It was decided to amend the Draft Food (Iodization of Salt) Regulations 2013, dated 18 February 2013, notified as G/SPS/N/LKA/34 by Sri Lanka.

The Food (Iodization of Salt) Regulations 2023, published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2332/03 of 15 May 2023 as amended by regulations published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2364/27 of 27 December 2023, is hereby amended by the repeal of regulation 1 thereof, and the substitution thereof the following regulation.

These regulations may be cited as Food (Iodization of Salt) Regulations, 2023 and will come into force on 1 July 2025.

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/LKA/25_00091_00_e.pdf

This addendum concerns a:

[ ]           Modification of final date for comments

[ ]           Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation

[ ]           Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation

[ ]           Withdrawal of proposed regulation

[X]          Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force

[ ]           Other:

Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)

[ ]           Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): Not applicable

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Deputy Director General (Environmental Health, Occupational Health and Food Safety)

Ministry of Health

No. 26, 2nd Floor

Medihouse Building, Sri Sangaraja Mawatha

Colombo - 10

Sri Lanka

Tel: +(94 11) 211 2718

Fax: +(94 11) 211 2720

E-mail: codexlanka@health.gov.lk

Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Deputy Director General (Environmental Health, Occupational Health and Food Safety)

Ministry of Health

No. 26, 2nd Floor

Medihouse Building, Sri Sangaraja Mawatha

Colombo - 10

Sri Lanka

Tel: +(94 11) 211 2718

Fax: +(94 11) 211 2720

E-mail: codexlanka@health.gov.lk

It was decided to amend the Draft Food (Iodization of Salt) Regulations 2013, dated 18 February 2013, notified as G/SPS/N/LKA/34 by Sri Lanka.

The Food (Iodization of Salt) Regulations 2023, published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2332/03 of 15 May 2023 as amended by regulations published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2364/27 of 27 December 2023, is hereby amended by the repeal of regulation 1 thereof, and the substitution thereof the following regulation.

These regulations may be cited as Food (Iodization of Salt) Regulations, 2023 and will come into force on 1 July 2025.

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/LKA/25_00091_00_e.pdf

This addendum concerns a:

[ ]           Modification of final date for comments

[ ]           Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation

[ ]           Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation

[ ]           Withdrawal of proposed regulation

[X]          Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force

[ ]           Other:

Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)

[ ]           Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): Not applicable

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Deputy Director General (Environmental Health, Occupational Health and Food Safety)

Ministry of Health

No. 26, 2nd Floor

Medihouse Building, Sri Sangaraja Mawatha

Colombo - 10

Sri Lanka

Tel: +(94 11) 211 2718

Fax: +(94 11) 211 2720

E-mail:codexlanka@health.gov.lk

Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Deputy Director General (Environmental Health, Occupational Health and Food Safety)

Ministry of Health

No. 26, 2nd Floor

Medihouse Building, Sri Sangaraja Mawatha

Colombo - 10

Sri Lanka

Tel: +(94 11) 211 2718

Fax: +(94 11) 211 2720

E-mail: codexlanka@health.gov.lk