It was decided to amend the Draft Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2015, dated 4 December 2015, notified as G/SPS/N/LKA/38 by Sri Lanka.

2015 draft was further amended and later it was published as the Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022.

The Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations 2022, published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2319/40 of 14 February 2023 was supposed to enter into force on 1 January 2024. Subsequently date of enforcement postponed to 1 January 2025 by Gazette Extraordinary No. 2364/24 of 27 December 2023. It was further amended by the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2416/51 of 28 December 2024 as follows:

·        Regulation 2 to Regulation 13(15) and Regulation 15 along with I to IX schedules will enter into force on 1 July 2025;

·        Regulation 13(16), 13(17), 13(18) and 14 enter into force on 1 January 2025.

This addendum concerns a:

[ ]           Modification of final date for comments

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

[X]          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:

http://eohfs.health.gov.lk/food/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18&Itemid=159&lang=en

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