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Notifying
Member: EGYPT
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency
responsible: Egyptian Organization
for Standardization and Quality
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Products
covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable): Cheese (ICS code(s):
67.100.30)
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Regions
or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[X] All trading partners
[ ] Specific regions or
countries:
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Title of
the notified document: Ministerial
Decree No. 248/2025 that gives the producers and importers a six-month
transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 1008-4 "Soft
cheese - part 4: karish cheese". Language(s):
Arabic. Number of
pages: 2
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Description
of content: This standard specifies
the basic requirements and descriptive characteristics for Karish cheese,
together with the methods of examination and testing.
Producers and
importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards
through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.
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Objective
and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ]
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from
other damage from pests.
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Is there
a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text):
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code,
chapter number):
[ ] International Plant Protection
Convention (e.g. ISPM number):
[X] None
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international
standard?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the
international standard:
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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are
available:
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National Food
Safety Authority Board of Directors decision No. 1/2021, the mandatory
technical regulation of microbiological criteria for foodstuffs and its
amendments
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ES 1008-4 /2005
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Proposed
date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 11 August 2025
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
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Proposed
date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
The day following the date of publication in the official gazette.
[ ] Trade facilitating
measure
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Final
date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 17 November 2025
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National
Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
e-mail address (if available) of other body:
Central
Administration for Foreign Agricultural Relations
Ministry of
Agriculture and Land Reclamation
1 Nadi El
Saïd St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt
Tel: +(202) 3337 3616
+(202) 3760 3155
Fax: +(202)
3337 4195
E-mail:
enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com
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Text(s) available from: [ ] National
Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
e-mail address (if available) of other body:
Central Administration for Foreign Agricultural Relations
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation
1 Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt
Tel: +(202) 3337 3616
+(202) 3760 3155
Fax: +(202) 3337 4195
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com
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