UAE Cabinet Resolution·Cabinet Resolution No. (22) of 2022
قرار مجلس الوزراء بشأن اعتماد لوائح فنية في عدد من القطاعات في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة
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1758
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Approves technical regulations across multiple UAE sectors to establish standardized requirements and procedures for industrial, commercial, and service operati…
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Article (1) The Gulf Technical Regulations, numbering (153) one hundred and fifty-three regulations, whose numbers and titles are stated in the Table attached to this resolution, are Technical regulations that shall be applied in the UAE.
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Article (2) All Relevant Authorities existing at the time of the implementation of this decision shall adjust their status in accordance with its provisions within (180) days from the date of its implementation, except for the application of Technical Regulation No. (GSO 2106: Infant Milk, Follow-up Milk, and Milk for Special Medical Use), for which the Relevant Authorities are granted a period to adjust their status ending on December 31, 2023.
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Cabinet Resolution of 2022 Approving Technical Regulations in a Number of UAE Sectors 2
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Article (3) This Resolution shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall enter into force as of the day following its publication date. Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Prime Minister Issued by Us: On: 18 Shaaban 1443 AH Corresponding to: 21 March 2022 AD
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Cabinet Resolution of 2022 Approving Technical Regulations in a Number of UAE Sectors 3 Schedule Annexed to Cabinet Resolution No. (22) of 2022 Approving Technical Regulations in a Number of UAE Sectors 1- List of Standards for the Food and Agriculture Sector No. Technical Standard No. Technical Standard Title (En) 1 UAE.S GSO 21:2021 Hygienic regulation for food plants and their personal 2 UAE.S GSO 149:2021 Unbottled drinking water 3 UAE.S GSO 160:2021 Processed Cheese and Spreadable Processed Cheese and Processed Cheese Imitation and Spreadable Processed Cheese Imitation 4 UAE.S GSO 174:2021 Raw milk 5 UAE.S GSO 193:2021 Contaminants and toxins in food and feed 6 UAE.S GSO 194-1:2021 Wheat Flour 7 UAE.S GSO 270:2021 Smoked Fish, Smoke-Flavoured Fish and Smoke- Dried Fish 8 UAE.S GSO 336:2021 Cheddar cheese 9 UAE.S GSO 345:2021 Frozen Peas 10 UAE.S GSO 355:2021 Infants and young children food 11 UAE.S GSO 380:2021 Chilled Fish 12 UAE.S GSO 384:2021 Edible ice 13 UAE.S GSO 457:2021 Edible Ices 14 UAE.S GSO 465:2021 Citrus Fruits 15 UAE.S GSO 524:2021 Fish and thei Products: Canned Salmon 16 UAE.S GSO 567:2021 Cocoa and its products-chocolate 17 UAE.S GSO 640:2021 Jams, Jellies and Marmalade 18 UAE.S GSO 643:2021 Whole and Ground Niger (Nigella sativa L.) Seeds 19 UAE.S GSO 651:2021 Standard for cream and prepared creams
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Cabinet Resolution of 2022 Approving Technical Regulations in a Number of UAE Sectors 4 20 UAE.S GSO 654:2021 General requirements for prepackaged foods for special dietary 21 UAE.S GSO 707:2021 Flavorings permitted for use in foodstuffs 22 UAE.S GSO 713:2021 Hygienic Regulations for Poultry Processing Abattoirs and their Personnel 23 UAE.S GSO 714:2021 Transportation Regulations of Livestock by Rail, Road and Ships 24 UAE.S GSO 783:2021 Instant coffee 25 UAE.S GSO 785:2021 Flavored Milk 26 UAE.S GSO 787:2021 Peanut Butter 27 UAE.S GSO 811:2021 Frozen Spinach 28 UAE.S GSO 816:2021 Labneh 29 UAE.S GSO 832:2021 Standard of cream cheese 30 UAE.S GSO 839:2021 Food packages- Part 1: General requirements 31 UAE.S GSO 853:2021 Custard Powder 32 UAE.S GSO 948:2021 Prepared Meat: Burger Meat 33 UAE.S GSO 987:2021 Bottled natural mineral water 34 UAE.S GSO 995:2021 Sweeteners Permitted in Food- General Requirements 35 UAE.S GSO 996:2021 Livestock meat chilled and frozen 36 UAE.S GSO 1027:2021 Malt Beverage 37 UAE.S GSO 1034:2021 Dried Grapes-Raisins 38 UAE.S GSO 1288:2021 Canned Shrimps (Prawns) 39 UAE.S GSO 1293:2021 Prepared Meats: Canned Corned Beef and Mutton Meat 40 UAE.S GSO 1316:2021 Mayonnaise 41 UAE.S GSO 1320:2021 Soft candy 42 UAE.S GSO 1353:2021 Maize (corn) grains 43 UAE.S GSO 1355:2021 Cocoa butter 44 UAE.S GSO 1356:2021 Peanuts
