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WTO notification · SPS

European UnionProposed measure, open for comments

Pesticides and biocides, infant food – European Union

Official title

Draft Commission Delegated Regulation amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127 as regards the requirements on pesticides in infant formula and follow-on formula (Text with EEA relevance)

The European Union notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 10 November 2026. Comments are open until 9 January 2027.

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At a glance

Products

Infant and follow-on formula

Notifying member
European Union
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/EU/988
Keywords
Food safety, Human health, Maximum residue limits (MRLs)

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 9 January 2027
Proposed adoption
Early 2027
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 12 months after entry into force of thi

How to comment

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What the notification says

This draft Commission Regulation aims to amend Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127 by aligning the maximum residue levels for certain pesticides laid down in that Regulation for infant and follow-on formula with the most recent lower values specified for those substances in cattle milk in Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides. The proposed amendments to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127 relate to the fact that the maximum residue levels laid down in Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 for 2-amino-4-methoxy-6-(trifluormethyl)-1,3,5-triazine (AMTT), resulting from the use of tritosulfuron, carbofuran, chlordane, emamectin, endrin, epoxiconazole, fenamiphos, fluometuron, haloxyfop, oxamyl, phosmet, spirodiclofen and topramezone in cattle milk have been amended resulting in values lower than those specified by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127 in infant formula and follow-on formula. In order to ensure the highest level of consumer safety, it is necessary to adjust the maximum residue levels for those pesticides in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127 to the most recent values provided for in Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. The draft Regulation foresees a grace period of 12 months.

Sources

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

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