Draft Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine “On Approval of Requirements for Smoke Flavourings”

The draft Order aims to set out requirements for smoke flavourings and ensure the alignment of Ukrainian legislation with European Union regulations on food additives, food flavourings, and food enzymes.
These Requirements outline the general criteria for smoke flavourings, conditions for their use and production, and apply to: smoke flavourings used or intended for use in and/or on foods; source materials for the production of smoke flavourings; the conditions under which smoke flavourings are produced; foods in and/or on which smoke flavourings are present.
The Requirements are based on Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 November 2003 on smoke flavourings used or intended for use in or on foods, and Commission Regulation (EC) No 627/2006 of 21 April 2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards quality criteria for validated analytical methods for sampling, identification and characterisation of primary smoke products.
The draft Order has also been notified under the TBT Agreement.