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Proposed measure: Uruguay

Draft GMC Resolution No. 01/26 - Amendment of GMC Resolutions No. 50/97, 53/98, 54/98, 07/06, 08/06, 09/06 and 02/08 on Food Additives

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Proyecto de Resolución GMC N° 01/26 - Modificación de las Resoluciones GMC N° 50/97, 53/98, 54/98, 07/06, 08/06, 09/06 y 02/08 sobre Aditivos Alimentarios

Uruguay notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 12 August 2026. The comment period closed on 11 October 2026.

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Products

Bakery and biscuit products, confectionery, desserts, ice creams, sauces and condiments, non-alcoholic beverages and snacks

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Panificación y galletería, confituras, postres, helados, salsas y condimentos, bebidas no alcohólicas y snacks

HS codes
  • 17 · Sugars and sugar confectionery
    • 1704 Sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate
  • 18 · Cocoa and cocoa preparations
    • 1806 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa
  • 19 · Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products
    • 1905 Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical…
  • 20 · Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
    • 2008 Fruits, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit (excl…
  • 21 · Miscellaneous edible preparations
    • 2103 Sauce and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal, whether or not prepared, and mustard
    • 2105 Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa.
  • 22 · Beverages, spirits and vinegar
    • 2202 Waters, incl. mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages (excl…
Notifying member
Uruguay
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Harmonization
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/URY/113
Keywords
Food standards

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 11 October 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

The comment period closed on 11 October 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/113; it can take them up with Uruguay.

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What the notification says

The notified Resolution adds the additive spirulina extract (INS 134) with the technical function of colour and with a quantum satis maximum limit in various food subcategories, including bakery and pastry products, desserts, confectionery, sauces and condiments, aperitifs, oilseeds, and dried fruit. It adjusts the maximum level for polyglycerol esters of interesterified ricinoleic acid (INS 476), corresponding to the technological function of emulsifier, in emulsified sauces and mayonnaise. It also includes the additive calcium sulfate (INS 516) with the technical function of colour and with a quantum satis maximum limit in non-alcoholic beverages.

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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