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Proposed standard for Gundruk Regular notification
2026-01-29
G/SPS/N/NPL/49

The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Nepal, has proposed a standard for Gundruk. This quality standard will apply to Gundruk produced for human consumption and prepared for sale and distribution purposes.Gundruk is a traditional indigenous food of Nepal, and the Codex Alimentarius Commission has not yet developed a standard for Gundruk.

Human health; Food safety
2025-09-05
G/SPS/N/NPL/48

The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Nepal has proposed the Quality and Hygienic standard for Soya Bari in order to protect the health of the consumers by controlling the quality and safety of the product and facilitating fair trade.The Codex Alimentarius Commission has not developed a standard for Soya Bari yet. But the standard is in accordance with the Regional Standard-the FSSAI standard.

Food safety; Human health
G/SPS/N/NPL/47

The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Nepal has proposed a quality and safety standard for rolled oats in order to protect the health of consumers by controlling the quality and safety of the products and facilitating safe trade.

Human health; Food safety
2025-02-13
G/SPS/N/NPL/46

The Plant Quarantine and Pesticide Management Centre in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development of Nepal has determined the quarantine pest of different agriculture commodities and will adopt the phytosanitary measures as mentioned to control entry, spread and establishment of quarantine pest.

Plant health; Pests

Nepal proposes a mandatory quality and safety standard for Chhurpi, a traditional product of Nepal. Chhurpi is produced from milk of cow, yak or buffalo or mixed milk from traditional processing methods and is used for human consumption as well as for feed as chew. The purpose of this standard is to regulate the quality and hygiene of the product in order to ensure consumer health and fair trade.

Human health; Food safety
2024-05-28
G/SPS/N/NPL/44

The Federal Parliament of Nepal has enacted and the Government of Nepal has approved the Food Safety and Quality Act, 2081 in order to protect the human health and welfare of customers from food products.

Food safety; Human health
2024-01-29
G/SPS/N/NPL/43

The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Government of Nepal, has proposed a Quality and Safety standard of Masyaura, a traditional product of Nepal, prepared usually from Black gram flour and shredded Colocasia stem and other vegetables, in order to protect consumers and ensure fair trade.

Human health; Food safety
2023-07-06
G/SPS/N/NPL/42

The Government of Nepal has revised the Plant Protection Rules 2009 and the revised part of the Rule is notified herewith.

Human health; Plant health; +1
2023-06-19
G/SPS/N/NPL/41

The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Nepal has proposed the prohibition of use of inked paper as direct food contact materials in order to protect the health of consumers by controlling the quality and safety of the food products and facilitating fair trade.

Human health; Food safety
2023-06-19
G/SPS/N/NPL/40

The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Nepal has proposed the standard for maximum level of industrial trans fat in vegetables fat and the foods produced using such vegetable fat  in order to protect the health of consumers by controlling the quality and safety of the food products and facilitating fair trade.

Human health; Food safety
2023-01-25
G/SPS/N/NPL/39

The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Nepal has proposed the quality and hygienic standard for rolled oats in order to protect the health of consumers by controlling the quality and safety of the product and facilitating fair trade.

Human health; Food safety
2022-11-16
G/SPS/N/NPL/38

The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has proposed a quality standard for fortified rice in order to ensure the quality of the product in the domestic market and to facilitate fair trade.

Human health; Food safety
2022-09-06
G/SPS/N/NPL/37

The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has proposed poultry feed standard with the objective to regulate feed products  in the country to ensure poultry health, safety of the poultry products  and fair trade.

Human health; Animal health; +6
2022-09-02
G/SPS/N/NPL/36

The Government of Nepal has revised the Plant protection Act 2007 and the revised part of the act is notified herewith.

Plant health
2022-07-19
G/SPS/N/NPL/35

The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development of Nepal has proposed the maximum limit of heavy metals in different food and food products to protect consumer health and ensure fair trade.

Human health; Food safety; +2

The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development of Nepal has proposed a Standard for Cereal Based Complementary Foods for Infants and Young Children to protect health of infants and young children and ensure fair trade in complementary foods by ensuring the quality and safety of the products as per the proposed standard.

Human health; Food safety

Department of Food Technology and Quality Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has proposed maximum residue limit for different fruits and vegetables with the twin objective of protecting human health by ensuring safety of fruits and vegetables and facilitating trade through harmonization of food standards.

Human health; Pesticides; Food +5
2020-07-16
G/SPS/N/NPL/31

The Department of Food Technology and Quality control proposes the quality and safety standard for fruit beverages as a compulsory provision  under the food law and regulation, to monitor production, sale, distribution, import/export of these products to maintain quality and safe products to consumers.

Beverages; Food safety; Human +1

The Department of Food Technology and Quality control proposes the quality and safety standard for fruit juices and fruit nectar as a compulsory provision  under the food law and regulation, to monitor production, sale, distribution, import/ export of these products to maintain quality and safe products to consumers.

Beverages; Food safety; Human +1
G/SPS/N/NPL/30

The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control proposes the quality and safety standard for the above mentioned products. This standard serves: as a compulsory provision under food law and regulation; to monitor export/import of these food products; and to maintain safe and quality food products to the consumer. The proposed standard sets the requirement for essential composition and quality factors, hygiene, packaging and labelling requirements.

Human health; Food safety
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