Notice - Notification of WTO Members: On the approval of "Rules for state control and other official activities in the fields of food/animal feed safety, veterinary and plant protection"


WTO code G/SPS/N/GEO/32
Date notice 15/10/2024
Notice type Regular
Title On the approval of "Rules for state control and other official activities in the fields of food/animal feed safety, veterinary and plant protection"
Summary

This Regulation lays down rules for:

1. the performance of official controls and other official activities by the competent authorities;

2. the financing of official controls;

3. the administrative assistance and cooperation;

4. the adoption of conditions to be fulfilled with respect to animals and goods entering Georgia;

5. the establishment of a computerised information system to manage information and data in relation to official controls.

This Regulation shall apply to the official controls performed for the verification of compliance with the rules, established in Georgia:

(a) food and food safety, integrity and wholesomeness at any stage of production, processing and distribution of food, including rules aimed at ensuring fair practices in trade and protecting consumer interests and information, and the manufacture and use of materials and articles intended to come into contact with food;

(b) deliberate release into the environment of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) for the purpose of food and feed production;

(c) feed and feed safety at any stage of production, processing and distribution of feed and the use of feed, including rules aimed at ensuring fair practices in trade and protecting consumer health, interests and information;

(d) animal health requirements;

(e) prevention and minimisation of risks to human and animal health arising from animal by-products and derived products; 

(f) welfare requirements for animals;

(g) protective measures against pests of plants;

(h) requirements for the placing on the market and use of plant protection products and the sustainable use of pesticides, with the exception of pesticides application equipment;

(i) organic production and labelling of organic products;

(j) use and labelling of protected designations of origin, protected geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed.

Product All kind of food, feed, animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products
Country Georgia

File attach:
NGEO32.pdf

Orther Notice:


G/SPS/N/EGY/158 - Draft of Egyptian standard ES 6933 for "Quick-Frozen Cauliflower".
G/SPS/N/EGY/159 - Draft of the Egyptian Standard ES 612 for "Blended Tobacco for Cigarettes".
G/SPS/N/EGY/161 - Draft of Egyptian Standard ES 1748 for "Green Peas".
G/SPS/N/EGY/160 - Draft of the Egyptian Standard ES 2063 for "Essential Requirements and Descriptive Criteria for Fruit-Flavored Maassel Tobacco".
G/SPS/N/EGY/162 - Draft of the Egyptian Standard ES-1521 for "Canned Finfish"
G/SPS/N/EU/863 - Draft Commission Implementing Regulation withdrawing from the market certain feed additives (Text with EEA relevance)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1355 - 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/JPN/1356 - 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/JPN/1357 - 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/JPN/1358 - 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/GBR/103 - New GB MRL for potassium phosphonates amending the GB MRL Statutory Register.
G/SPS/N/GBR/104 - Proposed GB MRLs for fenamiphos amending the GB MRL Statutory Register.
G/SPS/N/GBR/105 - New GB MRL for acetamiprid amending the GB MRL Statutory Register.
G/SPS/N/KOR/824 - Proposed Amendments to the Regulation on the Declaration and Inspection of Imported Food Products, etc, - Administrative Notice No. 2025-289, 2 July 2025.
G/SPS/N/TPKM/645/Add.1 - The implementation of the amendment of the "Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Plants or Plant Products"
G/SPS/N/TPKM/645 - Draft amendment of the "Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Plants or Plant Products".
G/SPS/N/USA/3257/Add.1 - Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Gardenia (Genipin) Blue; Final Amendment; Order
G/SPS/N/EU/861 - Commission Implementing Regulation concerning the denial of the renewal of the authorisation of a preparation containing a smoke flavouring extract-2b0001 as a feed additive for dogs and cats and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1076/2014 (Text with EEA relevance)
G/SPS/N/EU/862 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1254 of 25 June 2025 concerning the authorisation of riboflavin produced from Eremothecium ashbyi CCTCCM 2019833, in the form of a dried inactivated fermentation product, as a feed additive for all animal species (Text with EEA relevance)
G/SPS/N/PAN/91 - Reglamento Técnico "Tecnología de los Alimentos.Tomate. Requisitos".
G/SPS/N/PAN/92 - Reglamento Técnico "Tecnología de los Alimentos.Hortalizas Frescas. Zanahorias. Requisitos".
G/SPS/N/JPN/1292/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/USA/3519 - Receipt of Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (February-May 2025).
G/SPS/N/VNM/167/Add.1 - Draft Decree amending Decree No 15/2018/NĐ-CP dated 2 February 2018, of Government
G/SPS/N/BRA/2407/Add.1 - Draft Resolution number 1329, 25 April 2025
G/SPS/N/MDA/30 - Order of the Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry No. 34/2025 on the approval of the list of active substances.
G/SPS/N/MDA/31 - Order of the Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry No. 56/2025 on the approval of the list of unacceptable co-formulants at the European Union level to be included in a plant protection product
G/SPS/N/ARE/297, G/SPS/N/BHR/251 G/SPS/N/KWT/176, G/SPS/N/OMN/146 G/SPS/N/QAT/150, G/SPS/N/SAU/568 G/SPS/N/YEM/91 - General Requirements for Genetically Modified Processed Food and Feed.
G/SPS/N/ARE/298, G/SPS/N/BHR/252, G/SPS/N/KWT/177, G/SPS/N/OMN/147 G/SPS/N/QAT/151, G/SPS/N/SAU/569, G/SPS/N/YEM/92 - General Requirements for Genetically Modified Unprocessed Food and Feed.
G/SPS/N/JPN/1353 - Proposed revision of Ministerial Ordinance on the Specifications and Standards of Feeds and Feed Additives
G/SPS/N/SAU/474/Add.2 - Final draft of Health Certificate for Exporting Feed Products to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ("Animal origin or containing animal protein" and "Plant origin")
G/SPS/N/CAN/1576/Add.1 - Updated Proposal - Ministerial class exemption order for the exceptional importation and sale of certain foods for a special dietary purpose to mitigate a shortage or risk of a shortage
G/SPS/N/JPN/1277/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1278/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1279/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1280/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1281/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1282/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1283/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1284/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1285/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1286/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1287/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1288/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1289/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1290/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1291/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1293/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1297/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
G/SPS/N/JPN/1298/Add.1 - Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)