Notice - Notification of WTO Members: Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Amending the Communiqué on Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food


WTO code G/SPS/N/TUR/105/Add.1
Date notice 01/09/2023
Notice type Regular
Title Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Amending the Communiqué on Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food
Summary

Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food was notified to WTO through G/SPS/N/TUR/105 on 15 November 2018. 

The purpose of this draft Communiqué is to amend the Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food in line with the amendments 2020/1245/EU and 2023/1442/EU of the EU regulation 10/2011/EU.

This amendment covers revisions of some monomers and starting substances to be used in the production of food contact plastic materials and articles and changes to migration test rules. 

This regulation enters into force on the date of its publication. However, transitional period has been provided in Provisional Article 2. 

Provisional Article 2

(1) The workplaces that produce, import and sell the products within the scope of this Communiqué must comply with the amendments made with the publication of the Communiqué until 1 January 2026.

(2) Products that do not comply with the changes made with the publication of the Communiqué, but which were placed on the market before 1 January 2026, may be available on the market until 1 January 2028.

https://www.tarimorman.gov.tr/GKGM/Duyuru/526/Mevzuat-Taslagi-Tgk-Gida-Ile-Temas-EdenPlastik-Madde-Ve-Malzemeler-Tebligi-_teblig-No-2019_44_nde-Degisiklik-Yapilmasina-Dair-Teblig

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/TUR/23_12118_00_x.pdf

This addendum concerns a: Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation

Product
Country Turkey

File attach:
NTUR105A1.pdf

Orther Notice:


