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UkraineProposed measure, not in force yet

Potatoes – Ukraine

Official title

Draft Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine 'On Approval of the Hygienic Requirements for Reducing Acrylamide Levels in Food'

Ukraine notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 19 October 2026.

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At a glance

Products

french fries, other cut (deep fried) products and sliced potato crisps from fresh potatoes; potato crisps, snacks, crackers and other potato products from potato dough; bread; breakfast cereals (excluding porridge); fine bakery wares, including biscuits, cookies, rusks, cereal bars, rolls, wafers, g

Notifying member
Ukraine
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/UKR/283
Keywords
Food safety, Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
To be determined.
Proposed entry into force
6 months from adoption

How to comment

The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/UKR/283; it forwards comments to Ukraine.

Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)

What the notification says

The draft Order provides for the approval of the Hygienic Requirements for Reducing Acrylamide Levels in Food. The Requirements specify the food products to which mitigation measures to reduce the presence of acrylamide apply, establish the relevant mitigation measures for food business operators and set benchmark levels for acrylamide to verify the effectiveness of those measures. The Requirements provide for differentiated mitigation measures for food business operators producing and placing the relevant food products on the market, including producers, retail operators and chain establishments. They also establish requirements for establishing programmes for own sampling and analysis, keeping records of the mitigation measures applied and the results of sampling and analysis, determining sampling frequency, and reviewing mitigation measures in light of the results obtained. Food business operators producing and placing food products on the market shall apply appropriate mitigation measures to achieve levels of acrylamide as low as reasonably achievable and below the benchmark levels for acrylamide in food set out in Annex 1 to the Requirements. The benchmark levels serve as indicators for verifying the effectiveness of the mitigation measures implemented by food business operators to ensure compliance with food hygiene requirements at all stages of production and distribution, within the framework of procedures based on the principles of the Hazard Analysis and Critical…

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