WTO notification · SPS
Sri LankaAdopted, according to its latest notice
Food – Sri Lanka
Official title
Draft (Food Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2015
Sri Lanka issued an addendum on 7 April 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/LKA/38. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 4 December 2015. The comment period closed on 6 June 2026.
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At a glance
- Products
Food
- Notifying member
- Sri Lanka
- Status
- Adopted, according to its latest notice
- Objectives
- Food safety
- Area
- SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
- Notification type
- Regular notification
- Document symbol
- G/SPS/N/LKA/38Latest notice: G/SPS/N/LKA/38/Add.3
- ICS classification
- 67.040 Food products in general
- Keywords
- Food safety, Labelling, Human health, Irradiation, Modification of final date for comments, Change in date of adoption/publication/entry into force, Modification of content/scope of regulation
Key dates
- Distributed by the WTO
- Comment deadline
- Closed on 6 June 2026
- Proposed adoption
- Proposed entry into force
- 6 months from adoption
What the notification says
Latest notice (G/SPS/N/LKA/38/Add.3, 7 April 2026)
The latest notice says the measure was adopted or published.
The Amendment of the Draft Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2015
Food Authority in Sri Lanka has decided to further amend the Draft (Food Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2015, dated 4 December 2015, notified as G/SPS/N/LKA/38 by Sri Lanka. 2015 draft was amended and later it was published as the Food (Labelling & Advertising) Regulations 2022. The Food (labelling & Advertising) Regulations 2022, published in the Gazette Extraordinary, No.2319/40 of 14 February 2023 and Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2005 made under the Food Act, No. 26 of 1980 and published in Gazette Extraordinary 1376/9 of 19 January 2005 and all other subsequent Amendments will be rescinded, by the Draft Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2026. The Draft Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2026 will enter into force on 1 July 2026. These regulations shall not apply to food products manufactured before 1 July 2026.
These Draft regulations on Food (Labelling and Advertising) set out several requirements: - Any food contained in a package or container should be labelled in accordance with these regulations otherwise, no person can transport, distribute, store, sell, offer for sale, expose or keep for sale or advertise for sale; - The main panel of the package or container should indicate: a. The common name in any two of the three languages; b. The brand name or trade name; c. The net contents of the package or container; - Any panel should include in any one or more of the three languages the following information: a. A complete list of ingredients; b. The name and address of the manufacturer/distributor; c. In the case of imported food products: i. Name and address of the importer ii. Name and address of the packer or distributor in Sri Lanka; d. The batch number or code number; e. The date of manufacture; f. In the case of food imported in bulk and repacked: i. The date of manufacture; ii. The date of repacking; g. The country of origin, in the case of imported foods; h. Consumer warnings, if any; - The international symbol for ionizing radiation should be indicated in green, in close proximity to the common name. The label on the food which has been treated with ionizing radiation should also carry a written statement indicating the type of treatment and this statement should be in close proximity to the common name of the food; - A valid certificate from an accredited agency or…
Notices on this measure
Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.
AddendumG/SPS/N/LKA/38/Add.3
Comment deadline: Closed on 6 June 2026
The Amendment of the Draft Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2015
Food Authority in Sri Lanka has decided to further amend the Draft (Food Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2015, dated 4 December 2015, notified as G/SPS/N/LKA/38 by Sri Lanka. 2015 draft was amended and later it was published as the Food (Labelling & Advertising) Regulations 2022. The Food (labelling & Advertising) Regulations 2022, published in the Gazette Extraordinary, No.2319/40 of 14 February 2023 and Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2005 made under the Food Act, No. 26 of 1980 and published in Gazette Extraordinary 1376/9 of 19 January 2005 and all other subsequent Amendments will be rescinded, by the Draft Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2026. The Draft Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2026 will enter into force on 1 July 2026. These regulations shall not apply to food products manufactured before 1 July 2026.
AddendumG/SPS/N/LKA/38/Add.2
The Amendment of the Draft Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2015
It was decided to amend the Draft Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2015, dated 4 December 2015, notified as G/SPS/N/LKA/38 by Sri Lanka. 2015 draft was further amended and later it was published as the Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022. The Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022, published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2319/40 of 14 February 2023 was supposed to enter into force on 1 January 2024. Subsequently date of enforcement postponed to 1 January 2025 by Gazette Extraordinary No. 2364/24 of 27 December 2023. It was further amended by the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2416/51 of 28 December 2024 as follows: Regulation 2 to Regulation 13(15) and Regulation 15 along with I to IX schedules will enter into force on 1 July 2025; Regulation 13(16), 13(17), 13(18) and 14 enter into force on 1 January 2025.
AddendumG/SPS/N/LKA/38/Add.1
Comment deadline: Closed on 16 February 2016
The Amendment of the Draft (Food Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2015
It was decided to amend the Draft (Food Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2015, dated 4 October 2015, notified as G/SPS/N/LKA/38 by Sri Lanka. Original regulation will enter into force on 16 May 2016.
Regular notificationG/SPS/N/LKA/38
Comment deadline: Closed on 16 January 2016
Draft (Food Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2015
These Draft regulations on Food (Labelling and Advertising) set out several requirements: - Any food contained in a package or container should be labelled in accordance with these regulations otherwise, no person can transport, distribute, store, sell, offer for sale, expose or keep for sale or advertise for sale; - The main panel of the package or container should indicate: a. The common name in any two of the three languages; b. The brand name or trade name; c. The net contents of the package or container; - Any panel should include in any one or more of the three languages the following information: a. A complete list of ingredients; b. The name and address of the manufacturer/distributor; c. In the case of imported food products: i. Name and address of the importer ii. Name and address of the packer or distributor in Sri Lanka; d. The batch number or code number; e. The date of manufacture; f. In the case of food imported in bulk and repacked: i. The date of manufacture; ii. The date of repacking; g. The country of origin, in the case of imported foods; h. Consumer warnings, if any; - The international symbol for ionizing radiation should be indicated in green, in close proximity to the common name. The label on the food which has been treated with ionizing radiation should also carry a written statement indicating the type of treatment and this statement should be in close proximity to the common name of the food; - A valid certificate from an accredited agency or…
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