G/SPS/N/EGY/137  
 
16 August 2022  
(22-6197) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  EGYPT  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  The National Food Safety Authority of Egypt (NFSA)  
3. 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):  Food products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Decision No. 6 of the year 2022 of the Board of 
Directors concerning the binding technical rule on the permissible limits of chemical 
contaminants in food . Language(s):  Arabic . Number of pages:  136 
6. Description of content:  This decision governs Egyptian Food Safety Authority approach 
to manage the risks related to contaminants and determine the maximum limits of 
chemical contaminants in food for the purpose of controlling and conforming chemical 
pollutant levels to Codex and relevant international standards in order to achieve NFSA's 
main objective of ensuring that food safety requirements are fulfilled so that human health 
and safety can be maintained.  
7. Objective and ration ale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Code x Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : General standard for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed CXS 193 -1995 (adopted in 1995 revised in 1997, 2006, 2008, 2009 
amended in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 , 2016, 2017, 2018)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/EGY/137  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption  (dd/mm/yy) : 9 March 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 16 May 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 17 May 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 October 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] 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) 333 76 589  
 +(202) 374 90 805  
Fax: +(202) 374 90 805  
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com  
13. Text(s) available from: [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) 333 76 589  
 +(202) 374 90 805  
Fax: +(202) 374 90 805  
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com