food additive vanillin is determined by conducting sampling analysis and testing on the vanillin currently sold in the domestic market. | G/SPS/N/CHN/1336 | 27 Oct 2025 |
| 10 | 28 Aug 2025 | Canada | All Trading Partner | Pesticide triallate in or on dry chickpeas, dry lentils and dry peas (ICS codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.060) | The objective of the notified document PMRL2025-18 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for triallate that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity Proposed MRL 0.2 mg/kg Dry chickpeas, dry lentils, dry peas | G/SPS/N/CAN/1606 | 02 Nov 2025 |
| 11 | 28 Aug 2025 | Australia | All Trading Partner | Dairy products for human consumption | Australia released the Import risk review for dairy products for human consumption – final report (the dairy review) on 4 March 2025. WTO Members were notified on 14 March 2025 (G/SPS/N/AUS/561/Add.2. The new import conditions will be implemented from 31 August 2025, with the initial transition period to take place over 12 months. Import permits granted between 31 August 2025 and 1 September 2026 will contain both the old (existing) and new conditions. Trade can continue under the current or new conditions during this time while new health certificates are negotiated. Model health certificates as attached to this notification can be used to facilitate trade in dairy products for which a valid import permit has been granted after 31 August 2025. Australia aims to negotiate specific health certificates with approved countries by completion of the transition period on 1 September 2026. From this date, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry will begin issuing import permits with the new import conditions and associated health certificates only. | G/SPS/N/AUS/561/Add.3 | N/A |
| 12 | 07 Aug 2025 | Canada | All Trading Partner | Pesticide trinexapac-ethyl in or on rye (ICS Codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.060) | The objective of the notified document PMRL2025-14 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limit (MRL) for trinexapac-ethyl that has been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity3.0 Rye1 ppm = parts per million | G/SPS/N/CAN/1602 | N/A |
| 13 | 07 Aug 2025 | United States | All Trading Partner | The nut, tree, group 14-12; the fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F; and almond hulls | "This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of pyroxasulfone in or on the nut, tree, group 14-12; the fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F; and almond hulls. " | G/SPS/N/USA/3525 | N/A |
| 14 | 06 Aug 2025 | Indonesia | All Trading Partner | Animal and animal products, fish and fish product, plant and plant products | Draft Decree of the Chairman of the Indonesian Quarantine Authority Concerning Quarantine Documents And Seals | G/SPS/N/IDN/149/Add.1 | N/A |
| 15 | 05 Aug 2025 | EU Countries | All Trading Partner | Novel food | The measure concerns an amendment of the Union list of novel foods to correct some errors identified in the Union list of novel foods (Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470) in order to provide clarity and legal certainty to food business operators and to the EU Member States’ competent authorities. The act includes a correction to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1365 concerning the use of the novel food Schizochytrium sp. oil rich in DHA and EPA in food supplements for children from 18 months to 18 years of age at levels of 250 mg/day, which was erroneously omitted. | G/SPS/N/EU/874 | N/A |
| 16 | 04 Aug 2025 | EU Countries | All Trading Partner | Novel food | The measure concerns an authorisation of the novel food Calanus finmarchicus oil, which is intended to be used as such (for cooking or as a seasoning), and as an ingredient in several food categories for the general population. The authorisation is underpinned by a positive scientific opinion of the European Food Safety Authority. | G/SPS/N/EU/873 | N/A |
| 17 | 04 Aug 2025 | Australia | All Trading Partner | 0713 - Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split; 071310 - Dried, shelled peas "Pisum sativum", whether or not skinned or split; 0904 - Pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta; 0909 - Seeds of anis, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin or caraway; juniper berries; 1001 - Wheat and meslin; 1101 - Wheat or meslin flour; 1103 - Cereal groats, meal and pellets; 1104 - Cereal grains otherwise worked, e.g. hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground (excl. cereal flours, and husked and semi- or wholly milled rice and broken rice); 1106 - Flour, meal and powder of peas, beans, lentils and other dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713, of