Saudi Arabia: FAIRS Country Report
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A range of regulatory changes threatens U.S. exports of packaged foods to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s voluntary Front of Pack Nutritional Labeling (FoPNL) requirement is expected to become mandatory in 2021, and threatens most packaged food trade with Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is also implementing biodegradable packaging requirements that are widely regarded as unworkable, threaten most non-commodity trade, and are currently being reviewed. Saudi food additive, contaminant and residue standards are sometimes based on the most restrictive international standard available, even when it is a default standard. These block trade in some products. In addition, a ban on poultry produced using stunning has halted U.S. poultry meat exports to Saudi Arabia. This report is supplemented by the 2018 FAIRS Export Certificate report for Saudi Arabia.
