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UAE mandatory Scheme for Control on Food Contact Materials

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UAE mandatory Scheme for Control on Food Contact Materials

July, 2016

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) UAE Scheme for Control on Food Contact Materials (FCM) came into force under UAE cabinet resolution No. 21 for the year 2015. Per the Scheme, all FCM must comply with UAE.S GSO 2231 which states the general requirements for the materials intended to come into contact with food and the applicable standard described in Table 1. The Scheme also introduced labelling requirements for materials in contact with food.

Applicants who wish to apply a conformity certificate for FCM should submit the application through the website of Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology along with the documents specified under the registration requirements of the service.

Table 1. Applicable standards under UAE Scheme for Control on FCM

Standard	Title
UAE.S GSO 124	General requirements for fresh fruits and vegetables boxes
UAE.S GSO 142	Tableware made from melamine plastics
UAE.S GSO 458	Wrapping paper and paper bags
UAE.S GSO 462	Single-use rigid and semi-rigid plastic cups and containers for packaging beverages, milk products, and allied purposes
UAE.S GSO 839	Food Packages - Part 1: General Requirements
UAE.S GSO 1102	Milk paperboard containers
UAE.S GSO 1193	Polyethylene bags for food packaging applications
UAE.S GSO 1791	Three piece steel round cans used for canning food stuffs
UAE.S GSO 1793	The two pieces Aluminum round cans used for canning food (beverages & stuffs)
UAE.S GSO 1794	The two pieces Steel round cans used for canning foodstuffs
UAE.S GSO 1797	Round metal cans used for canning food stuffs: definitions, construction, dimensions and capacities
UAE.S GSO 1863	Food packages - Part 2: ‎Plastic package - General ‎requirements
UAE.S/GSO 2075	Cook ware made from thermal glass
UAE.S/GSO 1008	Cold formed Aluminum household utensils
UAE.S GSO 2138	Tea and herbs bags
UAE.S GSO 2014	Domestic cookware coating materials
UAE.S GSO 1024	Non-returnable glass bottles for carbonated beverage
UAE.S GSO CAC 193	General standard for contaminants and toxins in food
UAE.S GSO CAC GL 6	Guideline levels for vinyl chloride monomer and acrylonitrile in food and packaging material
UAE.S GSO ISO 6486-2:2013	Ceramic ware, glass-ceramic ware and glass dinnerware in contact with food -- Release of lead and cadmium -- Part 2: Permissible limits
GSO EN 12546-2	Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs. Insulated containers for domestic use. Specification for insulated bags and boxes
UAE.S GSO 9	Labelling of Prepackaged Foods
UAE.S GSO 21	Hygienic Regulation for poultry processing abattoir and their personnel
UAE.S GSO 1694:2005	General Principles Of Food Hygiene