sago and manioc, arrowroot and salep, Jerusalem artichoke, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content of heading 0714, produce of chapter 8 "Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruits or melons"; 1201 - Soya beans, whether or not broken; 1202 - Groundnuts, whether or not shelled or broken (excl. roasted or otherwise cooked); 1207 - Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken (excl. edible nuts, olives, soya beans, groundnuts, copra, linseed, rape or colza seeds and sunflower seeds); 1209 - Seeds, fruits and spores, for sowing (excl. leguminous vegetables and sweetcorn, coffee, tea, maté and spices, cereals, oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, and seeds and fruit used primarily in perfumery, medicaments or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes); 1202 - Groundnuts, whether or not shelled or broken (excl. roasted or otherwise cooked); 1001 - Wheat and meslin; 1104 - Cereal grains otherwise worked, e.g. hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground (excl. cereal flours, and husked and semi- or wholly milled rice and broken rice); 0713 - Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split; 1209 - Seeds, fruits and spores, for sowing (excl. leguminous vegetables and sweetcorn, coffee, tea, maté and spices, cereals, oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, and seeds and fruit used primarily in perfumery, medicaments or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes); 1101 - Wheat or meslin flour; 0909 - Seeds of anis, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin or caraway; juniper berries; 071310 - Dried, shelled peas "Pisum sativum", whether or not skinned or split; 1207 - Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken (excl. edible nuts, olives, soya beans, groundnuts, copra, linseed, rape or colza seeds and sunflower seeds); 0904 - Pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta; 1103 - Cereal groats, meal and pellets; 1201 - Soya beans, whether or not broken; 1106 - Flour, meal and powder of peas, beans, lentils and other dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713, of sago and manioc, arrowroot and salep, Jerusalem artichoke, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content of heading 0714, produce of chapter 8 "Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruits or melons" | "Amendment to Australia’s List of Trogoderma Species of Biosecurity ConcernThis addendum is to notify trading partners of changes to Australia’s List of Trogoderma Species of Biosecurity Concern, under the Biosecurity Act 2015 ((available at: https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/policy/legislation/list-trogoderma-speciesThree species have been newly added to the list:Trogoderma serraticorneTrogoderma teuktonTrogoderma yunnaeunsisThese species (including all relevant synonyms and subordinate taxa) are of biosecurity concern to Australia due to their potential to enter via imported plant products, establish and spread in suitable conditions, and cause economic consequences to Australia’s grain and stored product industries. This amendment impacts the following existing biosecurity requirements for imported plant products by expanding the scope of Trogoderma species subject to pre-export inspection and certification:Prior to export, consignments of plant products must be inspected by the National Plant Protection Organisation (NPPO) of the exporting country and found free from evidence of any Trogoderma species of biosecurity concern, including khapra beetle (Trogoderma granariumA phytosanitary certificate must include the following additional declaration ""Representative samples were inspected and found free from evidence of any species of Trogoderma (whether live, dead, or exuviae) in Australia’s list of Trogoderma species of biosecurity concernThe requirements above apply to:high-risk plant products when exported from any country that is not listed as a khapra beetle target-risk countryother-risk plant products when exported from all countries.If any Trogoderma species of biosecurity concern are detected during inspection upon arrival in Australia, or if certification does not verify the absence of the listed Trogoderma species of biosecurity concern in accordance with the above requirements, the consignment will be subject to remedial action which may include re-export.Further information For all enquiries, please contact imports@aff.gov.au (please title the subject line of the email with “Plant T2 – Khapra urgent actions”)." | G/SPS/N/AUS/502/Add.21 | N/A |
| 18 | 01 Aug 2025 | United States | All Trading Partner | Lettuce, leaf | This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of the insecticide afidopyropen in or on lettuce, leaf. | G/SPS/N/USA/3523 | N/A |
