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Role of Private Sector for Harmonisation

and Implementation of Codex

Standards in ASEAN

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FIA MEMBERS

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MALAYSIA

SOUTH KOREA

CHINA

THAILAND

INDONESIA

VIETNAM

SINGAPORE

TAIWAN

OUR REGIONAL NETWORK

INDIA

PHILIPPINES

AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND

MYANMAR



FIA AND THE PLATFORMS

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FIA positions

submitted to

shape

Codex

standards.

• Support countries to implementCodex standards.

• Coordinate with National Codex Contact Points for alignment of regional positions.

FIA in Codex


FIA Tool: Regulatory Monitoring & Mapping

The Role of Private Sector in Regional

Harmonisation of Standards

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Regulatory HARMONISATION


2nd

Fastest-growing economy3rd largest market in the world Population in million

JAPAN 128

EU 502

INDIA 1,195

CHINA 1,340

USA 310

ASEAN 625

7th largest economy in the world GDP 2013 in US$ trillion

Brazil

ASEAN

United

France

Germany

Japan

China

United States 16.8

9.2

4.9

3.7

2.8

2.7

2.4

2.2

Fast growing economy Real GDP Growth 2013 (%)

7.7

5.2

5.0

Source: ASEANStat, IMF, WB

Japan

United States

India

ASEAN

China 7.7

5.2

5.0

2.2

1.6

3rd

Population

Opportunities in ASEAN Regional Integration

A single market and production base

A highly competitive economic region

A region of equitable economic development

A region fully integrated into the global economy


“Indonesia’s food and beverage

associations foresee no significant

change in the business landscape

unless standards and

regulations are

harmonised”.

- Adhi Lukman, Chairman,

GAPMMI

Source:

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/01/04/food-

beverage-industry-indifferent-

aec.html#sthash.BQPv7yoo.dpuf

The Need for Regulatory Convergence


Example: Three difference Nutrition Information Panels (NIPs) on the same package


Example: Regulatory Status for

Sweeteners in Different Countries

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1. Labelling (nutrition labelling)

2. Product registration

3. Import/Export Certification

4. MRLs for contaminants, pesticide residues

5. Analytical Methods

Top 5 Priority TBTs for the food industry

to Overcome in ASEAN

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How is Industry Mitigating These

Challenges?


2014 20152013

AFBA White Paper on

HarmonisationLaunch of the ASEAN

Food & Beverage Alliance (AFBA)

• Harmonisation Report• 4 Case studies

published as fact sheets

2016

ASEAN General Standard for the Labelling of Pre-packaged Foods

ASEAN MRA for Inspection and

Certification on Food Hygiene for Prepared

Foodstuff Products

Driving Harmonisation in ASEAN

FAO National Codex Training Workshop with

Myanmar

2nd ASEAN Consultative Work Shop on MRA of

Good Agricultural Practices

ASEAN Common Food Control Requirements

(ACFCRs)


ASEAN General Standard for the Labelling of Pre-packaged Foods:

• Finalised in 2016 by the PFPWG

• Adopted Codex General Standard for the Labelling of

Prepackaged Foods (CODEX STAN 1-1985)

• What’s Next?

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Harmonisation of Food Labelling

Standards in ASEAN


Example: Gap Analysis of the 5% rule in ingredient listing

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Supporting Implementation of Codex

Food Labelling Standards in ASEAN

Country /

Benchmark

Requires labelling for

compound

ingredients less than

5%?

Regulation Remarks / Description

Codex Labelling not required CODEX STAN 1 – 1985 Paragraph

4.2.1.3

“Where a compound ingredient (for which a name has been established in the

Codex standard of national legislation) constitutes less than 5% of the food, the

ingredients, other than food additives which serve a technological function on the

finished product, need not be declared.”

I. Countries in ASEAN

Brunei No provision for 5% principle, but according to Public Health (Food) Regulations, Part IV, “where a food contains an ingredient which is made

from 2 or more constituents, the appropriate designations of those constituents shall be so specified and it shall not be necessary to specify

the appropriate designation of that ingredient”

Cambodia No provision for 5% principle, but according to Prakas on Cambodian Standard CS 001-2000, Section 4.3, a compound ingredient may be

declared as such in the list of ingredients provided it is immediately accompanied by a list in brackets of its ingredients in descending order of

proportion

Indonesia No provision for 5% principle; no provision for compound ingredients

Lao PDR No provision for 5% principle; no provision for compound ingredients

Malaysia No provision for 5% principle; no provision for compound ingredients

Myanmar Defers to Codex

Philippines Labelling not required Administrative Order No. 2014 –

0030, Section VI

“Where a compound ingredient constitutes less than 5% of the food, the ingredients,

other than food additives which serve a technological function in the finished

product, need not be declared.”

Singapore No provision for 5% principle, but according to Sale of Food Act, Food Regulations, Paragraph 5, “The particulars… shall include… the

appropriate designation of each ingredient in the case of food consisting of two or more ingredients and unless the quantity or proportion of

each ingredient is specified, the ingredients shall be specified in descending order of the proportions by weight in which they are present.”

Thailand No provisions made

Vietnam Labelling not required No. 34/2014/TTLT-BYT-BNNPTNT-

BCT, Article 7

“In case the mixture accounts for smaller than 5% of the finished product’s quantity,

that mixture is not required to be published except food additives having

technological functions for the finished product.”

http://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/sh-proxy/en/?lnk=1&url=https://workspace.fao.org/sites/codex/Standards/CODEX%2BSTAN%2B1-1985/CXS_001e.pdf

http://www.moh.gov.bn/SiteCollectionDocuments/Downloads/downloads/public_health_food_reg_182.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=223120#LinkTarget_521

http://www.fda.gov.ph/attachments/article/194724/AO2014-0030 - Revised Rules and Regulation Governing of Prepackaged Food Product

https://www.ava.gov.sg/docs/default-source/default-document-library/food-regulations-2-feb-2016

http://www.moit.gov.vn/Images/FileVanBan/_TTLT34-2014-BYT-BNNPTNT-BCTeng.pdf


On-going Project: Landscape Study and Gap Analysis of General

Food Labelling Regulations in ASEAN Countries

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Supporting Implementation of Codex

Food Labelling Standards in ASEAN


CONCLUSION

• International / Regional harmonisation of regulation is important for

economic integration

• Private sector plays a key role in national & reginal standards setting

and harmonisation, and thus should be involved in the discussion

• Capacity building and information exchange through public-private

partnership are essential for effective implementation and better

convergence of regulations

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