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Commercial Information Circulars

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

e-mail address : tidenq@tid.gcn.gov.hk

Ref : S/F to EIC 230/2/12

18 April 2002

Dear Sirs,

 

Commercial Information Circular No. 78/02

European Union (EU)* :Amendment to Regulation Setting
Maximum Levels for Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 72/2001 of 28 March 2001 about the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 466/2001 setting the maximum levels for certain contaminants allowed in foodstuffs, the European Commission (EC) has recently adopted an amendment to the Regulation. The amendment revises the original requirements on nitrate in lettuce and spinach. Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No. 563/2002, a copy of which is appended (pdf format) to this Circular for reference.

ENQUIRIES

  1. For enquiries about the contents of this Circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5684.

Yours faithfully,

 

 

(Miss Sandra SOU)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* : The EU Member States are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom



Note : While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.