| 19 | 01 Aug 2025 | Brazil | All Trading Partner | Food technology (ICS code(s): 67) | This draft resolution establishes the technological functions, maximum limits and conditions of use for food additives and processing aids authorized for use in food.This regulation will be also notified to the TBT Committee. | G/SPS/N/BRA/2420 | 28 Aug 2025 |
| 20 | 31 Jul 2025 | Japan | All Trading Partner | Seeds for planting of the following plants: sweet pepper (chili pepper, shishito pepper, bell pepper) (Capsicum annuum), tomato (including Lycopersicon esculentum (syn. Solanum lycopersicum Solanum arcanum Solanum cheesmaniae Solanum chilense Solanum galapagense Solanum peruvianum Solanum pimpinellifolium Live plants and plant parts for planting (excluding seeds and fruits) of the following plants: pea (Pisum sativum Capsicum frutescens, sweet pepper (chili pepper, shishito pepper, bell pepper) (Capsicum annuum), tomato (including Lycopersicon esculentum (syn. Solanum lycopersicum Solanum arcanum Solanum cheesmaniae Solanum chilense Solanum galapagense Solanum peruvianum Solanum pimpinellifolium), eggplant (Solanum melongena | To prevent the introduction of Tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV)into Japan, MAFF has taken emergency measures for the host plants of ToMMVfrom India. The measures are taken as follows: (1) For seeds:The plants must fulfill the following specific requirement AND the phytosanitary certificate or the certified copy of the phytosanitary certificate must include additional declaration.EitherThe samples randomly taken from parent plants and ones with suspected symptoms are tested by an appropriate genetic method such as RT-PCR assay and found to be free from Tomato mottle mosaic virus;orThe seeds are tested prior to export by an appropriate genetic method such as RT-PCR assay and found to be free from Tomato mottle mosaic virus; 4,600 seeds are randomly taken from a lot as samples in accordance with the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) procedures; or in case that the number of seeds of a lot is less than 46,000, 10% of the seeds are used for the testing; they are divided into at most 400 seeds for RT-PCR as sub-samples.(2) For Live plants and plant parts for planting (excluding seeds and fruits):The plants must fulfill the following specific requirement AND the phytosanitary certificate or the certified copy of the phytosanitary certificate must include additional declaration.The plants randomly taken from a lot and plants with suspected symptoms are tested during the growing season or prior to export by an appropriate genetic method such as RT-PCR assay and found to be free from Tomato mottle mosaic virus.In addition, National Plant Protection Organizations (NPPO) of India will be required to include an additional declaration stating that “Fulfills item 41 of the Annexed Table 2-2 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act (MAF Ordinance No73/1950). | G/SPS/N/JPN/1360 | N/A |
| 21 | 31 Jul 2025 | Rwanda | All Trading Partner | Maize seed for sowing (HS code(s): 100510); Plant growing (ICS code(s): 65.020.20) | Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard DEAS 821:2024, Maize seed — Requirements for certification, Second edition, notified in G/SPS/N/BDI/105, G/SPS/N/KEN/280, G/SPS/N/RWA/98, G/SPS/N/TZA/354 and G/SPS/N/UGA/332, was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 2 July 2025. | G/SPS/N/RWA/98/Add.1 | N/A |
| 22 | 30 Jul 2025 | EU Countries | All Trading Partner | Novel food | The measure concerns an amendment of the conditions of use concerning astaxanthin esters to the level up to 0.25 % for all population groups in food supplements. The increase in the astaxanthin esters in oil from Calanus finmarchicus is expected to result in intakes of astaxanthin which, in combination with the intake of astaxanthin from the normal diet, are not expected to exceed, in any population group, the acceptable daily intake of 0.2 mg of astaxanthin/kg body weight established by the European Food Safety Authority. There is also a need to amend the labelling requirements of the novel food Calanus finmarchicus oil in line with the proposed conditions of use, as the statement laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/966 that food supplements containing Calanus finmarchicus oil should not be consumed by children younger than 14 years if the ingredient contains ≥ 0.1 % astaxanthin does no longer apply. | G/SPS/N/EU/872 | N/A |
