Description
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 100/2019 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives producers and importers a six-month transitional period to comply with Egyptian Standard ES 1765/2016 "Non-Alcoholic Barley Drink" that has already been mandated by the Ministerial Decree No. 130/2005 which was formerly notified in G/SPS/N/EGY/68 dated on 13 August 2015 and G/SPS/N/EGY/68/Add.1 dated 12 August 2016.Worth mentioning is that this standard has been partially modified in the following items:
- Delete the clause 3/11/2, Salmonella in 25 ml;
- Item 5/2/5 adds the date of production and the expiry date or validity period (may this data not be added in the case of multi-cycle glass bottles with a volume not exceeding 250 ml).
>Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.Proposed date of adoption: 7 February 2019.Proposed date of entry into force: 7 March 2019.