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Malt extract – European Union

Official title

Draft Commission Regulation (EU) amending Regulation (EU) 2023/915 as regards maximum levels of 3‐monochloropropanediol (3-MCPD), 3-MCPD fatty acid esters and glycidyl fatty acid esters in certain foods (Text with EEA relevance)

The European Union issued an addendum on 4 August 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/EU/935. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 27 March 2026. The comment period closed on 26 May 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Baby food, processed cereal based food for infants and young children and compound food containing more than 5 % fat and containing added vegetable oils and fats and/or fish oils and/or oils from other marine organisms

HS codes
  • 19 · Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products
    • 190110 Food preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale, of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight…
Notifying member
European Union
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/EU/935Latest notice: G/SPS/N/EU/935/Add.1
Keywords
Food safety, Human health, Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg.

Key dates

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Comment deadline
Closed on 26 May 2026
Proposed adoption
Estimated July 2026.
Proposed entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2027. The foodstuffs listed i

How to comment

The comment period closed on 26 May 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/EU/935/Add.1; it can take them up with the European Union.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/SPS/N/EU/935/Add.1⁩, 4 August 2026)

Maximum levels of 3-monochloropropanediol (3-MCPD), 3-MCPD fatty acid esters and glycidyl fatty acid esters in certain foods

The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/935 (27 March 2026) is now adopted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/1825 of 29 July 2026 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/915 as regards maximum levels of 3-monochloropropanediol (3-MCPD), 3-MCPD fatty acid esters and glycidyl fatty acid esters in certain foods (Text with EEA relevance). This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The Scientific Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain) of the European Food Safety Authority adopted in 2016 a scientific opinion on the risks for human health related to the presence of 3- and 2-monochloropropanediol (MCPD), and their fatty acid esters, and on glycidyl fatty acid esters in food. In 2017, the EFSA updated its risk assessment on 3-monochloropropanediol (‘3-MCPD’) and its fatty acid esters. The conclusion of these scientific opinions is that the presence of glycidyl esters in food is of health concern and the presence of 3-MCPD and its fatty acid esters is of health concern in certain exposure scenarios and population groups. Therefore, maximum levels for glycidyl fatty acid esters, expressed as glycidol, and for the sum of 3-MCPD and 3-MCPD fatty acid esters, expressed as 3-MCPD were already established in Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915 (for vegetable oils and fats, fish oils and oils from other marine organisms, for infant formulae, follow-on formulae and food for special medical purposes intended for infants and young children and young child formulae. This draft Commission Regulation foresees to establish in addition maximum levels for glycidyl fatty acid esters, expressed as glycidol, and for the sum of 3-MCPD and 3-MCPD fatty acid esters, expressed as 3-MCPD in baby food, processed cereal based food for infants and young children and compound food containing more than 5% fat and containing added vegetable oils and fats and/or fish oils and/or oils…

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/SPS/N/EU/935/Add.1

    Maximum levels of 3-monochloropropanediol (3-MCPD), 3-MCPD fatty acid esters and glycidyl fatty acid esters in certain foods

    The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/935 (27 March 2026) is now adopted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/1825 of 29 July 2026 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/915 as regards maximum levels of 3-monochloropropanediol (3-MCPD), 3-MCPD fatty acid esters and glycidyl fatty acid esters in certain foods (Text with EEA relevance). This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)Notified document (French) (opens in a new tab)Notified document (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)

  2. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/EU/935

    Comment deadline: Closed on 26 May 2026

    Draft Commission Regulation (EU) amending Regulation (EU) 2023/915 as regards maximum levels of 3‐monochloropropanediol (3-MCPD), 3-MCPD fatty acid esters and glycidyl fatty acid esters in certain foods (Text with EEA relevance)

    The Scientific Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain) of the European Food Safety Authority adopted in 2016 a scientific opinion on the risks for human health related to the presence of 3- and 2-monochloropropanediol (MCPD), and their fatty acid esters, and on glycidyl fatty acid esters in food. In 2017, the EFSA updated its risk assessment on 3-monochloropropanediol (‘3-MCPD’) and its fatty acid esters. The conclusion of these scientific opinions is that the presence of glycidyl esters in food is of health concern and the presence of 3-MCPD and its fatty acid esters is of health concern in certain exposure scenarios and population groups. Therefore, maximum levels for glycidyl fatty acid esters, expressed as glycidol, and for the sum of 3-MCPD and 3-MCPD fatty acid esters, expressed as 3-MCPD were already established in Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915 (for vegetable oils and fats, fish oils and oils from other marine organisms, for infant formulae, follow-on formulae and food for special medical purposes intended for infants and young children and young child formulae. This draft Commission Regulation foresees to establish in addition maximum levels for glycidyl fatty acid esters, expressed as glycidol, and for the sum of 3-MCPD and 3-MCPD fatty acid esters, expressed as 3-MCPD in baby food, processed cereal based food for infants and young children and compound food containing more than 5% fat and containing added vegetable oils and fats and/or fish oils and/or oils…

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

All updates from the European Union

  1. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    Draft Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the addition of notes

    The purpose of this draft proposal for a Commission Delegated Regulation under Article 53(1) of the CLP Regulation is to amend Part 1, section 1.1.3, of Annex VI to introduce notes clarifying the application of certain harmonised classifications introduced pursuant to Article 37(7) of the CLP…

    No products listed by the notifying member

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/EU/1251Comments until 2 January 2027

  2. WTO notificationSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

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    Symbol: G/SPS/N/EU/940/Add.1Comment period closed

  3. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    Draft Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the harmonised classification and labelling…

    The purpose of this draft proposal for a Commission Delegated Regulation under Article 37(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (the CLP Regulation) is to amend Table 3 of Part 3 of Annex VI to the CLP Regulation by introducing…

    No products listed by the notifying member

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/EU/1250Comments until 1 January 2027

  4. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Commission Implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards measures to prevent the entry into the Union territory, and the spread within it, of…

    Implementing Regulation 2019/2072 contains the list of Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests, and regulated non-quarantine pests (RNQPs). Furthermore, it lays down phytosanitary requirements for import and internal movement of plants, plant products and other objects that may…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/EU/987Comments until 29 December 2026

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