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New ZealandProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Alkaloids; natural or reproduced by synthesis

Official title

Consultation paper for Proposal P1056 – Caffeine review

New Zealand notified a revised version of this proposed TBT measure on 4 November 2025. The measure was first notified on 10 March 2025. The comment period closed on 3 January 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Foods for retail sale in Australia and New Zealand in which caffeine has been added, including sports foods

HS codes
  • 29 · Organic chemicals
    • 293930 Caffeine and its salts
Notifying member
New Zealand
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 4 November 2025. Check WTO ePing or New Zealand for its current status.
Objectives
  • Consumer information, labelling
  • Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/NZL/144Latest notice: G/TBT/N/NZL/144/Rev.1
Keywords
Food standards

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 3 January 2026
Proposed adoption
Notification to Australian and New Zealand Government anticipated early 2026 with adoption (gazettal) to follow approximately 3 months later, pending Government consideration.
Proposed entry into force
A two-year transition period has been proposed, beginning on the date of gazettal and pending Government consideration of the proposal (see above).

How to comment

The comment period closed on 3 January 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/NZL/144/Rev.1; it can take them up with New Zealand.

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What the notification says

This proposal proposes to: Prohibit the retail sale of a food that is caffeine and prohibit the addition of caffeine to foods for retail sale unless expressly permitted; Expressly permit the addition of caffeine to formulated supplementary sports foods (FSSF), subject to compositional, packaging and labelling requirements.

Notices on this measure

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

  1. RevisionG/TBT/N/NZL/144/Rev.1

    Comment deadline: Closed on 3 January 2026

    Consultation paper for Proposal P1056 – Caffeine review

    This proposal proposes to: Prohibit the retail sale of a food that is caffeine and prohibit the addition of caffeine to foods for retail sale unless expressly permitted; Expressly permit the addition of caffeine to formulated supplementary sports foods (FSSF), subject to compositional, packaging and labelling requirements.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

  2. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/NZL/144

    Comment deadline: Closed on 3 May 2025

    Assessment (2nd Call for Submissions report for Proposal P1056 – Caffeine review (82 pages, in English), and supporting document(s) (all in English): SD1 (76 pages), SD2 (29 pages), SD3 (106 pages), SD4 (56 pages), SD5 (34 pages). See 11. below.

    This proposal proposes to: - Prohibit the retail sale of a food that is caffeine and prohibit the addition of caffeine to foods for retail sale unless expressly permitted - Expressly permit the addition of caffeine to Formulated supplementary sports foods (FSSF), subject to compositional, packaging and labelling requirements.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO 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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