Agenda Sr. Time Activity Person In-charge 1 09:30 AM – 09:50 AM Registration 2 09: 50 AM – 10:00 AM Welcoming Remarks ESMA Represntative 3 10:30 AM – 10:30 AM Milk and Dairy Regulation Eng. Ahlam Al Marzouqi 4 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Juices and Beverages Mr. Harold Orona 5 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Break 6 11:30 AM – 11: 45 AM Surveillance Eng. Ali Al Ramlah 7 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM Metrology Regulation (industrial Eng. Amina Zainel Measurement System) Eng. Mekhled Al Zaben
Welcoming
The Cabinet Resolution No. (29) for the year 2018 about UAE Regulation for Control on Milk and Dairy Products
Content About ESMA Scope Supplier responsibilities Conformity assessment requirements Control and markets survey Transitional provisions and Enforcement Violations and penalties Requirements for Applying for EQM Certificate Requirements for EQM Application Procedure for EQM Application Notified Bodies Certified Companies
About ESMA ESMA as the National Standards Body (NSB) is the SOLE AUTHORITY for Quality, Metrology and Standards and the National Certification Body of the UAE. ESMA was established as the sole standardization body in the UAE under the Law No. 28/2001. The board of directors chaired by H.E. Eng. Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori, UAE Minister of Economy and is comprised by representatives of the main parties involved in the standardization of the UAE.
About ESMA Global leader in building confidence in Products & VISION Quality systems Advancing the quality of life and sustainable development and supporting economy in UAE, through issuance of technical regulations and standards for products and systems in the fields MISSION of safety, health and environmental protection and protection of consumer rights in addition to monitoring the implementation of these regulations , and the provision of services to the public and private sectors within and outside the UAE
International and Regional Membership and Recognitions
Scope Exempted Products: Has special medical uses or that assigned to infants and children, such as infant milk, milk-up, growth milk, complementary foods and infant combinations with special medical uses Milk or milk products or non-milky sources such as some types of food ice cream that was mentioned in the UAE standard specification no. UAE.S/GSO 457: Food ice cream Meals of restaurants and small popular kitchens or that manufactured with certain recipes such as Iranian milk and that subject to the supervision of the competent authorities Ingredients intended for use as primary raw materials in food processing and that are imported in favor of the licensed industrial establishments
Scope No. Standard Number Standard Scope 1 UAE.S/GSO 992 Yoghurt Yoghurt and Sweetened Yoghurt 2 UAE.S/GSO 785 Flavored Milk Flavored Milk 3 UAE.S/GSO 2033 Laban Drink Laban Drink 4 UAE.S/GSO 1375 Flavored Flavored fermented Laban (milk) and Laban flavored fermented Laban (milk) heat treated after fermentation 5 UAE.S/GSO 474 Flavored Flavored yoghurt and also the heat yoghurt treated product after fermentation.
Scope No. Standard Number Standard Scope 6 UAE.S/GSO 1970 Dairy and Dairy Pasteurized camel milk prepared for products- direct consumption Pasteurized Camel Milk 7 UAE.S/GSO 1983 Goat Milk Raw, pasteurized, long life (treated with ultra high temperature) and sterilized goat milk 8 UAE S. GSO 1338 Laban Laban and heat-treated Laban after fermentation
Supplier Responsibilities The supplier shall, at any stage of the supply chain, comply with the following: Obtaining the UAE Quality Mark Ensuring the continuous conformity of Shall have a valid trade/industry license according to the procedures adopted by the product after obtaining the EQM the Authority certificate of conformity Cooperation with the Authority and competent Cooperating with the Authority and the authorities to withdraw the product that does competent authority by providing all Complying with Organic Regulation is not meet the mandatory standard specifications documents, conformity certificates and the product is labelled as organic from the market and reporting any product that any other documents related to the may be provided and which violates the product, upon request provisions of this resolution.
Conformity Assessment Requirements 1. It is prohibited to import or offer a product without EQM Certificate of Conformity, license to use the EQM and the EQM Logo on the product.
Conformity Assessment Requirements 2. For the purpose of the conformity assessment of the product to the mandatory standard specifications, the following must be verified Ensuring that the product meets all the requirements of this decision. Submitting certificates to the Authority confirming the supplier's commitment to implement any of the applicable quality management systems globally and that is accepted by the authority, in addition to the application of any food safety management systems or good manufacturing practices (GMP) that are universally accepted and that is acceptable to the Authority.
Conformity Assessment Requirements Compliance of the product label to the UAE S. GSO standards Commitment to the Cabinet Decision on the UAE Food contact tools control System. Transport and storage of the product in accordance with the requirements stated in the approved standard specifications specified in the table attached to this decision. Commitment to the decision of the Council of Ministers relating the UAE system for Halal products control.
Control and Market Surveillance The Authority or the competent authority shall, as the case may be, control the product in the markets to ensure that the conformity certificate is maintained throughout all supply chain, it shall take any of the following measures: Inspection, sampling of the product and testing them Ensuring that all outlets in the UAE are committed to ban the importation or placing of the product in the local market only after obtaining the certificate of conformity Taking appropriate measures against the product that does not meet the conditions of granting a certificate of conformity or which loses any of these conditions including suspension of trading, withdrawing the product that is not identical from the local markets
Control and Market Surveillance The Authority or the competent authority shall, as the case may be, control the product in the markets to ensure that the conformity certificate is maintained throughout all supply chain, it shall take any of the following measures: ESMA shall obliged the supplier who is responsible for offering the non-conforming product shall withdraw it from the local markets in order to correct the situation within the time period specified by the authority or the competent authority as the case may be Continued implementation of the procedures referred to in this article The supplier who the sample of the product was taken possession shall be responsible for non- compliance with the requirements of this resolution unless proven during the period determined by the Authority or the competent authority, as the case may be Product control shall include all entry points of the UAE to ensure compliance with the provisions of this decree
Transitional provisions A supplier shall be given a period not exceeding one calendar year from the date of publication the decree in the official gazette to conform the conditions of the product in accordance with the provisions of this resolution. Publication Date: May 31, 2018 Date of Implementation: May 31, 2019
Deadline for Implementation No. Standard Product Deadline 1 UAE.S/GSO 992 Yoghurt May 31, 2019 2 UAE.S/GSO 474 Flavored Yoghurt May 31, 2019 3 UAE.S/GSO 785 Flavored Milk May 31, 2019 4 UAE S/GSO 1338 Laban May 31, 2019 5 UAE.S/GSO 2033 Laban Drink May 31, 2019 6 UAE.S/GSO 1375 Flavored Laban May 31, 2019 7 UAE S/GSO 1338 Laban May 31, 2019 8 UAE.S/GSO 1970 Dairy and Dairy Products- Pasteurized December 1, 2019 Camel Milk 9 UAE.S/GSO 1983 Goat Milk December 1, 2019
Violations and penalties The violator shall If the Authority or the Coordination with incur the costs and competent authority can’t the licensing expenses of determine the person As per Federal Law authority to cancel Cancel the certificate removing and responsible for the non- No. 28:2001; fines the commercial of conformity of the remedying the compliance of the product and imprisonment is license of the infringing product damages resulting the person for whom the imposed for violators supplier responsible from the violation in violation is found shall be for the violation case of failure to responsible unless proven remove or remedy it otherwise
EMIRATES QUALITY MARK Full quality assurance scheme which requires review of technical documents, onsite assessments, third party type testing and market surveillance Three year validity Certificate of Conformity with annual surveillance assessment Product will be certified and will be given a license to use the EQM on the product ESMA Notified Bodies will conduct the evaluation of the product and will conduct the on-site assessments
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