Export regulation updates
Draft rules on food safety, animal and plant health (SPS) and on technical product requirements (TBT) that markets notify to the WTO before adopting them.
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WTO notificationUnited StatesSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a food additive petition, submitted by Green Innovation GmbH, proposing that we amend our food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of hydrolyzed lignin as a source of neutral detergent soluble fiber in food…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/USA/3537
WTO notificationTanzaniaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This Committee Draft African Standard specifies requirements for live grading of rabbits, guinea pigs and all other small mammals. Note: This Draft Tanzania Standard was also notified under SPS committee.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/TZA/1450Comment period closed
WTO notificationTanzaniaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This Committee Draft African Standard specifies minimum requirements for chicken laying battery cages. This standard covers the types, materials, construction, test methods and other requirements of laying battery cages..
Symbol: G/TBT/N/TZA/1451Comment period closed
WTO notificationCanadaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Health Canada is moving forward with efforts to modernize its regulations for foods for a special dietary use and infant foods. As part of this process, on November 26, 2025, the Department launched a 60-day pre-consultation about a proposed risk-based approach to authorizing infant formula and…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CAN/760Comment period closed
WTO notificationUnited StatesSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This document announces the Agency's receipt of and solicits public comment on initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/USA/3538Comment period closed
WTO notificationRussiaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
It is proposed to amend the Pharmacopoeia of the Eurasian Economic Union: to supplement it with general pharmacopoeial monographs on herbal medicinal products and biological medicinal products, and to adopt new versions of a number of general pharmacopoeial monographs harmonized with the texts of…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/RUS/178Comment period closed
WTO notificationCanadaSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
The Food and Nutrition Directorate received a request to modify the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients (to allow the use of synthetic caffeine (caffeine anhydrous) in 'gummies with a texture spanning from hard to soft' in a maximum amount of 100 mg per serving under the same conditions of…
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Symbol: G/SPS/N/CAN/1592/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationJapanTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
MAFF will add standards and specifications of Phytase No. 2(8) to the 'Ministerial Ordinance on the Specifications and Standards of Feeds and Feed Additives' (Ordinance No. 35 of 24 July 1976 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry). With this amendment, phytase No.2 (8) as a feed additive…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/JPN/880/Add.1
WTO notificationKenyaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for cotton canvas. This Standard is applicable to cotton canvas used in the manufacture of shoe uppers, raincoats, tarpaulins, tents, stretchers, back rest for hospitals, luggage bags, mail bags, laminating material…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/KEN/1940Comment period closed
WTO notificationCanadaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
The purpose of this notification is to let members know that on November 19, 2025, Canada made permanent controls for carisoprodol (by adding carisoprodol to Schedule IV of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to the Schedules to the Benzodiazepines and Other Targeted Substances…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CAN/759
WTO notificationColombiaSPSIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
Colombia issued an addendum on 1 December 2025 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/COL/368. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 30…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/COL/368/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationVietnamTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This draft Circular provides guidance for the implementation of Clause 17, Article 1 of Law No. 77/2025/QH15, which amends and supplements Article 39 of the Law on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy No. 50/2010/QH12. This Circular shall not apply to: a) Vehicles manufactured, assembled, or…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/VNM/382Comment period closed
WTO notificationKenyaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This Draft African Standard describes the requirements, test methods and sampling, for nets, for various sport activities.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/KEN/1939Comment period closed
WTO notificationKenyaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This draft Kenya Standard specifies dimensions and physical properties for non-metallic strapping used to secure, to close, to unitize or to strengthen packages applied by hand tools or automatic machines. NOTE For particular applications or specific requirements, other dimensions can be supplied…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/KEN/1938Comment period closed
WTO notificationUnited KingdomTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
The draft document confirms the non-approval decision for a series of active substances in biocidal products, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 on Biocidal Products (as assimilated into the law of Great Britain) (GB BPR).
Symbol: G/TBT/N/GBR/110Comment period closed
WTO notificationUnited KingdomTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This decision will be taken by the Secretary of State to renew the approval of creosote as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 until 31 March 2033 for the following uses: railway sleepers; transmission poles; fencing (safety critical uses, namely those requiring…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/GBR/109Comment period closed
WTO notificationBrazilTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Contributions for Updating the Operational Procedure for Marking the Anatel Homologation Identification on Telecommunications Products, approved by Act No. 4088, 31 July 2020.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/BRA/1614Comment period closed
WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
The notified document establishes the phytosanitary requirements for the importation of in vitro Sedum pellucida plants originating in the United States.1. The shipment must be accompanied by an official phytosanitary certificate, which certifies that the in vitro plants have been inspected by the…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/228Comment period closed
WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
The notified document establishes phytosanitary requirements for the importation of in vitro Sedum spurium plants originating in the United States.1. The shipment must be accompanied by an official phytosanitary certificate, which certifies that the in vitro plants have been inspected by the…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/229Comment period closed
WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
The notified document establishes the phytosanitary requirements for the importation of in vitro Impatiens hybrids plants originating in the United States.1. The shipment must be accompanied by an official phytosanitary certificate, which certifies that the in vitro plants have been officially…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/230Comment period closed
Food safety, animal and plant health
Rules that protect people, animals and plants from risks carried by food, feed, pests and diseases: maximum residue limits, additives and contaminants, quarantine and inspection, and the certificates that go with them.
Technical product rules
Technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment for products: specifications, labelling and marking, packaging, and the tests and certificates a product needs before it can be sold.
Comments on a notification go from government to government. If a draft affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO SPS or TBT enquiry point before the comment deadline, quoting the document symbol; it forwards them to the member that notified the measure.
Enquiry points are listed on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Expodite matches each notification to the markets you export to and the HS codes of your products, and puts the ones that concern you in your Updates centre, with the date comments close.