Skip to content
Expodite

WTO notification · SPS

IsraelProposed measure, open for comments

Food additives – Israel

Official title

Public Health Protection Notice (Food) (Application of Changes to the Annex to European Union Directives) (Regulation 1333/2008 - Food Additives), 5786-2026

Israel notified a revised version of this proposed SPS measure on 5 October 2026. The measure was first notified on 8 June 2026. Comments are open until 4 December 2026.

Get alerts for this product and marketCheck what this means for your products

Expodite puts notifications like this one in your Updates centre, matched to the HS codes of your products and the markets you export to. Opens the requirements check for Israel in your Expodite account.

Source: WTO ePing (opens in a new tab). Summaries by Expodite, which is independent of the WTO.

Published here:

Updated here:

At a glance

Products

Food additives

Notifying member
Israel
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/ISR/14Latest notice: G/SPS/N/ISR/14/Rev.2
ICS classification
  • 67.220.20 Food additives
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
20 September 2025; 20 May 2025; 20 May 2025; 25 August 2025; 25 August 2025; 27 April 2027; 25 August 2025; 1 January 2026; 25 March 2026; 4 May 2026; 4 May 2026; 18 October 2026; 18 October 2026, exc

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/ISR/14/Rev.2 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Israel.

Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)

What the notification says

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 regarding food additives was adopted in Israel as part of Amendment No. 10 to the Public Health Protection (Food) Law, 5776-2015 (hereinafter - the Law/Food Law), and appears in Item 8 of Appendix II A to the Law. Regulation 1333/2008 was applied in full, in addition to the exceptions as stated in Section 3A(a1) to (a5) of the Law. To date, notices have been published in the Official Gazette (Reshumot) that included changes that took place in the European Union in Regulation 1333/2008, and which were applied in Israel (updates), with the most recent being published on 21 April 2026, being the Public Health Protection (Food) Notice (Application of Changes in the Annex to the European Union Directives) (Regulation 1333/2008 - Food Additives) (No. 2)(Amendment No. 2), 5776-2026, signed by the director of Health Regulation Directorate (Food, Alcoholic Beverages and Cosmetics) at the Ministry of Health. The latest updated consolidated version, adopted and published on the Food Service website following the publication of the aforementioned notice, is the version valid in European legislation as as it stood on 9 November 2025. It is now proposed to apply in Israel the change in the Annex to Regulation 1333/2008 that applied in the European Union, without modifications, conditions, exceptions, or expansions, while integrating them into the text of Regulation 1333/2008, as…

Notices on this measure

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

  1. RevisionG/SPS/N/ISR/14/Rev.2

    Comment deadline: Open until 4 December 2026

    Public Health Protection Notice (Food) (Application of Changes to the Annex to European Union Directives) (Regulation 1333/2008 - Food Additives), 5786-2026

    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 regarding food additives was adopted in Israel as part of Amendment No. 10 to the Public Health Protection (Food) Law, 5776-2015 (hereinafter - the Law/Food Law), and appears in Item 8 of Appendix II A to the Law. Regulation 1333/2008 was applied in full, in addition to the exceptions as stated in Section 3A(a1) to (a5) of the Law. To date, notices have been published in the Official Gazette (Reshumot) that included changes that took place in the European Union in Regulation 1333/2008, and which were applied in Israel (updates), with the most recent being published on 21 April 2026, being the Public Health Protection (Food) Notice (Application of Changes in the Annex to the European Union Directives) (Regulation 1333/2008 - Food Additives) (No. 2)(Amendment No. 2), 5776-2026, signed by the director of Health Regulation Directorate (Food, Alcoholic Beverages and Cosmetics) at the Ministry of Health. The latest updated consolidated version, adopted and published on the Food Service website following the publication of the aforementioned notice, is the version valid in European legislation as as it stood on 9 November 2025. It is now proposed to apply in Israel the change in the Annex to Regulation 1333/2008 that applied in the European Union, without modifications, conditions, exceptions, or expansions, while integrating them into the text of Regulation 1333/2008, as…

    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)

  2. RevisionG/SPS/N/ISR/14/Rev.1

    Comment deadline: Closed on 27 September 2026

    Public Health Protection Notice (Food) (Application of Changes to the Annex to European Union Directives) (Regulation 1333/2008 - Food Additives) (No. 2) (Amendment), 5786-2026

