Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Notification - Turkey - Infant formula and follow-on formula - Addendum

NOTIFICATION

Addendum

The following communication, received on 19 November 2024, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Türkiye.

 

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Turkish Food Codex Communiqué - Amending Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula

"Turkish Food Codex - Communiqué on Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula and Requirements on Information Relating to Infant and Young Child Feeding" was notified through _G/SPS/N/TUR/99 on 19 July 2018. Three amendments for the aforementioned regulation were notified through _G/SPS/N/TUR/99/Add.1 on 23 July 2019, _G/SPS/N/TUR/99/Add.2 on 11 August 2022 and _G/SPS/N/TUR/99/Add.3 on 23 August 2023.

An amendment has been proposed by means of "Turkish Food Codex Communiqué - Amending Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula".

The amendment concerns protein requirements for infant and follow-on formula manufactured from protein hydrolysates.

This Communiqué will enter into force on 15 January 2025.

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/TUR/24_07869_00_x.pdf

This addendum concerns a:

[ ]           Modification of final date for comments

[ ]           Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation

[X]          Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation

[ ]           Withdrawal of proposed regulation

[ ]           Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force

[ ]           Other:

Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)

[ ]           Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 1 January 2025

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

General Directorate of Food and Control

Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara - Türkiye

Tel: +(90) 312 258 77 54

Fax:+(90) 312 258 77 60

E-mail/Internet: sps@tarim.gov.tr

Website: http://www.tarim.gov.tr

Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

General Directorate of Food and Control

Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara - Türkiye

Tel: +(90) 312 258 77 54

Fax:+(90) 312 258 77 60

E-mail/Internet: sps@tarim.gov.tr

Website: http://www.tarim.gov.tr

 

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