Tuesday 10 April Venue: Nanning, PR China Time Details Presenter 08:30 – 09:00 Registration 09:00 – 09:40 Welcoming address from the host economy Welcoming address from BIML Welcoming address from the Local Government Opening ceremony Group photo taking Host 09:40 – 10:00 Introduction Host 10:00 – 10:15 Opening ceremony Host 10:15 – 10.45 Coffee 11:30–12:30 Overview of the course Summary of the systems used by participating economies to control prepackages products (also refered to as pre-packaged goods).Review OIML R79 - Labelling requirements for prepackaged products Trainers and a participant from each economy as required 12:30 – 13:30 break 13:30 – 15:30 Review OIML R79 - Labelling requirements for prepackaged goods Terminology Metrological requirements for a prepackage Group exercise Trainers 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee 16:30 – 17:15 Continued - Review OIML R79 - Labelling requirements for prepackaged Summary of days training and review exercise. Trainers 18:00 – 20:00 Dinner
Annex 3 – Summary Economy Reports Summary of Economy reports Project APLMF1: Training Course on Pre-packaged Goods 10-13 2018, Nanning, PR China Economy Legislation Inspector or 3rd party OIML R79 OIML R87 Problems information Bhutan No, metrology act, under draft. Collaborate with the office of the consumer protection, MOEA Inspectors Partially implemented Partially implemented Lack of legal metrology act, difficulties in coordinating among the agencies. How to get the right quality of air, liquid and other ingredients in the pre-packaged commodities Botswana No, legislation needs to be review. Currently the SADCMEL documents 1 and 4 are used for labeling and tolerances of prepackaged goods. Improvements needed to harmonize prepackaged inspections with Inspectors Partially implemented Partially implemented Botswana does not control exported products or have the facilities or the resources to check all imported products; our metrology system is still growing and funding is a challenge in administering a robust prepackage N/A
based on the older versions OIML R-79 and R-87, which make our standard outdated. Because of this, we decided to update our regulation to the latest version of OIML R-79 and R-87. metrology personnel need to acquire knowledge and develop techniques necessary to verify more complex prepackaged products on the market. have a basis to understand how to address legal metrology inspections of products that lose weight in a short period of time. Specially imported products with these characteristics. Denmark Yes 3rd party Fully implemented Fully Implemented N/A N/A Iran No - ISIRI-NMCI is going to make programs on supervising and controlling the prepackaged goods in 2018-19 Inspectors Not implemented yet Not implemented yet Unique reference national center Common legislations DPR Korea Yes Inspectors Partially implemented Partially implemented Amendment of regulation for prepackaged according to OIML regulation Application of OIML R 79 and 87 in each country Lithuania Yes Inspectors Partially implemented Partially implemented The most of OIML recommendations are transposed into relevant legislation and are followed. For example, the recommendation on The definition of pure quantity of product.
in identifying, labelling and qualifying promulgating law on metrology. Namibia Yes Inspectors Partially implemented Partially implemented 1. Capacity building for technical staff 2. Measuring equipment dedicated for inspections 3. Insufficient budget to carry out inspections covering the vast country Pakistan Yes 3rd Not implemented Not implemented Lack of awareness and accredited testing facilities PNG Yes Inspectors Partially implemented Partially implemented Outdated legislation prevents implementation of current best practice of pre-packaged goods Philippines No- In the Philippines, there are existing legislations aimed to regulate prepackaged goods such as Republic Act X (According to RA 3720 Section 30, the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) shall deliver samples of food, Not implemented Not implemented • There may be resistance to change due to familiarity and use of the old method for a long time.
(RA) 4109 that created the Bureau of Standards to provide standardization in the inspection of products and imports of the country and RA 3720 prescribing rules and regulation for the packaging and labelling of foods, drugs and cosmetics. However, some of the tolerances imposed by the regulatory bodies in the inspection of prepackaged products are not yet harmonized with the requirements of international documents such as those recommended by OIML. drugs, and cosmetics for import to the FDA for examination. In the event that the pre-packaged goods arrive at a port of entry other than Manila, the collection of such samples shall be the responsibility of the Regional Health Director having jurisdiction over the port of entry and such samples shall be forwarded to the FDA. For the importation of grains in the country, the National Food Authority (NFA) holds the responsibility of implementing the policies of inspection.) • Existing specifications facilities and equipment and number of personnel may not be adequate or enough for the adoption of OIML recommendations
dedicated section responsible of prepackaged activities Thailand Yes Inspectors Partially implemented Partially implemented N/A N/A Turkey No - The legislation of prepackaged products whose nominal quantity is above 10 kg or 10 L has not been regulated yet. Inspectors Partially implemented Partially implemented Lack of regulation for prepackaged products (PP) whose nominal quantity is above 10 kg or 10 L. and net quantity declared with length, unit, area; lack of implementation and test equipment for drained weights and frozen products Net quantity control of aerosol dispensers Vietnam Yes Inspectors Partially implemented Partially implemented Prepackaged goods in Vietnam are divided into two groups, Group 1 and 2 products. Group 1 goods are not subject to full compliance of prepackaged regulations, but manufacturers and importers can apply voluntarily. Group 2