Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Notification - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Honey intended for direct consumption - Addendum

NOTIFICATION

Addendum

The following communication, received on 30 October 2025, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

 

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia/ Honey

This draft technical regulation is concerned with the requirements to be met in honey ready for human consumption.

On 15 October 2020, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia notified the WTO (SPS) about this Technical Regulation (G/SPS/N/SAU/437). The updated draft includes modifications as follows:

·_        Amendment to the technical regulation for honey by adding an item in food labelling, by stating that the following phrase must appear on the product label "Not suitable for infant below 12 months".

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.)

[X]          Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 29 December 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:

Saudi Food and Drug Authority

SFDA - 4904 North Ring road Hitteen Unit (1) - Riyadh 13513 - 7148

Tel: +(966 11) 2038222

Fax: +(966 11) 210 9825

E-mail: SPSEP.Food@sfda.gov.sa

Website: http://www.sfda.gov.sa

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

Saudi Food and Drug Authority

SFDA - 4904 North Ring road Hitteen Unit (1) - Riyadh 13513 - 7148

Tel: +(966 11) 2038222

Fax: +(966 11) 210 9825

E-mail: SPSEP.Food@sfda.gov.sa

Website: http://www.sfda.gov.sa

 

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