On November 15, 2024, the General Directorate of Food Safety and Control of Turkey issued Circular No. 613 proposing to develop a regulation on flavoring or food products with flavoring properties, with a comment period ending on December 9, 2024, on the draft regulation.

The main elements of the draft regulation include:

Definitions and terminology: the scope of the product is spices and spice-based flavored foods to which food additives are permitted, excluding food additives with flavoring properties;

List of permitted spice-based flavoring ingredients and requirements for their use;

Product labeling requirements: labels should be in Turkish with information such as product name, use "for consumption", preservation and consumption conditions, and product batch number;

Procedures for evaluation and approval of new flavoring varieties, etc.