Products covered: (ICS: 67.200.10) Animal and vegetable fats and oils
This addendum concerns the notification of Ministerial Decree No. 522/2021 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 7985 "Named edible vegetable oils" (24 Pages, in Arabic).
It should be noted that Ministerial Decree No. 403/2018 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/88/Rev.1/Add.1 dated 4 September 2018 mandated among others the earlier version of this Standard.
Worth mentioning is that the Egyptian Standard ES 7985 is technically identical with modification with CODEX Stan. 210-1999 .Revised in 2001, 2003, 2009, 2017, 2019. Amended in 2005, 2011,2013,2015,2019. Codex standard for Named Vegetable Oils
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.
Proposed date of adoption: 24 August 2021
Proposed date of entry into force: 25 November 2021
Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:
National Enquiry Point Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo – Egypt E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.eg Website: http://www.eos.org.eg Tel: + (202) 22845528 Fax: + (202) 22845504
