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

19 May 2014

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 465/2014

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

Further to our Commercial Information Circular No. 251/2014 of 18 March 2014, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 concerning the maximum levels of cadmium in foodstuffs. Details are set out in the Commission Regulation (EU) No 488/2014, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R0488&from=EN

DETAILS

2.Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1881/2006 establishes maximum levels for cadmium in a range of foodstuffs including cereals, vegetables, meat, fish, seafood, offals and food supplements. For some foodstuffs that are important contributing to the exposure of certain population groups (chocolate and cocoa products, foods for infants and young children), maximum levels have not yet been established. It is therefore necessary to establish maximum levels of cadmium for those foodstuffs. Besides, the maximum levels of cadmium for certain foodstuffs should be adjusted according to the result of the refined exposure assessment carried out by the European Food Safety Authority.

ENQUIRIES

3.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, Croatia, 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.