| 23 | 30 Jul 2025 | EU Countries | All Trading Partner | Cereals (HS Codes: 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008), foodstuffs of animal origin (HS Codes: 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210) and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables | The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/802 (16 December 2024) is now adopted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/1163 of 13 June 2025 amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for chlorpropham, fuberidazole, ipconazole, methoxyfenozide, S-metolachlor and triflusulfuron in or on certain products (Text with EEA relevance).The Regulation shall apply from 6 January 2026. | G/SPS/N/EU/802/Add.1 | N/A |
| 24 | 30 Jul 2025 | Turkey | All Trading Partner | Spirit drinks | This Communiqué covers the procedures and principles regarding the preparation, processing, production, storage, transportation, preservation, marketing of distilled spirit drinks, including the definition and characteristics of distilled alcoholic beverages. | G/SPS/N/TUR/69/Rev.1 | 28 Sep 2025 |
| 25 | 30 Jul 2025 | Colombia | India | In vitro and ex agar Alstroemeria seedlings for testing, planting and commercial use | The Republic of Colombia informs the issuance of Resolution No. 00011537 of July 23, 2025 "By means of which the phytosanitary requirements are established for the importation into Colombia of in vitro and ex agar Alstroemeria seedlings of Indian origin and provenance, for use in testing, sowing and commercial use", is applicable to all natural or legal persons that import in vitro and ex agar Alstroemeria seedlings of Indian origin and provenance to Colombia for use in testing, sowing and commercial use. This Resolution was published in the Official Gazette No. 53,191 of July 24, 2025, date from which it came into force. | G/SPS/N/COL/385/Add.1 | N/A |
| 26 | 30 Jul 2025 | EU Countries | All Trading Partner | Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (HS code(s): 2309) | The maximum permitted concentration of methyleugenol in cinnamon bark essential oil was erroneously referred to in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1186 with a value of ''≤ 0.04 %'', while according to the opinion of the European Food Safety Authority of 27 September 2022, it should not exceed 0.004 %. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1186 is therefore corrected accordingly by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1391.A transitional period is included for the interested parties to meet the requirements resulting from this correction. | G/SPS/N/EU/871 | N/A |
| 27 | 30 Jul 2025 | Vietnam | All Trading Partner | Allkinds of foodstuff | Draft of the Food Safety Law replacing the Food Safety Law2010-This Law stipulates the rights and obligations of organizations and individuals in ensuring food quality and safety; conditions for ensuring quality and safety for food, raw materials for food, food additives, and food processing aids; conditions for business establishments; import and export; testing; risk analysis, prevention, mitigation, and incident handling; information, education, communication; and state management responsibility for food, raw materials for food, food additives, and food processing aids. | G/SPS/N/VNM/171 | 28 Sep 2025 |
| 28 | 30 Jul 2025 | EU Countries | All Trading Partner | Products of animal origin intended for human consumption | The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/803 (18 December 2024) is now adopted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1447 of 18 July 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 laying down uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance).This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. | G/SPS/N/EU/803/Add.1 | N/A |
| 29 | 30 Jul 2025 | Thailand | All Trading Partner | Tea infusion (HS code 0902; ICS code 67.140.10) | The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) considered the existing notifications of the Ministry of Public Health regarding tea infusion should be revised in order to update the list of plants and parts of plant used as ingredient for tea infusion for more effective of consumer health protection and fair practice of trade.Clause 1. Clause 3 of the notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 426) B.E. 2564 (2021), issued under the Food Act B.E. 2522 (1979), regarding Herbal Tea, dated 29 March B.E. 2564 (2021), is hereby repealed and replaced with the following:"Clause 3: "Tea infusion" means a product obtained from parts of plants and fungi that are processed by drying and may rough grinding or diminishing for consumption by boiling or infusing with water."Clause 2. The plant and plant part listed as No. 92, licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra), in the list of plants and plant parts permitted for use as raw materials for tea infusion in the annex of the notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 426) B.E. 2564 (2021), issued under the Food Act B.E. 2522 (1979), regarding Herbal Tea dated 29 March 2021, is