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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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  1. WTO notificationRussiaSPSEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency

    Letter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance No. FS-ARe-7/6809-3 as of 12 November 2025

    This letter introduces temporary restrictions on the imports of products mentioned in point 3 to the Russian Federation, as well as on the transit of cattle, small cattle and animals susceptible to bluetongue through the territory of the Russian Federation from Japan due to the registration of…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/RUS/339

  2. WTO notificationEuropean UnionTBTProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Draft Commission Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127 as regards the protein-related requirements for infant and follow-on formula manufactured from…

    This delegated Regulation aims to amend Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127 by amending the compositional requirements set out in that Regulation for the protein content, protein source, protein processing and protein quality for infant and follow-on formula manufactured from protein…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/EU/1170Comment period closed

  3. WTO notificationPeruSPSAdopted, according to its latest notice

    Adopted measure from Peru: Plants, live

    Peru issued an addendum on 14 November 2025 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/PER/1047. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 31 May…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/PER/1047/Add.1Comment period closed

  4. WTO notificationSouth KoreaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Draft of Full Amendment to the Notification on Warning Messages on Excessive Drinking

    Revision of the content of warning texts and images in the warning message on the label, following the revision of National Health Promotion Act (promulgated in March 2025) that added the content on drink-driving to the warning message, and allowed images in the warning message as well as texts.

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/KOR/1326Comment period closed

  5. WTO notificationUnited StatesSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Amicarbazone; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule

    This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of amicarbazone in or on sugarcane, cane; and sugarcane, molasses.

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/USA/3533

  6. WTO notificationSouth KoreaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Partial Amendment of Enforcement Rule of National Health Promotion Act

    Revision of the way the warning texts and images are presented in the warning message on the label, following the revision of National Health Promotion Act (promulgated in Mar.2025) that added the content on drink-driving to the warning message, and allowed images in the warning message as well as…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/KOR/1325Comment period closed

  8. WTO notificationUgandaSPSIn force, according to its latest notice

    DUS 997:2021, Cooking banana (matooke) - Specification, Second Edition

    This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements for cooking banana (matooke) grown from Musa spp. (AAA-EAH) and of family Musaceae to be supplied raw to the consumer

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/UGA/288/Add.1Comment period closed

  11. WTO notificationBolivia,Colombia,Ecuador+1TBTAdopted, according to its latest notice

    Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico Andino sobre Etiquetado de Productos Cosméticos (Draft Andean Technical Regulation on the labelling of cosmetic products) (6 pages, in Spanish)

    The notified draft Technical Regulation on the labelling of cosmetic products covers the following: Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Labelling requirements; Conformity assessment; Inspection and monitoring; Supplementary and transitional provisions; Annex 1.

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/ECU/338/Add.3Comment period closed

  12. WTO notificationRussiaSPSEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency

    Letter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance as of 5 November 2025 No. FS-KS-7/21811

    This letter introduces temporary restrictions on the imports of live swine and products obtained thereof, hunting trophies and equipment to the Russian Federation, as well as on the transit of live swine through the territory of the Russian Federation from Chinese Taipei due to the registration of…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/RUS/338

  14. WTO notificationEgyptSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Ministerial Decree No. 6/2025 gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 9012 for 'Sweetened condensed milk'

    This standard specifies the basic requirements and descriptive criteria for sweetened condensed milk intended for direct consumption or other manufacturing process, in conformity with the definitions clause of this standard. Worth mentioning that this standard cancels and supersedes ES 1830-2…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/EGY/177Comment period closed

  15. WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Proposed measure from Nicaragua: seeds

    Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 13 November 2025. The comment period closed on 12 January 2026.

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/199Comment period closed

  17. WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Proposed measure from Nicaragua: Cereals; Food industries

    Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 13 November 2025. The comment period closed on 12 January 2026.

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/206Comment period closed

  19. WTO notificationVietnamSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Draft Circular Regulations on quarantine of aquatic animals and animal products by the Minister of Agriculture and Environment

    This Draft Circular will fully replace the following legal instruments: Circular No. 26/2016/TT-BNNPTNT dated 30 June 2016; Circular No. 36/2018/TT-BNNPTNT dated 25 December 2018; Circular No. 06/2022/TT-BNNPTNT dated 28 July 2022; Circular No. 09/2025/TT-BNNMT dated 19 June 2025. Additionally, it…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/VNM/174Comment period closed

What SPS and TBT mean

SPSSanitary and phytosanitary measures

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.

TBTTechnical barriers to trade

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.

Commenting on a notification

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.

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