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Cabinet Resolution of 2022 Approving Technical Regulations in a Number of UAE Sectors 5 45 UAE.S GSO 1359:2021 Oats 46 UAE.S GSO 1360:2021 Standard for sturgeon caviar 47 UAE.S GSO 1361:2021 Chilled shrimps 48 UAE.S GSO 1364:2021 Whole and decorticated Pearl Millet Grains 49 UAE.S GSO 1366:2021 General Requirements for Handling of Foods for Special Medical Purposes 50 UAE.S GSO 1370:2021 Frozen Doughs 51 UAE.S GSO 1374:2021 Edible Casein and Caseinates 52 UAE.S GSO 1388:2021 Shellfish- Part 2: Chilled and Frozen Sea Lobster 53 UAE.S GSO 1396:2021 Sorghum Grains 54 UAE.S GSO 1399:2021 Prepared Meat Frozen Bread Crumb Enrobed Poultry Products 55 UAE.S GSO 1406:2021 Frozen fish fillets 56 UAE.S GSO 1415:2021 Almeassel tobacco 57 UAE.S GSO 1753:2021 Frozen fish 58 UAE.S GSO 1818:2021 Martadella (Luncheon) meat 59 UAE.S GSO 1820:2021 General Standard for fruit juices, Fruit drink and Nectars 60 UAE.S GSO 1843:2021 Food Grade Salt 61 UAE.S GSO 1863:2021 Food packages- Part 2: Plastic package- General requirements 62 UAE.S GSO 1874:2021 Milkfat products GHEE (SAMN) 63 UAE.S GSO 1879:2021 Bulgur 64 UAE.S GSO 1909:2021 Requirements for handling of ready-to-eat-foods 65 UAE.S GSO 1916:2021 Loose dates 66 UAE.S GSO 1919:2021 Standard for canned chestnuts and canned chestnut puree 67 UAE.S GSO 1925:2021 Whole Maize (Corn) flour 68 UAE.S GSO 1968:2021 Concentrated cane syrup 69 UAE.S GSO 1976:2021 Sorghum flour
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Cabinet Resolution of 2022 Approving Technical Regulations in a Number of UAE Sectors 6 70 UAE.S GSO 1995:2021 Blend of Evaporated Skimmed Milk analogue and Vegetable Fat 71 UAE.S GSO 2033:2021 Laban, Flavored Laban, and Laban Drink 72 UAE.S GSO 2054:2021 Bouillons and Consommes 73 UAE.S GSO 2094:2021 Emmental cheese 74 UAE.S GSO 2098:2021 Cottage cheese 75 UAE.S GSO 2106:2021 Infants Formula, Follow on Formula and Formulas for special medical purposes 76 UAE.S GSO 2107:2021 Mustard Sauce 77 UAE.S GSO 2198:2021 Salad Dressing 78 UAE.S GSO 2199:2021 Preserved tomato products- Ketchup 79 UAE.S GSO 2208:2021 Flavored drink (non-carbonated) 80 UAE.S GSO 2209:2021 Foods for Special Dietary Uses-General Requirements for Athlete Food and Body Building" 81 UAE.S GSO 2210:2021 Ginseng products 82 UAE.S GSO 2228:2021 Standard for edible fats & oils not covered by individual standards 83 UAE.S GSO 2229:2021 Standard for Fat Spreads and Blended Spreads 84 UAE.S GSO 2232:2021 Labelling of drinking water 85 UAE.S GSO 2233:2021 Requirements of nutritional labeling 86 UAE.S GSO 2281:2021 Labeling of prepackaged substances used in food products industry 87 UAE.S GSO 2296:2021 Evaporated milk 88 UAE.S GSO 2326:2021 Coffee & coffee products-Cappuccino powder 89 UAE.S GSO 2332:2021 Cream Analogue 90 UAE.S GSO 2362:2021 Technical requirements for the production of bread 91 UAE.S GSO 2432:2021 Ground paprika-Specification 92 UAE.S GSO 2462:2021 Frozen yellow carrot 93 UAE.S GSO 2464:2021 Fresh Okra Frozen
