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Turkish Food Codex Communique On Drinking Milks
Türkiye issued an addendum on 18 November 2025 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/TUR/98. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 22 May 2018. The comment period closed on 11 January 2026.
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Drinking milk
The comment period closed on 11 January 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/98/Add.1; it can take them up with Türkiye.
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Turkish Food Codex Communique Amending the Communiqué on Drinking Milk
The Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Drinking Milk (Communiqué No. 2019/12) was previously notified under G/SPS/N/TUR/98 (22 May 2018) and published in the Official Gazette dated 27 February 2019. The presence on the market of drinking milk with varying fat contents (such as 0.1%, 0.5%, etc.) and differing price levels has been found to mislead consumers and to result in unfair competition. In this context, it has been considered necessary to remove the ‘%… fat milk’ category currently included in the Communiqué, to revise the classification of drinking milk according to fat content, and to introduce regulatory provisions concerning the flavour and sugar content of flavoured drinking milk, which is primarily produced for children. This amendment to the Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Drinking Milk aims to ensure consumer protection, fair competition, and the proper regulation of flavoured drinking milk in line with public health considerations. The Communiqué shall enter into force on the date of its publication, with a transition period granted until 31 December 2026.
This Communiqué covers drinking milks. It does not cover the raw milk. The Communiqué specifies the characteristics of drinking milk in order to produce, store, transport and market hygienically and in accordance with the technique of drinking milk.
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AddendumG/SPS/N/TUR/98/Add.1
Comment deadline: Closed on 11 January 2026
Turkish Food Codex Communique Amending the Communiqué on Drinking Milk
The Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Drinking Milk (Communiqué No. 2019/12) was previously notified under G/SPS/N/TUR/98 (22 May 2018) and published in the Official Gazette dated 27 February 2019. The presence on the market of drinking milk with varying fat contents (such as 0.1%, 0.5%, etc.) and differing price levels has been found to mislead consumers and to result in unfair competition. In this context, it has been considered necessary to remove the ‘%… fat milk’ category currently included in the Communiqué, to revise the classification of drinking milk according to fat content, and to introduce regulatory provisions concerning the flavour and sugar content of flavoured drinking milk, which is primarily produced for children. This amendment to the Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Drinking Milk aims to ensure consumer protection, fair competition, and the proper regulation of flavoured drinking milk in line with public health considerations. The Communiqué shall enter into force on the date of its publication, with a transition period granted until 31 December 2026.
Regular notificationG/SPS/N/TUR/98
Comment deadline: Closed on 21 July 2018
Turkish Food Codex Communique On Drinking Milks
This Communiqué covers drinking milks. It does not cover the raw milk. The Communiqué specifies the characteristics of drinking milk in order to produce, store, transport and market hygienically and in accordance with the technique of drinking milk.
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