hereby repealed.Clause 3. The plants and plant parts listed in the annex to this notification shall be added as items numbered 202 to 311 in the existing list of raw materials permitted for tea infusion, appended to the notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 426) B.E. 2564 (2021), issued under the Food Act B.E. 2522 (1979), regarding Tea Infusion, dated 29 March 2021.Clause 4. Producers or importers for sale of tea infusion containing licorice (item No. 92) as specified in Clause 2, who were authorized prior to the effective date of this notification, may continue to sell their products for a period not exceeding one year from the effective date.Clause 5. Producers or importers for sale of tea infusion containing plants listed in Clause 3, items No. 202 to 311, who were authorized prior to the effective date of this notification, may continue to sell their products for a period not exceeding two years from the effective date.Producers or importers of tea infusion containing plants listed in Clause 3, items No. 202 to 311, are required to comply fully with this notification within two years from its effective date.Clause 6. This notification shall come into effect from the day following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette. This draft Ministry of Public Health notification was also notified under the TBT notification. | G/SPS/N/THA/795 | 28 Sep 2025 |
| 30 | 03 Jul 2025 | Canada | All Trading Partner | Infant formula, human milk fortifiers, and formulated liquid diets | The proposed measure notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1576 (dated 7 October 2024) has been revised. The purpose of this Notice of Intent (NOI) is to outline the revisions made to the Minister of Health’s proposal to make a ministerial class exemption order for the exceptional importation and sale of infant formula, human milk fortifiers and formulated liquid diets to mitigate a shortage or the risk of a shortage of these products. | G/SPS/N/CAN/1576/Add.1 | 14 Aug 2025 |
| 31 | 03 Jul 2025 | Japan | All Trading Partner | Meat and edible meat offal (HS codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.08 and 02.09)Dairy produce (HS code: 04.01)Animal originated products (HS code: 05.04)Animal fats and oils (HS codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06) | The proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Sulfadoxine notified in G/SPS/N/JPN/1287 (dated 9 September 2024) were adopted and published on 10 February 2025. | G/SPS/N/JPN/1287/Add.1 | N/A |
| 32 | 03 Jul 2025 | Japan | All Trading Partner | Meat and edible meat offal (HS codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.07, 02.08 and 02.09)Aquatic animals and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS codes: 03.02, 03.03 and 03.04)Dairy produce and birds'' eggs (HS codes: 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08)Animal originated products (HS code: 05.04)Animal fats and oils (HS codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06) | The proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Sulfadiazine notified in G/SPS/N/JPN/1284 (dated 9 September 2024) were adopted and published on 10 February 2025.The specified MRLs are available as below: | G/SPS/N/JPN/1284/Add.1 | N/A |
| 33 | 03 Jul 2025 | Japan | All Trading Partner | all food | Addendum to regular notification. The proposed designation of substance used as an ingredient of agricultural chemicals and other chemical substances that is stipulated to be “The substance in food that does not pose any adverse health effect” for Anacardic acid notified in G/SPS/N/JPN/1297 (dated 4 October 2024) was adopted and published on 27 February 2024.The specified designation is available as below: | G/SPS/N/JPN/1297/Add.1 | N/A |
| 34 | 03 Jul 2025 | Japan | India | Meat and edible meat offal (HS codes: 02.03, 02.06 and 02.09)Animal originated products (HS code: 05.04)Animal fats and oils (HS code: 15.01) | The proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Sulfamoyldapsone notified in G/SPS/N/JPN/1290 (dated 9 September 2024) were adopted and published on 10 February 2025.The specified MRLs are available as below: | G/SPS/N/JPN/1290/Add.1 | N/A |
