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Ref : EIC 230/2/12
14 May 2010
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 221/2010
European Union (EU)*: Amendment to Regulation on Food Additives
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 86/2009 of 17 February 2009, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Regulation amending the labelling requirements for certain food colours used in alcoholic beverages. Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No. 238/2010, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:075:0017:0017:EN:PDF
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For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Peggy Leung)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
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