Türkiye - Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Amending the Communiqué on Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food

​Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food was notified to WTO through G/TBT/N/TUR/135 on November 20, 2018.

The proposal notified in G/TBT/N/TUR/135 has been amended with this text.

The purpose of this draft Communiqué is to amend the Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food. This amendment repeals entry No 151 concerning BPA from Table 1 of Annex I in the Communiqué because of the use of Bisphenol A (BPA), as well as other hazardous bisphenols and bisphenol derivatives will be regulated with a new Communiqué. Also, a new sentence has been added to the main Communiques: “4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol (Bisphenol A, CAS No. 80-05-7) and other hazardous bisphenols and hazardous bisphenol derivatives listed in the Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Restricting the Use of Bisphenol A, Other Hazardous Bisphenols, and Bisphenol Derivatives in Certain Materials and Articles in Contact with Food, may only be used in the production of plastic materials and articles in accordance with the relevant Communiqué.”

This Communiqué enters into force on the date of its publication.