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    The Eurasian Economic Union publishes amendments to the technical regulation "Food Safety"

    • Last Update: 2023-02-02
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    News from the Regulation Center of the Eurasian Economic Union on December 27: The Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission issued Resolution No.
    173 on the same day: the announcement of the amendment to the technical regulation TR CU 021/2011 "Food Safety", involving the revision of product standards for chocolate and its products, cocoa products, etc.
    , the reference information is as follows:
     
    1) It is clarified that the scope of chocolate products includes bitter chocolate, dark chocolate, pure chocolate, sweet chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, filled chocolate and chocolate powder; Cocoa products include cocoa powder, cocoa butter and cocoa cake;
     
    2) Stipulate the raw material requirements for chocolate products, such as the use of vegetable fat is not allowed in principle, and the use of animal fats other than milk fat is not allowed, but the use of cocoa butter equivalents and/or SOS-type cocoa butter improvers is allowed, and the content of such ingredients in chocolate shall not exceed 5%;
     
    3) Stipulate the product standards for chocolate products, such as the cocoa solids in the product shall not be less than 35%, etc.
    ;
     
    4) stipulates the identification requirements and standards for different types of chocolate products such as bitter chocolate, dark chocolate, sweet chocolate, etc.
    ;
     
    5) Revised the requirements
    for microorganisms such as coliform bacteria and mold in some chocolate products.


    The amendment will enter into force
    on July 25, 2023.
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