THIS REPORT CONTAINS ASSESSMENTS OF COMMODITY AND TRADE ISSUES MADE BY USDA STAFF AND NOT NECESSARILY STATEMENTS OF OFFICIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY Voluntary - Public Date: 6/25/2013 GAIN Report Number: RS1338 Russian Federation Post: Moscow Customs Union Technical Regulation on Food Additives Report Categories: Trade Policy Monitoring Sanitary/Phytosanitary/Food Safety FAIRS Subject Report Food Processing Ingredients Approved By: Christopher Riker Prepared By: Staff Report Highlights: The Technical Regulation of the Russia-Kazakhstan-Belarus Customs Union (CU) “Safety Requirements for Food Additives, Flavorings and Technological Aids” (TR TS 029/2012) is a key CU regulation covering standards and requirements for all food additives and technological aids as well as processes of their production. This Technical Regulation was adopted by Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 58 of July 20, 2012, and will come into effect as of July 1, 2013. General Information The Technical Regulation of the Russia-Kazakhstan-Belarus Customs Union (CU) “Safety Requirements for Food Additives, Flavorings and Technological Aids” (TR TS 029/2012) is a key CU regulation covering standards and requirements for all food additives and technological aids as well as processes of their production. This Technical Regulation was adopted by Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 58 of July 20, 2012, and will come into effect as of July 1, 2013. Below is an unofficial translation of the following: - Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 58 of July 20, 2012; - CU Technical regulation “Safety Requirements for Food Additives, Flavorings and Technological Aids” (TR TS 029/2012) with 29 annexes; - List of standards, voluntary application of which ensures compliance with the requirements of the Technical regulation of the Customs Union “Safety Requirements for Food Additives, Flavorings and Technological Aids” (TR TS 029/2012); - List of Standards containing the rules and methods of examination (testing) and measurement, including the rules for selection of samples required for application and meeting of the requirements of the Technical regulation of the Customs Union “Safety Requirements for Food Additives, Flavorings and Technological Aids” (TR TS 029/2012) and carrying out of assessment (confirmation) of products’ conformity. BEGIN UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION: DECISION July 20, 2012 No. 58 Moscow Оn Adoption of the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union “Safety Requirements for Food Additives, Flavorings and Technological Aids” According to Article 3 of the Agreement on the Eurasian Economic Commission of November 18, 2011, the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission decided: 1. To adopt the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union "Safety requirements for food additives, flavorings and technological aids" (ТР ТС 029/2012) (enclosed). 2. To establish: 2.1. The technical regulation of the Customs Union indicated in point 1 of the present Decision shall come into force from 1 July 2013; 2.2. The requirements set in point 3, 4, 5 (in the part for sterigmatocystin) of part 9 of Article 7 and Annex 28 (in the part of basic substance content) of the technological regulation of the Customs Union indicated in point 1 of the present Decision shall come into force from the date of enforcement of the intra-state standards defining the methods of control. 3. The present Decision shall come into force 30 days after its official publication. Members of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission: From the Republic of Belarus From the Republic of From the Russian Kazakhstan Federation S. Rumas K. Kelimbetov I. Shuvalov END UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION. BEGIN UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION: ADOPTED by Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 58 of July 20, 2012 TECHNICAL REGULATION OF THE CUSTOMS UNION ТR TS 029/2012 Safety Requirements for Food Additives, Flavorings and Technological Aids Table of Contents Foreword ..........................................................................................................................................7 Article 1 Scope .................................................................................................................................7 Article 2 Purposes of Adoption........................................................................................................7 Article 3 Subjects of Technical Regulation .....................................................................................7 Article 4 Definitions ........................................................................................................................8 Article 5 Rules of Circulation on the Market.................................................................................11 Article 6 Identification Rules .........................................................................................................11 Article 7 Safety Requirements for Food Additives, Flavorings, and Technological Aids, as well as for their Use in Production of Food Products .............................................................11 Article 8 Requirements for processes of production (manufacturing), storage shipment (transport), sales, and disposal of food additives, flavorings, and technological aids ....15 Article 9 Requirements for Labeling of food additives, flavorings, and technological aids .........16 Article 10 Assessment (confirmation) of conformity ....................................................................17 Article 11 Marking by the Unified Mark of Circulation on the Market of the Customs Union Member-States ..............................................................................................................18 Article 12 Safeguard Clause ..........................................................................................................18 Annex 1 Safety Requirements for Flavorings ................................................................................20 Annex 2 List of Food Additives Allowed for Use in Production of Food Products ......................21 Annex 3 Hygienic Standards for Use of Anti-Caking Agents (Free Flow Agents) .......................35 Annex 4 Hygienic Standards for Use of Antioxidants...................................................................37 Annex 5 Hygienic Standards for Use of Flour Processing Substances .........................................41 Annex 6 Hygienic Standards for Use of Glazing Agents ..............................................................43 Annex 7 Hygienic Standards for Use of Acids and Acidity Regulators ........................................45 Annex 8 Hygienic Standards for Use of Preserving Agents ..........................................................48 Annex 9 Food Products, which cannot be Produced with the Use of Coloring Agents ................58 Annex 10 Food Products with Certain Coloring Agents Allowed for Use in their Production .....59 Annex 11 Hygienic Standards for Use of Coloring Agents ...........................................................62 Annex 12 Hygienic Standards for Use of Carrying Agents ...........................................................65 Annex 13 Hygienic Standards for Use of Sweetening Agents ......................................................69 Annex 14 Hygienic Standards for Use of Propellants and Packaging Gases ................................81 Annex 15 Hygienic Standards for Use of Stabilizers, Emulsifiers, Fillers, and Thickeners .........82 Annex 16 Hygienic Standards for Use of Taste and Flavor Enhancers .........................................93 Annex 17 Hygienic Standards for Use of Color Retention (Stabilization) Agents .......................95 Annex 18 Food Products for which Both a List of Food Additives Used in Accordance with TD and Allowable Levels of their Use are Established ......................................................96 Annex 19 List of Flavoring Chemical Substances Allowed for Use in Production of Food Flavorings ....................................................................................................................101 Annex 20 Allowable Levels of Biologically Active Substances in Food Products Based on the Use of Plant Raw Materials and Flavorings from Plant Raw Materials ......................208 Annex 21 Hygienic Standards for Use of Clarifying and Filtering Materials, Flocculants and Sorbents.......................................................................................................................210 Annex 22 Hygienic Standards for Use of Catalysts.....................................................................212 Annex 23 Hygienic Standards for Use of Extraction and Technological Solvents .....................213 Annex 24 Hygienic Standards for Use of Yeast Nutrients (Nutritional Substances) ..................215 Annex 25 Hygienic Standards for Use of Aids with Other Technological Functions .................216 Annex 26 Enzymatic Preparations Allowed for Use in Production of Food Products ................219 Annex 27 Aids (Materials and Solid Carrying Agents) for Immobilization of Enzymatic Preparations Allowed for Use in Production of Food Products ...................................224 Annex 28 Safety Requirements and Criteria for the Purity of Food Additives ...........................225 Annex 29 Hygienic Standards for Use of Food Additives in Food Products for Child Nutrition for Children of Early Age ...........................................................................................260