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Ref :EIC 631/2/5
9 March 2011
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 158/2011
The Mainland of China : Notice Concerning Prohibition on the Production of Benzoyl Peroxide and Calcium Peroxide and their Usage in the Production of Flour
The Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the State Administration of Grain and the State Food and Drug Administration jointly issued a notice to prohibit the production and sale of benzoyl peroxide and calcium peroxide, and their usage in the production of flour, which will take effect on 1 May 2011. For details, please refer to a copy of the notice (available in Chinese only) at Appendix (pdf format).
2.For details of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Food Safety" and its implementation regulations, please refer to CIC No. 111/2009 dated 3 March 2009 and CIC No. 380/2009 dated 27 July 2009.
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3.If you have any questions on the content of this circular, please contact Ms. Eugenia CHAN at 2398 5444.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Angie KWOK)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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