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Commercial Information Circulars

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Ref : EIC 230/2/12

16 November 2011

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 718/2011

European Union (EU)* : Regulation on Addition of Minerals to Food

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 615/2009 of 11 December 2009, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Regulation amending the list of minerals which can be added to foods, including food supplements. Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1161/2011 (the Regulation), which can be accessed through the following link: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:296:0029:0030:EN:PDF

DETAILS

2. Directive 2002/46/EC and Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006 established the lists of vitamins and minerals and their forms, which may be added to food and used for the manufacture of food supplements. Commission Regulation (EC) No. 953/2009 also established the list of substances that may be added for specific nutritional purposes in foods for particular nutritional uses.

3. Recently, new mineral substances have been evaluated by the European Food Safety Authority and the evaluation result concluded that some substances should be added to the lists. For details, please refer to the Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Regulation.

ENQUIRIES

4. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.


Yours faithfully,



(Miss Anita WONG)
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.





Note ：

  • (1) 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.
  • (2)The biweekly newsletter "Business Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. The newsletter is available for free e-subscription and can be accessed through
    http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eualert.htm.