This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 6 /2025 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 6374 for "Fat Spreads and Blended Spreads".
It should be noted that the draft of Egyptian Standard ES 6374 was formerly notified in G/SPS/N/EGY/88 dated 30 January 2019, the Ministerial Decree No. 100/2019 which was formerly notified in G/SPS/N/EGY/88/Add.1 dated 3 July 2019, mandated among others the earlier versions of this Standard.
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with Codex Standard CXS 256-1999 "Fat Spreads and Blended Spreads" adopted in 1999, revised in 2007 and 2009, amended in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2024.
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.
Date of adoption: 1 January 2025.
Date of entry into force: The day following the date of publication in the official gazette.