Egypt

EGY Africa

Association Statistics

Pests Affecting This Country/Region
598
Pests on Regulated List
615
Notifications Count
147
Regulation Files
3

Regulated List (615 species)

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Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by manual review

Category Distribution

Pest Quarantine Status Year Added
Acalitus phloeocoptes Abesent 2018
Aceria sheldoni Present 2018
Acrosternum hilare Abesent /
Aculops fuchsiae Abesent 2018
Aeginetia indica Abesent /

Pest Distribution Status (598 pests)

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Data sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

579
Present
19
Absent
598
Total
Pest Status State
Abutilon theophrasti Present —
Acacia saligna Present —
Acanthoscelides obtectus Present —
Aceria sheldoni Present —
Acherontia atropos Present —

Notifications (147 notifications)

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Data source: WTO SPS & TBT Platform.

This standard specifies the basic requirements and descriptive criteria for honey intended for direct consumption.

Human health; Food +1
Regular notification

This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 373/2025 (1 page, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 1623 for "Sterilized and/or UHT milk " (partial amendment).It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No. 6/2025 (2 pages, in Arabic), which was formerly notified in G/SPS/N/EGY/176 dated 13 November 2025, mandated among others the earlier version of this standard.Worth mentioning is that this standard has been formulated according to National studies. It is worth noting that this standard has been partially modified as follows:Adding the following to item (2/2) : “Raw materials: (Milk and/or Products obtained from milk for use in the types referred to in item (2/1))”.Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.Date of adoption: 22 October 2025Date of entry into force: The day following the date of publication in the official gazette.

Food safety; Human +10
Addendum to Regular Notification

This standard specifies the basic requirements and descriptive criteria for alcoholic beverages "wine".

Human health; Food +1
Regular notification

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 “Concentrated milk, Part 2: Sweetened condensed and concentrated milk”.

Human health; Food +1
Regular notification

This standard specifies the basic requirements and descriptive standards for distilled alcoholic beverages.

Human health; Food +1
Regular notification