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Turkish Food Codex - Communiqué on Honey
Türkiye issued an addendum on 30 June 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/TUR/107. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 11 December 2018. The comment period closed on 23 July 2026.
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The comment period closed on 23 July 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/TUR/107/Add.1; it can take them up with Türkiye.
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Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Amending the Communiqué on Honey (2020/7)
Turkish Food Codex - Communiqué on Honey was notified through G/SPS/N/TUR/107 on 11 December 2018. The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/TUR/107 has been amended with this draft regulation. This amendment includes provisions for checking the purity and suitability of the comb foundation according to specific criteria, in order to ensure product safety in honey production. Provisional Article 2 (1) Food business operators manufacturing comb foundation wax sheets shall be required to comply with the provisions of this Communiqué within one year from the date on which the Communiqué introducing this Article enters into force; (2) Comb foundation wax sheets that do not comply with this Communiqué shall not be placed on the market from the date falling one year after the entry into force of the Communiqué introducing this Article.
This Communiqué covers product definitions, compositions criteria and labelling requirements of honey.
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AddendumG/SPS/N/TUR/107/Add.1
Comment deadline: Closed on 23 July 2026
Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Amending the Communiqué on Honey (2020/7)
Turkish Food Codex - Communiqué on Honey was notified through G/SPS/N/TUR/107 on 11 December 2018. The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/TUR/107 has been amended with this draft regulation. This amendment includes provisions for checking the purity and suitability of the comb foundation according to specific criteria, in order to ensure product safety in honey production. Provisional Article 2 (1) Food business operators manufacturing comb foundation wax sheets shall be required to comply with the provisions of this Communiqué within one year from the date on which the Communiqué introducing this Article enters into force; (2) Comb foundation wax sheets that do not comply with this Communiqué shall not be placed on the market from the date falling one year after the entry into force of the Communiqué introducing this Article.
Regular notificationG/SPS/N/TUR/107
Comment deadline: Closed on 31 January 2019
Turkish Food Codex - Communiqué on Honey
This Communiqué covers product definitions, compositions criteria and labelling requirements of honey.
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