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Wheat or meslin flour – United States

Official title

Sterigenics US, LLC; Filing of Food Additive Petition; Notification of Petition

The United States notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 30 June 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Wheat or meslin flour; Food technology

HS codes
  • 11 · Products of the milling industry; malt, starches, inulin, wheat gluten
    • 1101 Wheat or meslin flour.
Notifying member
United States(United States of America)
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/USA/3577
Keywords
Food safety, Human health

Key dates

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

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/USA/3577; it forwards comments to the United States.

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What the notification says

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a food additive petition, submitted by Sterigenics US, LLC, proposing that we amend our food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of ionizing radiation for the reduction of pathogens in raw enriched wheat flour. The food additive petition was filed on 5 June 2026.

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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