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Ref : EIC 432/2
26 June 2015
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 569/2015
Uruguay: Technical Requirements for Plastic Containers in Contact with Food
The Uruguayan government issued Issue No. 15 /2015 on 4 May 2015 to adopt the Southern Common Market (Mercosur1) Resolution No. 32/2010 regarding the technical requirements regarding migration in materials, plastic packaging and equipment intended to be in contact with food.
2. For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Uruguay and/or the concerned Uruguayan Regulation (in Spanish) at: http://archivo.presidencia.gub.uy/sci/decretos/2015/05/msp_15.pdf.
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3.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Mr Lewis LAU at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms Cindy CHENG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
1. The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.
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