NOTIFICATION

Addendum

The following communication, dated 18 September 2025, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Egypt.

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Title: The Egyptian Standard ES 154-2 "Milk and its products Part 2: cream and prepared creams"

Description: Products covered: Milk and processed milk products Including dried milk, condensed milk and evaporated milk (ICS code: 67.100.10)

This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 248 /2025 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 154-2"Milk and its products Part 2: cream and prepared creams" (12 pages, in Arabic).

It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No. 515/2005 (10 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/2 dated 14 December 2005 and the Ministerial Decree No. 1001/2017 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/2/Add.3 dated 10 January 2018, mandated among others the earlier versions of this standard.

Worth mentioning is that this standard complies with Codex Standard CXS 288 "Cream and prepared creams", adopted in 1976, revised in 2003, 2008, amended in 2010, 2018, 2022 and 2024.

Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.

Proposed date of adoption: 11 August 2025.

Proposed date of entry into force: The day following the date of publication in the official gazette.

Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:

National Enquiry Point

Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality

16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt

E-mail: eos@eos.net.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.eg

Website: http://www.eos.org.eg

Tel: + (202) 22845528

Fax: + (202) 22845504

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