This addendum concerns the notification of Ministerial Decree No. 1309/2017 which gives producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by Egyptian Standard ES 1602, which is concerned with the essential requirements and descriptive criteria of fruit drinks and fruit-flavoured artificial drinks. Worth mentioning is that Ministerial Decree No. 1309/2017 cancels Egyptian Standard ES 1602-2/2005 on "Non-Carbonated Sweeten Drinks, Part 2: Fruit Drinks and Artificial Drinks" which was previously notified in document G/SPS/N/EGY/62 dated 13 August 2015.