Intertek Hong Kong listed on Dubai Municipality’s list of approved labs for food contact testing
11 Nov 2015
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has proposed a draft Control Scheme for Materials Intended to Come into Contact with Food. If approved, this control scheme will enter into force 180 days after the date of publication in the Official Gazette.
This control scheme applies to food contact materials described in the following table, including packaging made of metal, glass, plastic, paper and cardboard, multi-layered packaging, and any other materials intended to use for food packaging.
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Title of Mandatory Standard |
Standard Number |
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General requirements for the materials intended to come into contact with food |
UAE.S/GSO 2231 |
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General requirements for fresh fruits and vegetables boxes |
UAE.S GSO 124 |
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Tableware made from melamine plastics |
UAE.S GSO 142 |
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Wrapping paper and paper bags |
UAE.S GSO 458 |
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Single-use rigid and semi-rigid plastic cups and containers for packaging beverages, milk products, and allied purposes |
UAE.S GSO 462 |
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Food packages - part 1: general requirements |
UAE.S GSO 839 |
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Milk paperboard containers |
GSO 1102 |
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Polyethylene bags for food packaging applications |
UAE.S GSO 1193 |
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Three piece steel round cans used for canning food stuffs |
UAE.S GSO 1791 |
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The two pieces Aluminum round cans used for canning food (beverages & stuffs) |
UAE.S GSO 1793 |
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The two-pieces Steel round cans used for canning food-stuffs |
UAE.S GSO 1794 |
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Round metal cans used for canning food stuffs: definitions, construction, dimensions and capacities |
UAE.S GSO 1797 |
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Food packages part 2: plastic package - general requirements |
UAE.S GSO 1863 |
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Cook ware made from thermal glass |
UAE.S/GSO 2075 |
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Cold formed Aluminum household utensils |
UAE.S/GSO 1008 |
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Tea and herbs bags |
UAE.S/GSO 2138 |
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Domestic cookware coating materials |
UAE.S/GSO 2014 |
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Non-returnable glass bottles for carbonated beverage |
UAE.S GSO 1024 |
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Maximum level for cadmium in food |
UAE.S GSO 1807 |
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General standard for contaminants and toxins in food |
UAE.S/GSO/ CAC 193 |
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Guideline levels for vinyl chloride monomer and acrylonitrile in food and packaging material |
UAE.S GSO CAC GL 6 :2007 |
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Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of inorganic tin contamination in canned foods |
UAE.S GSO CAC/GL 60:2007 |
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Plastics - determination of migration of plasticizers |
UAE.S GSO ISO 177 |
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Standard & specification for oxo-biodegradation of plastic bags and other disposable plastic objects |
UAE.S 5009 :2009 |
Materials in contact with food shall meet the requirements in UAE.S/GSO 2231 and relevant Emirates standards as listed in the above table. They shall be manufactured in factories in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), or other quality scheme adopted by the Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA).
They shall also be labeled with “للملامسة مع الغداء” (which means food contact) or the following symbol:
Importers of such products shall then register with ESMA and obtain a certificate of conformity on the basis of the Emirates Conformity Assessment Scheme (ECAS).
Intertek Hong Kong is listed on the Dubai Municipality’s list of approved labs for food contact testing. In addition to our comprehensive testing services, we provide ECAS registration services on behalf of our clients as a one-stop solution.