Products covered: ICS : 67.040 (Food products in general)
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No.361/2024 (2 pages, in Arabic) which extends the shelf life of frozen fish and frozen liver stipulated in the Egyptian Standard ES 2613-2/2008 for "Shelf life for food products part 2: shelf life"(18 pages, in Arabic) to be ten months in case of frozen fish and twelve months in case of frozen liver from the date of slaughter. This Decree is valid from 1 July 2024 until 31 December 2024.
It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No. 100/2019 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/212 dated 10 May 2019, Ministerial Decree No. 653/2020 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/212/Add.2 dated 15 March 2021, Ministerial Decree No. 222/2021 (1 page, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/212/Add.3 dated 31 August 2021, Ministerial Decree No. 522/2021 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/212/Add.4 dated 16 February 2022, Ministerial Decree No. 393/2022 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/212/Add.5 dated 22 August 2022 and Ministerial Decree No. 233/2023 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/212/Add.6 dated 20 July 2023 mandated among others the earlier versions and amendments of this Standard.
Worth mentioning is that this standard has been formulated according to National Studies and its updates.
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: 27 June 2024.
Date of entry into force: 1 July 2024.
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