Food safety and hygiene newsletter July 2024
This is an electronic newsletter updating regulations and laws on food hygiene and safety in domestic and international markets, July 2024 issue.
Viet Nam
On July 18, 2024, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam issued QCVN 20-1:2024/BYT, National Technical Regulation regulating limits of contaminants in health protection foods, excluding wine products declared as health protection foods
Health protection food products that have been granted a Certificate of Acceptance of Product Declaration Registration, produced before the effective date of this Circular, if not in compliance with the standards issued with this Circular, organizations and individuals are allowed to continue to import, trade, and circulate until the expiry date of the product, except in cases where there is a warning about food safety.
From the effective date of this Circular, for health protection food products that have been granted a Certificate of Acceptance of Product Declaration Registration, if the Manufacturer's Standards are not consistent with the regulations issued with this Circular, organizations and individuals shall adjust the Manufacturer's Standards to be consistent with the regulations and make a notification under the provisions of Clause 4, Article 8 of Decree No. 15/2018/ND-CP dated February 2, 2018 of the Government detailing the implementation of several articles of the Law on Food Safety.
The regulation will take effect on August 1, 2025.
The US
Additional pesticide residue limits in certain foods in July 2024.
In May 2024, the RASFF Portal had 448 warning notices, including 413 warnings for food, 21 warnings for animal feed, and 14 warnings for food-contact materials.
On July 10, 2024, the US Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) added a maximum limit of 0.01ppm for Metamitron in beet, sugar, and roots products, effective until December 31, 2027, subject to an emergency exemption.
For details, see the attached link: https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2024-07-10/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-E/part-180/subpart-C/section-180.726
EU
Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1987 of 30 July 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/915 concerning maximum levels of Nickel in certain foods.
In 2015, the European Food Safety Authority adopted its Scientific Opinion on the risks to public health associated with the presence of Nickel in food and drinking-water. This Opinion identified reproductive and developmental toxicity as an important risk factor for the risk profile of long-term oral exposure to Nickel.
The Authority concluded that Nickel can cause both chronic and acute effects. Therefore, maximum Nickel levels in foods should be established to ensure a high level of protection for human health. Regulation (EU) 2023/915 should therefore be amended accordingly.
On 31 July 2024, the EU published Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1987, establishing maximum nickel limits for foodstuffs. The affected product categories, subcategories and corresponding maximum levels are set out in Section 3 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/915. The affected product categories include:
- Plant nuts
- Root and tuberous vegetables
- Fruit vegetables
- Cruciferous vegetables
- Leafy vegetables
- Legumes
- Stalk vegetables
- Seaweeds
- Beans
- Oil seeds
- Cereal products
- Cocoa and chocolate products
- Infant formulas, follow-on formulas, foods for special medical purposes for infants and young children, and infant formulas
- Cereal-based foods for infants and young children
- Foods for infants and young children that do not include specific products
- Fruit juices, fruit nectars, and vegetable juices that include fruit
The specified maximum nickel levels for these products will take effect on July 1, 2025, except for cereals, which will apply on July 1, 2026. Foods that were legally placed on the market before the effective date may continue to be sold until the expiry date or the corresponding minimum expiry date.
For details, see the attached link: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32024R1987
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