Products covered: ICS: 67.040 (Food products in general)
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No.447 /2024 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 2613-2 for "shelf life for food products part: 2 shelf life " (18 pages, in Arabic) (partial amendment in 1 page, in Arabic).
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. 209/2020 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/212/Add.1 dated 4 June 2020, 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, 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 and the Ministerial Decree No.361/2024 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/212/Add.7 dated 10 July 2024, mandated among others the earlier versions and amendments of this Standard and the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/212/Add.8 dated 1 August 2024.
Worth mentioning is that this standard has been partially modified in table (1), table (2), table (3) as the following items:
The shelf life of plain and flavoured yogurt is 30 days instead of 15 days.
The shelf life of beef and buffalo liver is 12 months instead of 7 months.
The shelf life of frozen fish is 10 months instead of 6 months.
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: 7 September 2024
Date of entry into force: 3 October 2024
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