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Ref : EIC 414/2
26 September 2013
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 771/2013
Chile : Addition of Two Food Additives to Food Code
The Chilean government issued Decree No. 11/2013 on 6 August 2013 to add two food additives to its national food code with immediate effect. The two food additives are: (1) ammonium salts of phosphatidic acid, subject to a 10 g/kg limit, in cocoa powder mixtures and certain cocoa and chocolate preparations; and (2) ethyl lauroyl arginate, subject to a 200 mg/kg limit.
2. For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Chile and/or the above Chilean Decree (in Spanish), which is available at: http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1053472&buscar=decreto+11+2013.
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3. For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms Cindy CHENG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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