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Turkish Food Codex Regulation on Methods of Sampling and Analysis for the Official Control of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Certain Foodstuffs
Türkiye issued an addendum on 19 February 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/TUR/225. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 24 April 2025. The comment period closed on 23 June 2025.
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The comment period closed on 23 June 2025. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/TUR/225/Add.1; it can take them up with Türkiye.
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Turkish Food Codex Regulation on the Methods of Sampling and Analysis for the Official Control of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Certain Foodstuffs
Turkish Food Codex Regulation on the Methods of Sampling and Analysis for the Official Control of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Certain Foodstuffs (Regulation No: 2025/28), which was notified through G/TBT/N/TUR/225 (24 April 2025), was now adopted and published in the Official Gazette dated 21 October 2025 and numbered 33054. The Regulation concerns methods of sampling and analysis of the perfluoroalkyl substances in certain foodstuffs.
This Regulation covers the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of perfluoroalkyl substances ((Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS)) in certain foodstuffs. The maximum limits of perfluoroalkyl substances for food products which are meat and edible offal, fishery products and bivalve molluscs, egg are specified in Annex-1 of the Turkish Food Codex Regulation on Contaminants published in the Official Gazette dated 5/11/2023 and numbered 32360. With this Regulation, sampling and analysis method criteria will be determined for foods for which maximum limits are determined in Turkish Food Codex Regulation on Contaminants. This Regulation has been prepared for the first time in compliance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1428.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/TUR/225/Add.1
Turkish Food Codex Regulation on the Methods of Sampling and Analysis for the Official Control of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Certain Foodstuffs
Turkish Food Codex Regulation on the Methods of Sampling and Analysis for the Official Control of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Certain Foodstuffs (Regulation No: 2025/28), which was notified through G/TBT/N/TUR/225 (24 April 2025), was now adopted and published in the Official Gazette dated 21 October 2025 and numbered 33054. The Regulation concerns methods of sampling and analysis of the perfluoroalkyl substances in certain foodstuffs.
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/TUR/225
Comment deadline: Closed on 23 June 2025
Turkish Food Codex Regulation on Methods of Sampling and Analysis for the Official Control of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Certain Foodstuffs
This Regulation covers the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of perfluoroalkyl substances ((Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS)) in certain foodstuffs. The maximum limits of perfluoroalkyl substances for food products which are meat and edible offal, fishery products and bivalve molluscs, egg are specified in Annex-1 of the Turkish Food Codex Regulation on Contaminants published in the Official Gazette dated 5/11/2023 and numbered 32360. With this Regulation, sampling and analysis method criteria will be determined for foods for which maximum limits are determined in Turkish Food Codex Regulation on Contaminants. This Regulation has been prepared for the first time in compliance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1428.
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