G/SPS/N/HKG/45/Add.1  
 
30 July 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 29 July 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Hong Kong, China . 
 
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Amendments to the Harmful Substances in Food Regulations  
Hong Kong, China notified in G/SPS/N/HKG/45 dated 11 December 2020 a consultation document on 
the Proposed Amendments to the Harmful Substances in Food Regulations (Cap. 132AF, Laws of Hong 
Kong), setting out updated standards for various harmful substances in food. The proposed 
amendments were incorporated in the Harmful Substances in Food (Amendment) Regulation 2021. 
To align with the updated standards, the Food and Drugs (Composition and Labelling) (Amendment) 
Regulation 2021 (Cap. 132W, Laws of Hong Kong) wa s also made to provide for the marking and 
labelling requirement for prepackaged foods containing hydrogenated oil. The two Amendment 
Regulations were gazetted on 11 June 2021 and approved by the Legislative Council on 1  July 2021. 
This addendum notifies t hat, upon the end of the grace periods provided for in the Amendment 
Regulations, the provisions relating to hydrogenated oil and the related marking and labelling 
requirement will enter into force on 1 December 2023, and the rest will come into operation on 1 June 
2023.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the  addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
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  Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Centre for Food Safety  
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department  
43/F, Queensway Government Offices  
66 Queensway, Hong Kong, China  
Fax: +(852) 2893 3547  
E-mail: enquiries@fehd.gov.hk  
 
Full text of the Harmful Substances in Food (Amendment) Regulation 2021 can be downloaded from 
the following websites:  
In English  
https://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20212523/es22021252386.pdf  
In Chinese  
https://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20212523/cs22021252386.pdf  
 
Full text of the Food and Drugs (Composition and Labelling) (Amendment) Regulation 2021 can be 
downloaded from the following websites:  
In Engl ish 
https://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20212523/es22021252387.pdf  
In Chinese  
https://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20212523/cs22021252387.pdf   
 
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