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Cabinet Resolution of 2022 Approving Technical Regulations in a Number of UAE Sectors 7 94 UAE.S GSO 2481:2021 Maximum Residues Limits (MRLs) of Veterinary Drugs in Food 95 UAE.S GSO 2483:2021 Partially hydrogenated oils/fats 96 UAE.S GSO 2487:2021 Labeling- General standard for labeling feedstuff 97 UAE.S GSO 2541:2021 Mechanically deboned poultry meat intended for further processing 98 UAE.S GSO 2542:2021 Durian Fruit 99 UAE.S GSO 2543:2021 Dried Pineapples 100 UAE.S GSO 2544:2021 Leafy vegetables 101 UAE.S GSO 2545:2021 Recycled Plastic Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact with Food 102 UAE.S GSO 2546:2021 Barley flour 103 UAE.S GSO 2547:2021 Dried shark fins 104 UAE.S GSO 2548:2021 Sugar and its product- Peanut Halawa 105 UAE.S GSO 2549:2021 Dried Green beans 106 UAE.S GSO 2550:2021 Quick frozen lobsters 107 UAE.S GSO 2551:2021 Lump sugar 108 UAE.S GSO 2552:2021 Canned crab meat 109 UAE.S GSO 2553:2021 Passion fruit 110 UAE.S GSO 2554:2021 Non-oily dry pulses 111 UAE.S GSO 2556:2021 Bitter Cassava 112 UAE.S GSO 2557:2021 Soy sauce 113 UAE.S GSO 2558:2021 Instant Arabic Coffee 114 UAE.S GSO 2559:2021 Frozen Tamia Paste 115 UAE.S GSO 2560:2021 Canned Raspberries 116 UAE.S GSO 2561:2021 Sugar and its product-Spreadable Halawa 117 UAE.S GSO 2562:2021 Table Beet 118 UAE.S GSO 2563:2021 Paneer Cheese 119 UAE.S GSO 2564:2021 Ricotta Cheeses 120 UAE.S GSO 2565:2021 Creamy Labneh
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Cabinet Resolution of 2022 Approving Technical Regulations in a Number of UAE Sectors 8 121 UAE.S GSO 2566:2021 Frozen Taro 122 UAE.S GSO 2568:2021 Compote 123 UAE.S GSO 2569:2021 Non-Fermented Soybean Products 124 UAE.S GSO 2570:2021 Flavored water and Enhanced Water 125 UAE.S GSO 2571:2021 Food supplement 126 UAE.S GSO 2572:2021 Dairy products analogues 127 UAE.S GSO 2573:2021 Fresh juices,beverages and juice mixes are sold at juice store, restaurant and café 128 UAE.S GSO 2574:2021 Quinoa 129 UAE.S GSO 2575:2021 Labeling of chilled frozen fish, frozen fish fillets products and frozen, chilled Crustaceans 130 UAE.S GSO 2576:2021 Requirements for the use of terms such as "Fresh, Natural, Pure, and etc." in the labelling of Food Products 131 UAE.S GSO 2577:2021 Labelling of fruit juices nectars and fruit drinks 132 UAE.S GSO 2578:2021 Halal feedstuff 133 UAE.S GSO ISO 1003:2021 Spices- Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe)- Specification 134 UAE.S GSO ISO 12824:2021 Royal jelly- Specifications 135 UAE.S GSO CODEX STAN 78:2021 Canned Fruit Cocktail 136 UAE.S GSO CODEX STAN 98:2021 Cooked Cured Chopped Meat 137 UAE.S GSO CODEX STAN 99:2021 Standard for Canned Tropical Fruit Salad 138 UAE.S GSO CODEX STAN 115:2021 Pickled Cucumbers (Cucumber Pickles) 139 UAE.S GSO CODEX STAN 174:2021 Vegetable Protein Products
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Cabinet Resolution of 2022 Approving Technical Regulations in a Number of UAE Sectors 9 140 UAE.S GSO CODEX STAN 176:2021 Standard for Edible Cassava Flour 141 UAE.S GSO CODEX STAN 222:2021 Standard for crackers from marine and freshwater fish, crustacean and molluscan shellfish 142 UAE.S GSO CODEX STAN 237:2021 Pitahayas 143 UAE.S GSO CODEX STAN 246:2021 Rambutan 144 UAE.S GSO CODEX STAN 284:2021 Standard of whey cheese 145 UAE.S GSO CODEX STAN 292:2021 Standard for live and raw bivalve molluscs 146 UAE.S GSO CODEX STAN 306:2021 Hot Sauce 147 UAE.S GSO CODEX STAN 313:2021 Tempe 148 UAE.S GSO CODEX STAN 320:2021 Quick Frozen Vegetables 149 UAE.S GSO CODEX STAN 327:2021 Cumin 150 UAE.S GSO CODEX STAN 331:2021 Milk powders and cream powder
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Cabinet Resolution of 2022 Approving Technical Regulations in a Number of UAE Sectors 10 2- List of Standards for the Mechanical Sector No. Technical Standard No. Technical Standard Title (En) 1 UAE.S GSO 21:2021 Hygienic regulation for food plants and their personal 3- List of Standards for Chemical and Texture Sector No. Technical Standard No. Technical Standard Title (En) 1 UAE.S GSO 2555:2021 General Safety Requirements in Household Detergents 4- List of Standards for Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Sector No. Technical Standard No. Technical Standard Title (En) 1 UAE.S GSO 1943:2021 Cosmetic Products- Safety Requirements of Cosmetics and Personal Care Products
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