The Ministerial Decree No. 219/2021 gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 8448
This standard is concerned with the basic requirements and descriptive criteria for the following coffee products: Instant coffee, Decaffeinated instant coffee.
It does not apply to both concentrated liquid coffee extract, and coffee-based products (such as cappuccino, etc.).
It should be noted that this standard cancels and replaces the requirements for instant coffee contained in Egyptian Standard ES No. 517, 1474-1/2005 "Updated 2014"
Worth mentioning is that this standard complies with:
ISO 3509/2005(confirmed in 2018), ISO 10470/2004(confirmed in 2017)