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

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Country Turkey

File attach:
NTUR105A1.pdf

Orther Notice:


G/SPS/N/TZA/487 - PCD 739: 2025, Dried raw seaweed - Specification, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/TUR/154 - Veterinary health certificate for products subject to veterinary controls for direct transit through Republic of Türkiye or for temporary storage intended for dispatch to another country/ship.
G/SPS/N/RUS/341 - Draft Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission on Amendment to the List of Regulated Products (Consignments, Materials, Goods) Subject to Quarantine Phytosanitary Control (Surveillance) at the Customs Border of the Eurasian Economic Union and in the Customs Territory of the Eurasian Economic Union.
G/SPS/N/RUS/340 - Draft Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission on Amendments to the Common Quarantine Phytosanitary Requirements for Regulated Products and Pests at the Customs Border and in the Customs Territory of the EAEU.
G/SPS/N/KOR/833 - Proposed revision of the "Enforcement Rule of the Special Act on Imported Food Safety Control".
G/SPS/N/EU/875/Add.1 - Transitional measures for plastic materials and articles manufactured with salicylic acid or untreated wood flour or fibres
G/SPS/N/VNM/175 - Draft Decree amending and supplementing several articles of decrees in the field of nature conservation and biodiversity.
G/SPS/N/CAN/1624 - Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Spidoxamat (PMRL2025-27).
G/SPS/N/USA/3536 - Fluopyram; Pesticide Tolerances. Final rule.
G/SPS/N/USA/3535 - Fluazinam; Pesticide Tolerances. Final rule.
G/SPS/N/CAN/1623 - Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Pyrethrins (PMRL2025-25).
G/SPS/N/CAN/1621 - RMD–25–03: Pest risk management document to deregulate Phytophthora abietivora in Canada.
G/SPS/N/CAN/1622 - Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Penthiopyrad (PMRL2025-26).
G/SPS/N/BRA/2418/Add.1 - Draft Resolution 1337, 18 June 2025
G/SPS/N/BRA/2417/Add.1 - Draft Resolution 1335, 12 June 2025
G/SPS/N/BRA/2412/Add.1 - Draft Resolution 1333, 20 May 2025
G/SPS/N/BRA/2266/Add.1 - Draft Resolution number 1242, 20 March 2024
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".