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PolandUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceEmergency

Plants and plant products, food – Poland

Official title

Regulation of the Minister of Health of 30 April 2026 on the establishment of specific requirements for foodstuffs concerning residues of active substances of plant protection products

Poland issued an addendum on 22 May 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/POL/26. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 20 May 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Food originating from third countries that contains residues of certain plant protection active substances banned for use in the European Union

Notifying member
Poland
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Emergency notifications (SPS)
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/POL/26Latest notice: G/SPS/N/POL/26/Add.1
Keywords
Food safety, Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
Not set in the notification
Proposed entry into force

What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/SPS/N/POL/26/Add.1⁩, 22 May 2026)

Establishment of specific requirements for foodstuffs concerning residues of active substances of plant protection products

Poland would like to provide an official translation into English of the proposal notified in G/SPS/N/POL/26 (20 May 2026).

On the basis of Article 54 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, the Polish authorities have undertaken legislative measures aimed at strengthening the requirements concerning the presence of residues of the following plant protection products in food: glufosinate, thiophanate‑methyl, carbendazim and benomyl.

Notices on this measure

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

  1. AddendumG/SPS/N/POL/26/Add.1Emergency measure

    Establishment of specific requirements for foodstuffs concerning residues of active substances of plant protection products

    Poland would like to provide an official translation into English of the proposal notified in G/SPS/N/POL/26 (20 May 2026).

    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. Emergency notificationG/SPS/N/POL/26Emergency measure

    Regulation of the Minister of Health of 30 April 2026 on the establishment of specific requirements for foodstuffs concerning residues of active substances of plant protection products

    On the basis of Article 54 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, the Polish authorities have undertaken legislative measures aimed at strengthening the requirements concerning the presence of residues of the following plant protection products in food: glufosinate, thiophanate‑methyl, carbendazim and benomyl.

    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.

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