WTO notification · SPS
Hong KongProposed measure, open for comments
Food additives – Hong Kong
Official title
Consultation Document on Proposed Amendments to the Sweeteners in Food Regulations (Cap. 132U)
Hong Kong notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 4 September 2026. Comments are open until 4 December 2026.
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At a glance
- Products
Food for human consumption
- Notifying member
- Hong Kong(Hong Kong, China)
- 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/HKG/51
- Keywords
- Food safety, Human health
Key dates
- Distributed by the WTO
- Comment deadline
- Open until 4 December 2026
- Proposed adoption
- To be determined.
- Proposed entry into force
- To be determined.
How to comment
Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO SPS enquiry point before 4 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/HKG/51 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Hong Kong.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)What the notification says
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region proposes, through legislative amendments, to update and strengthen the regulatory control of sweeteners in food, with a view to better protecting public health and harmonising with international standards. The proposed amendments are drawn up with reference to the latest international standards established by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and supplemented by those of major trading partners of Hong Kong, China.
Sources
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