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JordanProposed measure, not in force yet

Prohibition of the Use of Certain Smoked Food Flavoring

Official title

Prohibition of the Use of Certain Smoked Food Flavoring Raw Materials and Transitional Arrangements

Jordan notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 4 August 2026. The comment period closed on 3 October 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Meat and edible offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal; Fish, fit for human consumption, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, fit for human consumption, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process

HS codes
  • 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
    • 0210 Meat and edible offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal
    • 02109 Other, including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal:
  • 03 · Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
    • 0305 Fish, fit for human consumption, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, fit for human consumption, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process
  • 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
    • 0406 Cheese and curd
  • 33 · Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
    • 330210 Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used in the food and…
Notifying member
Jordan
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/JOR/48
Keywords
Food safety, Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 3 October 2026
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The comment period closed on 3 October 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/JOR/48; it can take them up with Jordan.

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What the notification says

Prohibition of the use of smoked food flavouring primary products for manufacturing (SF-001, SF-002, SF-003, SF-004, SF-005, SF-006, SF-008, SF-009), due to the presence of substances considered harmful to public health in accordance with European Union Regulation (EU) 2024/2067. The measure includes: Ban on importation and use of the listed substances in food production; Cancellation of all previously issued import approvals for these substances; A transitional period allowing existing food products containing these substances to remain in the market until 31 December 2026; An extended transitional period until 31 December 2029 for cheese, meat products, fish products, fish roe, molluscs, and crustaceans containing these substances.

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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