G/TBT/N/USA/2187/Add.2 - Notified measure adopted; Notified measure published; Notified measure enters into force; Text of final measure available.
G/TBT/N/USA/2083/Add.1 - Notified measure published; Notified measure enters into force; Text of final measure available.
G/TBT/N/UKR/344/Add.1 - Notified measure adopted; Notified measure published; Notified measure enters into force; Text of final measure available
G/SPS/N/UKR/227/Add.1 - Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation
G/SPS/N/AUS/469/Add.3 - Changes to existing emergency measures
G/SPS/N/USA/3245/Add.1 - Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation
G/SPS/N/USA/3370/Add.2 - Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation
G/SPS/N/USA/3358/Add.1 - Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation
G/SPS/N/JPN/1353/Add.1 - Proposed revision of Ministerial Ordinance on the Specifications and Standards of Feeds and Feed Additives
G/TBT/N/USA/2081/Rev.1 - SB 1013 Addition of New Beverage Containers Permanent Regulations;
G/TBT/N/USA/2062/Add.5 - Extension of Postponement of Effectiveness for Certain Provisions of Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
G/TBT/N/TZA/1385 - DARS 1037:2025,Domiati cheese — Specification, First edition
G/TBT/N/TZA/1384 - DARS 1043:2025, Harzer cheese — Specification, First edition;
G/TBT/N/TZA/1383 - DARS 1044:2025,.Romadur cheese — Specification, First edition ; (9 page(s), in English)
G/TBT/N/TZA/1382 - DARS 1045:2025,Labneh — Specification, First edition; (9 page(s), in English)
G/TBT/N/TZA/1381 - DARS 1046:2025,Blended Mozzarella cheese — Specification, First edition; (9 page(s), in English)
G/TBT/N/TZA/1380 - DARS 1057:2025, Yoghurt — Specification, First edition.; (9 page(s), in English)
G/TBT/N/TZA/1379 - DARS 1047:2025,Blended ice cream — Specification, First edition; (9 page(s), in English)
G/TBT/N/TZA/1378 - DARS 1038:2025,Karish cheese — Specification, First edition; (9 page(s), in English)
G/TBT/N/TZA/1377 - DARS 1042:2025, Butterkase cheese — Specification, First edition; (9 page(s), in English)
G/TBT/N/TZA/1376 - DARS 1039:2025,Limburger cheese — Specification, First edition ; (9 page(s), in English)
G/TBT/N/NZL/133/Add.2 - Proactive Release: Cabinet paper removing barriers to overseas building products
G/TBT/N/KGZ/58 - Draft amendments to the Requirements for the implementation, maintenance and evaluation of the quality management system of medical devices, depending on the potential risk of their use (2 pages, in Russian); (2 page(s), in Russian)
G/TBT/N/JPN/871/Add.1 - Proposed revision of Ministerial Ordinance on the Specifications and Standards of Feeds and Feed Additives
G/TBT/N/CHN/2102 - National Standards of the P.R.C., Minimum allowable values of energy efficiency and energy efficiency grades of LED products for indoor lighting; (8 page(s), in Chinese)
G/TBT/N/CHN/2101 - National Standard of the P.R.C.,Firefighter's emergency call; (59 page(s), in Chinese)
G/TBT/N/CHN/2100 - National Standard of the P.R.C., Minimum allowable values of the energy efficiency and energy efficiency grades for ducted air conditioners; (6 page(s), in Chinese)
G/TBT/N/CHL/748 - PROYECTO REGULATORIO, INCORPORA A LOS REACTIVOS DE DIAGNÓSTICO IN VITRO PARA CALIFICACIÓN MICROBIOLÓGICA DE DONACIONES EN SERVICIOS DE SANGRE QUE SE INDICAN, AL RÉGIMEN DE CONTROL SANITARIO ESTABLECIDO EN EL ARTÍCULO 111 DEL CÓDIGO SANITARIO (Draft regulation incorporating the indicated in vitro diagnostic reagents for the microbiological qualification of blood donations into the health control system established in Article 111 of the Health Code); (3 pages, in Spanish)
G/TBT/N/BRA/1601 - Public Consultation No. 22, 19 August 2025; (2 page(s), in Portuguese)
G/TBT/N/BRA/1591/Add.1 - Ordinance No. 459, 9 August 2025
G/TBT/N/BRA/1489/Add.1 - SDA/MAPA Ordinance No. 1.358, 14 August 2025
G/TBT/N/BRA/1489/Add.1 - SDA/MAPA Ordinance No. 1.358, 14 August 2025
G/TBT/N/BRA/1489/Add.1 - SDA/MAPA Ordinance No. 1.358, 14 August 2025
G/TBT/N/BRA/1489/Add.1 - SDA/MAPA Ordinance No. 1.358, 14 August 2025
G/TBT/N/BRA/475/Add.3 - Public Consultation No. 24, 19 August 2025
G/TBT/N/AUS/183 - Consultation paper: Proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard in relation to homosalate, oxybenzone and benzophenone;
G/SPS/N/TZA/470 - DARS 1037:2025, Domiati cheese — Specification, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/TZA/469 - DARS 1039:2025, Limburger cheese — Specification , First Edition.
G/SPS/N/TZA/468 - DARS 1042:2025, Butterkase cheese — Specification, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/TZA/467 - DARS 1043:2025, Harzer cheese — Specification, First Edition
G/SPS/N/TZA/466 - DARS 1045:2025, Labneh cheese — Specification, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/TZA/465 - DARS 1044:2025, Romadur cheese — Specification, First Edition
G/SPS/N/TZA/464 - DARS 1046:2025, Blended Mozzarella cheese — Specification, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/TZA/463 - DARS 1047:2025, Blended ice cream — Specification, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/TZA/462 - DARS 1057:2025, Yoghurt — Specification, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/TZA/461 - DARS 1038:2025, Karish cheese — Specification, First edition.
G/SPS/N/NZL/781/Add.1 - Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation
G/SPS/N/GEO/34 - On the approval of the health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption.
G/SPS/N/CAN/1603 - Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Metamitron (PMRL2025-15)
G/SCM/N/428/AUS/Corr.1 - The investigations on "Certain hot-rolled deformed steel reinforcing bar in lengths"