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Milk and dairy products – Uruguay

Draft MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on the Assignment of Food Additives and Processing Aids for Food Category 1. Dairy Products, Subcategories Liquid Milks, Dairy Drinks and Milk Creams (Amendment of GMC Resolutions No. 71/93 and 13/23)

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Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico MERCOSUR de Asignación de Aditivos Alimentarios y Coadyuvantes de Tecnología para la Categoría de Alimentos 1. Productos Lácteos, Subcategorías Leches Líquidas, Bebidas Lácteas y Cremas de Leche (Modificación de las Resoluciones GMC N° 71/93 y 13/23)

Uruguay notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 16 June 2026. The comment period closed on 15 August 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Milk and dairy products (ICS Code(s): 67.100) - Dairy products, subcategories liquid milk, dairy drinks and milk creams

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Leche y productos lácteos (Código(s) de la ICS: 67.100) - Productos lácteos, subcategorías leche líquida, bebidas lácteas y cremas de leche

Notifying member
Uruguay
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Quality requirements
  • Harmonization
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/URY/112
ICS classification
  • 67.100 Milk and milk products
Keywords
Food standards

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 15 August 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

The comment period closed on 15 August 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/URY/112; it can take them up with Uruguay.

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What the notification says

The notified draft Technical Regulation would update the determination of food additives and processing aids for milk products within the MERCOSUR framework in order to align existing regulations with technological developments and international reference standards, thereby ensuring harmonization within the regional bloc.G/TBT/N/URY/112- 2 -

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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