    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives (hereinafter – Regulation 1333/2008) was adopted in Israel under Amendment No. 10 to the Public Health Protection (Food) Law, 5776–2015 (hereinafter – the Law / the Food Law), and appears in Item 8 of Annex II A to the Law. Regulation 1333/2008 was applied in full, in addition to the exceptions set out in Section 3A(a1) through (a5) of the Law. On 17 August 2025, the Public Health Protection Notice (Food) (Application of Amendments to the Annex to European Union Provisions) (Regulation 1333/2008 – Food Additives), 5785–2025, was published in the Official Gazette (Reshumot), signed by the Director of the National Food Service at the Ministry of Health. The Notice applied four new amendments that had been made in the European Union to Regulation 1333/2008 up to the date of the Notice publication, and referenced three amendments that had previously been published in a notice, signed by the General Director of the Ministry of Health. On 14 September 2025, an amendment to the name of the Notice was published. It is now proposed to apply in Israel the amendment to the Annex of Regulation 1333/2008 that was made in the European Union, without any modifications, conditions, exclusions or extensions, by incorporating it into the text of Regulation 1333/2008 as currently adopted. The principal amendment concerns a change to the conditions of use of various food…

    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)

  3. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/ISR/14

    Comment deadline: Closed on 7 August 2026

    Public Health Protection Notice (Food) (Application of Changes to the Annex to European Union Directives) (Regulation 1333/2008 - Food Additives) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 2), 5786-2026

    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 regarding food additives was adopted in Israel as part of Amendment No. 10 to the Public Health Protection (Food) Law, 5776-2015 (hereinafter - the Law/Food Law), and appears in Item 8 of Appendix II A to the Law. Regulation 1333/2008 was applied in full, in addition to the exceptions as stated in Section 3A(a1) to (a5) of the Law. To date, notices have been published in the Official Gazette (Reshumot) that included changes that took place in the European Union in Regulation 1333/2008, and which were applied in Israel (updates), with the most recent being published on 24 December 2025, being the Public Health Protection (Food) Notice (Application of Changes in the Annex to the European Union Directives) (Regulation 1333/2008 - Food Additives) (No. 2)(Amendment), 5776-2025, signed by the director of Health Regulation Directorate (Food, Alcoholic Beverages and Cosmetics) at the Ministry of Health. The latest updated consolidated version, adopted and published on the Food Service website following the publication of the aforementioned notice, is the version valid in European legislation as as it stood on 31 July 2025. It is now proposed to apply in Israel the change in the Annex to Regulation 1333/2008 that applied in the European Union, without modifications, conditions, exceptions, or expansions, while integrating them into the text of Regulation 1333/2008, as adopted…

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

  1. WTO notificationTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    SI 900 part 2.23 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety: Particular requirements for appliances for skin and hair care

    First amendment to the Mandatory Standard 900 part 2.23, dealing with electric appliances for skin and hair care. This draft amendment adopts AMD1:2019-03 of the International Standard IEC 60335-2-23:2016, with the following changes that appear in the standard's Hebrew section: Changes the…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/ISR/1285/Add.1Comment period closed

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

    SI 900 part 2.17 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety: Particular requirements for blankets, pads, clothing and similar flexible heating appliances

    First amendment to the Mandatory Standard SI 900 part 2.17. This amendment changes the following: Adopts Amendment 2 of 2019-03 to the International Standard IEC 60335-2-17:2012; Deletes the national section 203 dealing with 'Noise requirements'.

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/ISR/1284/Add.1Comment period closed

  3. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    SI 637 Part 3 - Gas cylinders valves: Outlet connections

    Second Amendment to the Mandatory Standard SI 637 Part 3, dealing with Outlet connections for gas cylinders. This proposed amendment changes a few lines in Table 1 of Section 4, dealing with the application of the output thread. Both the old standard and the new proposed standard will apply from…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/ISR/1414Comments until 25 December 2026

  4. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Public Health Protection Notice (Food) (Application of Changes to the Annex to European Union Directives) (Regulation 231/2012 - Specifications of Food Additives Listed in…

    Commission Regulation (EU) No. 231/2012 of 9 March 2012 determines specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation No. 1333/2008 of the European Commission and of the Council (hereinafter - Regulation 231/2012) was adopted in Israel as part of Amendment No. 10 to the…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/ISR/13/Rev.1Comments until 4 December 2026

All export regulation updates

Get these automatically for your products and markets.

Expodite matches each notification to the markets you export to and the HS codes of your products, and puts the ones that concern you in your Updates centre, with the date comments close.

Start freeSee export intelligence