Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

WTO code	G/SPS/N/LKA/38/Add.2
Date notice	07/01/2025
Notice type	Regular
Title	The Amendment of the Draft Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2015
Summary	It was decided to amend the Draft Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2015, dated 4 December 2015, notified as G/SPS/N/LKA/38 by Sri Lanka. 2015 draft was further amended and later it was published as the Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022. The Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022, published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2319/40 of 14 February 2023 was supposed to enter into force on 1 January 2024. Subsequently date of enforcement postponed to 1 January 2025 by Gazette Extraordinary No. 2364/24 of 27 December 2023. It was further amended by the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2416/51 of 28 December 2024 as follows: • Regulation 2 to Regulation 13(15) and Regulation 15 along with I to IX schedules will enter into force on 1 July 2025; • Regulation 13(16), 13(17), 13(18) and 14 enter into force on 1 January 2025.
Product	Food
Country	Sri Lanka

File attach:
NLKA38A2.pdf

Orther Notice:

G/SPS/N/UGA/465 - DARS 1023:2025, Live grading for rabbits, guinea pigs and other small mammals — Specification.
G/SPS/N/UGA/464 - DARS 1851:2025, Animal husbandry guidelines for egg- laying flocks — Cage-free, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/UGA/463 - DARS 1854:2025, Farm animal welfare and housing — Turkeys, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/UGA/462 - DARS 1856:2025, Farm animals' welfare — Dairy sheep, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/UGA/461 - DARS 1859:2025, Farm goat welfare — Dairy, fibre and meat goat, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/UGA/460 - DARS 1860:2025, Farm animal welfare — Dairy cattle, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/UGA/459 - DARS 1862: 2025, Farm animal welfare — Beef cattle, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/UGA/458 - DARS 11220:2025, Day-old chicks — Basic requirements, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/UGA/457 - DARS 1022:2025, Animal stock routes, First edition.
G/SPS/N/TUR/98/Add.1 - Turkish Food Codex Communique Amending the Communiqué on Drinking Milk.
G/SPS/N/KEN/352 - DKS 1564:2025, Handling, processing, storage and distribution of molluscan shellfish ― Code of practice.
G/SPS/N/CHL/863 - Establece condiciones sanitarias para la importación a Chile de équidos bajo el régimen de internación definitiva y de doble hemisferio; y deroga Resolución Exenta No 1.582 de 2019.
G/SPS/N/BRA/2410/Add.1 - Draft Resolution 1332, 20 May 2025
G/SPS/N/BRA/2363/Add.1 - Draft Resolution 1300, 10 December 2024
G/SPS/N/EU/892 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2183 of 29 October 2025 concerning the renewal of the authorization of L-valine produced with Corynebacterium glutamicum KCCM 80058 as a feed additive for all animal species and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 848/2014.
G/SPS/N/EU/897 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2046 of 10 October 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1486 as regards the terms of the authorisation of canthaxanthin as a feed additive for certain categories of poultry, ornamental fish and ornamental birds.
G/SPS/N/EU/896 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2171 of 29 October 2025 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of calcium D-pantothenate (vitamin B5) and D-panthenol (vitamin B5) as feed additives for all animal species and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 669/2014.
G/SPS/N/EU/895 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2186 of 29 October 2025 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of propionic acid, sodium propionate and ammonium propionate as feed additives for all terrestrial animal species and repealing Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1222/2013 and (EU) No 305/2014.
G/SPS/N/EU/894 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2175 of 29 October 2025 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of a preparation of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum CECT 4528 as a feed additive for all animal species and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 399/2014.
G/SPS/N/EU/893 - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2176 of 29 October 2025 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of the preparations of Pediococcus acidilactici NCIMB 30005, Lacticaseibacillus paracasei NCIMB 30151 and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum DSM 16627 as feed additives for all animal species and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 849/2014
G/SPS/N/UKR/249/Add.1 - Draft Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine No. 1450 of 31 July 2023"
G/SPS/N/USA/3534 - Cyclobutrifluram; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule.
G/SPS/N/USA/3533 - Amicarbazone; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule.
G/SPS/N/JPN/1368/Corr.1 - 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/VNM/174 - Draft Circular Regulations on quarantine of aquatic animals and animal products by the Minister of Agriculture and Environment.
G/SPS/N/UGA/290/Add.1 - DUS 983:2021, Banana (matooke) flour - Specification, Second Edition
G/SPS/N/UGA/289/Add.1 - DUS 998:2021, Plantain (gonja) - Specification, Second Edition
G/SPS/N/UGA/288/Add.1 - DUS 997:2021, Cooking banana (matooke) - Specification, Second Edition
G/SPS/N/UGA/159/Add.2 - DUS DEAS 66-4:2021, Tomato products - Specification - Part 4: Tomato concentrates (paste and puree), Second Edition
G/SPS/N/EU/851/Add.1 - The listing and the measures for regulated non-quarantine pests
G/SPS/N/EGY/177 - Ministerial Decree No. 6/2025 gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 9012 for "Sweetened condensed milk"
G/SPS/N/EGY/176 - Ministerial Decree No. 6/2025 gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 1623 for "Sterilized and/or UHT Milk".
G/SPS/N/EGY/175 - Ministerial Decree No. 6/2025 that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 189- 4/2018 (Partial modification 2022) for "Alcoholic Beverages – Part 4: Other Fermented Alcoholic Beverages, Except Beer and Wine".
G/SPS/N/EGY/174 - Ministerial Decree No. 6/2025 that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard 189- 3/2018 (Partial modification 2022) for "Alcoholic Beverages - Part: 3 Distilled Alcoholic Beverages".
G/SPS/N/EGY/173 - Ministerial Decree No. 6/2025 that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 189- 2/2018 (Partial modifications 2022 and 2023) for "Alcoholic Beverages Part: 2, Beer and Flavoured Beer".
G/SPS/N/EGY/172 - Ministerial Decree No. 6/2025 that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 189- 1/2018 (Partial modification 2022) for "Alcoholic Beverages - Part: 1, Wine".
G/SPS/N/EGY/88/Add.2 - Egyptian Standard ES 6374 for "Fat Spreads and Blended Spreads"
G/SPS/N/CAN/1620 - Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Quizalofop-ethyl (PMRL2025-24).
G/SPS/N/CAN/1619 - Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Ethiprole (PMRL2025-23).
G/SPS/N/OMN/166 - Regulatory Framework for the Importation of Agricultural Seedlings into the Sultanate of Oman.
G/SPS/N/IND/340 - Draft notification of the veterinary health certificate for regulating the import of raw, salted pickled, limed and dried skins and hides into India.
G/SPS/N/IND/339 - Veterinary Health Certificate for Import of Horses or Other Equids into India.
G/SPS/N/CHN/1323/Add.1 - The General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) Announcement on Phytosanitary Requirements for Imported Plant-Derived Fertilizers (GACC (2025) No.185)
G/SPS/N/SAU/599 - Storage of public health pesticides
G/SPS/N/SAU/598 - Transportation of public health pesticide
G/SPS/N/JPN/1359/Add.1 - Notification of revision of the Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control
G/SPS/N/RUS/337 - Order of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation as of 15 May 2025 No. 335.
G/SPS/N/NZL/789 - P1056 – Caffeine review - Consultation paper – naturally occurring caffeine and labelling.
G/SPS/N/KEN/351 - DKS 3042-3:2025, Primal and retail cuts – Requirements Part 3 - Porcine.
G/SPS/N/KEN/350 - DKS 3042-2:2025, Primal and retail cuts – Requirements Part 2 - Caprine and Ovine.