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Food additives – Israel

Official title

Public Health Protection Notice (Food) (Application of Changes to the Annex to European Union Directives) (Regulation 1334/2008 - Food flavoring substances and certain food ingredients with flavoring properties for use in food and on food (Amendment No. 2), 5786-2026

Israel notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 6 July 2026. The comment period closed on 4 September 2026.

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Food additives

Notifying member
Israel
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 6 July 2026. Check WTO ePing or Israel for its current status.
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/ISR/15
ICS classification
  • 67.220.20 Food additives
Keywords
Food safety, Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 4 September 2026
Proposed adoption
The regulation is open for public comments until 24 June 2026.
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The comment period closed on 4 September 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/ISR/15; it can take them up with Israel.

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What the notification says

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 regarding Food flavoring substances and certain food ingredients with flavoring properties for use in food and on food, replacing Council Directives 1601/91 (EEC), 2232/96 (EC), 110/2008 (EC) and EC/2000/13, 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 11 of Appendix II A to the Law. Regulation 1334/2008 was fully applied in Israel on 1 January 2025, with the expansion stated in column C in Item 11 of Appendix II A to the Law, 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 1334/2008, and which were applied in Israel (updates), with the most recent being published on 17 August 2025, being the Public Health Protection (Food) Notice (Application of Changes in the Annex to the European Union Directives) (Regulation 1334/2008 - Food flavoring substances and certain food ingredients with flavoring properties for use in food and on food)(Amendment), 5785-2025, 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…

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