| 35 | 03 Jul 2025 | Japan | All Trading Partner | Meat and edible meat offal (HS codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.08 and 02.09)Aquatic animals and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS codes: 03.02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.06, 03.07 and 03.08)Dairy produce and natural honey (HS codes: 04.01 and 04.09)Animal originated products (HS code: 05.04)Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS codes: 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10 and 07.13)Edible fruit and nuts, peel of citrus fruit (HS codes: 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14)Tea, mate and spices (HS codes: 09.02, 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10)Cereals (HS codes: 10.01 and 10.06)Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit (HS codes: 12.01, 12.07 and 12.12)Animal fats and oils (HS codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06) | The proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Pyribencarb notified in G/SPS/N/JPN/1280 (dated 9 September 2024) were adopted and published on 10 February 2025.The specified MRLs are available as below: | G/SPS/N/JPN/1280/Add.1 | N/A |
| 36 | 03 Jul 2025 | Japan | India | Meat and edible meat offal (HS codes: 02.03, 02.06 and 02.09)Animal originated products (HS code: 05.04)Animal fats and oils (HS code: 15.01) | The proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Sulfamoyldapsone notified in G/SPS/N/JPN/1290 (dated 9 September 2024) were adopted and published on 10 February 2025.The specified MRLs are available as below: | G/SPS/N/JPN/1290/Add.1 | N/A |
| 37 | 03 Jul 2025 | Japan | All Trading Partner | Meat and edible meat offal (HS codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.08 and 02.09)Aquatic animals and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS codes: 03.02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.06, 03.07 and 03.08)Dairy produce and natural honey (HS codes: 04.01 and 04.09)Animal originated products (HS code: 05.04)Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS codes: 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10 and 07.13)Edible fruit and nuts, peel of citrus fruit (HS codes: 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14)Tea, mate and spices (HS codes: 09.02, 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10)Cereals (HS codes: 10.01 and 10.06)Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit (HS codes: 12.01, 12.07 and 12.12)Animal fats and oils (HS codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06) | The proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Pyribencarb notified in G/SPS/N/JPN/1280 (dated 9 September 2024) were adopted and published on 10 February 2025.The specified MRLs are available as below: | G/SPS/N/JPN/1280/Add.1 | N/A |
| 38 | 01 Jul 2025 | Japan | All Trading Partner | Oats (HS code: 10.04), barley (HS code: 10.03), wheat (HS code:10.01), milo (HS Code: 10.07) and rye (HS Code: 10.02) for feed | Proposal for the amendments of the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the agricultural chemical: Fenitrothion. Commodity (for feed) Proposed MRL(mg/kg) Current MRL(mg/kg) Oats 6 1 Barley 6 5 Wheat 15 10 Milo 6 1 1Rye 6 1 Note:- Residue definition for enforcement: Fenitrothion. | G/SPS/N/JPN/1351 | N/A |
| 39 | 01 Jul 2025 | Japan | All Trading Partner | Wheat (HS code: 10.01), maize (HS code: 10.05), milo (HS code: 10.07), hay (HS code: 12.13, 12.14) for feed | Proposal for the amendments of the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the agricultural chemical: Cyfluthrin. Commodity (for feed) Proposed MRL(mg/kg) Current MRL(mg/kg) Wheat 0.2 2 Maize 0.05 2 Milo 3.5 2 Hay 50 3 Note:- Residue definition for enforcement: Cyfluthrin (sum of isomers).- Hay includes hay and fodder (dry), straw, forage (green) and silage. The MRL is set as 90% dry matter base. | G/SPS/N/JPN/1349 | 30 Aug 2025 |
| 40 | 04 Apr 2025 | Canada | All Trading Partner | Pesticide metaldehyde in or on bushberries (crop subgroup 13-07B) (ICS codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.080) | The objective of the notified document PMRL2025-06 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limit (MRL) for metaldehyde that has been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1,2 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity0.15 Bushberries (crop subgroup 13-07B, except lingonberries and lowbush blueberries)1 ppm = parts per million2 Lingonberries and lowbush blueberries are not included in this crop subgroup MRL since they are also part of crop subgroup 13-07G (low growing berries) and there is already a registered use for metaldehyde on crop subgroup 13-07G. MRLs are currently established at 0.15 ppm in/on lingonberries and lowbush blueberries.The commodities included in the listed crop groups/subgroups can be found on the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/consumer-product-safety/pesticides-pest-management/public/protecting-your-health-environment/pesticides-food/residue-chemistry-crop-groups.html) in the Pesticides section of the Canada.ca website. | G/SPS/N/CAN/1593 | 10 Jun 2025 |
| 41 | 31 Mar 2025 | Brazil | All Trading Partner | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code(s): 07); Edible fruit and nuts; Peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code(s): 08); Cereals (HS code(s): 10); Environment. Health protection. Safety (ICS code(s): 13) | Draft Resolution 1298, 6 December 2024 - previously notified through G/SPS/N/BRA/2361 - was adopted as Normative Instruction 354, 26 March 2025. The regulation updates the monographs of the active ingredients A29 - ACETAMIPRID, B26 - BIFENTRIN, B59 - BENALAXYL - M, C07 - KASUGAMYCIN, C09 - CYMONAXIL, C35 - CLOMAZONE, C63 - LAMBDA -CYHALOTHRIN, C74 - CIANTRANILIPROLE, D55 - DINOTEFURANO, F42 - METHYL FLUROXYPYR, F46 - FLUMIOXAZINE, F47 - FLUAZINAM, F68 - FLUXAPIROXADE, G01 - GLYPHOSATE, G05 - GLUFOSINATE - AMMONIUM, L05 - LUFENUROM, M24 - MSMA, M45 - MANDIPROPAMID, P13 - PROFENOFÓS, S09 - SULFENTRAZONA, S13 - S -METOLACHLOR, T81 - TOLPIRALATE, and Z04 - ZOXAMIDA on the Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservatives, published by Normative Instruction 103 on 19 October 2021 in the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União). The final text is available only in Portuguese and can be downloaded at: | G/SPS/N/BRA/2361/Add.1 | 30 May 2025 |
| 42 | 28 Mar 2025 | Ukraine | All Trading Partner | Food supplements | Draft Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Improving the Regulation of the Production and Circulation of Food Supplements | G/SPS/N/UKR/224/ADD.1 | N/A |
| 43 | 25 Mar 2025 | EU Countries | All Trading Partner | Cereals (HS codes: 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008), foodstuffs of animal origin (HS Codes: 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210) and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables | The proposed draft Regulation concerns the review of existing MRLs for benfluralin, benthiavalicarb and penflufen in certain food commodities. MRLs for these substances in certain commodities are lowered. Lower MRLs are set after deleting old uses which are not authorised any more in the European Union | G/SPS/N/EU/843 | 24 May 2025 |
| 44 | 25 Mar 2025 | United States | All Trading Partner | Apple and pear | This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of metamitron in or on apple and pear. | G/SPS/N/USA/3510 | N/A |
| 45 | 25 Mar 2025 | United States | All Trading Partner | Various commodities | This document announces the Agency''s receipt of an initial filing of a pesticide petition requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities. | G/SPS/N/USA/3511 | 10 Apr 2025 |
| 46 | 25 Mar 2025 | Saudi Arabia | All Trading Partner | All chicken products (e.g. whole chicken, breast chicken, thighs skinless boneless, chicken wings, chicken drumsticks, chicken whole leg, etc.) | The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA) has published new documents related to the previous notification:Poultry Production Standards;The steps for registering and certifying poultry establishments according to the Saudi Good Agricultural Practices (SAUDI GAP).The date of entry into force has been extended by six months, until 17 September 2025. | G/SPS/N/SAU/528/Add.2 | 24 May 2025 |
| 47 | 21 Mar 2025 | New Zealand | All Trading Partner | Cannabis sativaFragariaHelianthusLavandulaPinusPrunusSolanum tuberosumTriticum and Zea seeds for sowing | Pests; Plant health; Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg.; Pests; Plant health | G/SPS/N/NZL/776/Add.1 | N/A |
| 48 | 19 Mar 2025 | Korea, South | All Trading Partner | Plants or plant products imported into Korea | Fruit fly; Pests; Plant health; Plant health; Fruit fly; Pests | G/SPS/N/KOR/212/Add.22 | N/A |
| 49 | 19 Mar 2025 | U S A | All Trading Partner | Food preparations, n.e.s. (HS code(s): 2106); Food technology (ICS code(s): 67) | Human health; Food safety | G/SPS/N/USA/3509 | N/A |
| 50 | 19 Mar 2025 | Eu Countries | All Trading Partner | Plants for planting, that have a stem or root collar diameter of 1 cm or more at their thickest point, Acer spp., Aesculus spp., Betula spp., Fraxinus spp., Populus spp., Salix spp. and Ulmus spp. for Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) - (HS Chapters: 06 (live plants)Plants for planting, that have a stem or root collar diameter of 1 cm or more at their thickest point, wood and wood packaging material of Acer spp., Aesculus spp., Alnus spp., Betula spp., Carpinus spp., Chaenomeles spp., Citrus spp., Cornus spp., Corylus spp., Cotoneaster spp., Crataegus spp., Cryptomeria spp., Fagus spp., Ficus spp., Hibiscus spp., Lagerstroemia spp., Malus spp., Melia spp., Morus spp., Ostrya spp., Parrotia spp., Photinia spp., Platanus spp., Populus spp., Prunus laurocerasusPyrus spp., Rosa spp., Salix spp., Ulmus spp. and Vaccinium corymbosum for Anoplophora chinensis (Forster) - (HS Chapters: 06 (live plants), 44 (wood products and articles of wood) | Plant health; Pests | G/SPS/N/EU/842 | N/A |
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