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Food Regulations in the Middle East: A Mars Perspective
Ashraf ShehataScientific & Regulatory Affairs
Africa, India & Middle East
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Agenda
• Few words about Mars Inc.
• What’s going well
• How the system works?
• Current Challenges
• Recommendation
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We are the world’s leadingconfectionery company
a leading chocolate manufacturer,
in 2008 we acquired Wrigley.
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We are also the leading petcare company
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Our Presence in GCC
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The Five Principles of Mars
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Why do we need Food Regulations?
• To protect consumers from:
• Unsafe practices
• Misleading information
• Ease cross boundary trade
This requires joint effort between Regulators, Indu stry and Academics
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What is going well?
• Formation of:
• GCC food safety committee
• SFDA (Saudi Food & Drug Administration)
• Food Safety committee in Egypt (in progress)
• Positive signs towards alignment with Codex & ISO
• SASO role model
• Should be implemented across the region
• >16700 standards published
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What is going well?
• Commitment towards standardization and harmonizatio n across boundaries• GSO Model
• 6 GCC + Yemen
• Industry involvement in standards• Dubai Municipality role model
• Transparency & Collaboration
• Huge focus on Food Safety
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Elements of Food Regulations
• Include:
• Food Standards
• Food Labeling
• Food Safety & Hygiene standards
• Food Additives
• Pesticides/ Contaminants
• Inspection/ Certification
• Risk Assessment
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Current Challenges
• Lengthy & complex approval process for standards• Standards required to be updated
• Lack of fully harmonized standards & requirements across the Middle East
• Need for more alignment between multiple agencies• Ministries, authorities
• Legislate, implement, control
• Cascading and adoption of standards
• Communication to industry • local decrees
• No trade associations to represent industry
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GCC food & Agriculture CommitteeSubmit requests to GSO Annual Plan
GSO Technical Committee review and finalize Annual plan
GCC food & Agriculture CommitteeMembers draft/ amend standards
GSO Technical Committee approve/ send final draft to Multiple agencies
How the Regulatory system works?
Multiple Agencies Review
GSO Technical Committee review/ approve/
issue draft std
QatarQatarBahrainBahrainKSAKSA UAEUAEKuwaitKuwait OnamOnam
Ministries ApprovalMinistries Approval
Multiple agencies for implementation
Multiple agencies for implementation
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Who to go to and when?
GCC Food Safety Committee
GCC Food Safety Committee
GSOGSO
SFDASFDA
SASOSASO
ESMAESMA
Local Ministries
Local Ministries
Local Municipalities
Local Municipalities
GCC Food &Agriculture Committee
GCC Food &Agriculture Committee
Other GCC multipleagencies
Other GCC multipleagencies
Over 30agencies +18 month
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Lengthy Approvals
• Standards still in draft• GSO Chocolate Standards
• GMO standard
• Out of date• Morocco chocolate standards have finally been appro ved
• Has not changed since 1932
• The Chocolate Standard stipulates that Milk chocola te must contain:
• cocoa solids minimum 32%
• milk solids minimum 15%.
• Several attempts to adopt Codex by major Chocolate players
• GMA, NCA
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Certification
• When products is exported to GCC, why do we need:
• Health certificate
• Qatar :
• Requires Irradiation free certificate for food products from Europe, Turkey and UAE
• Saudi :
• Requires Dioxin free certificate
• Sampling and Testing
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Food Labeling
• Labeling requirements vary across the Middle East
• Products overly crowded with text to ensure it is Saleable across a wide range of countries
• Use of Production date, product type, product category, etc
• Nutrition information not mandatory
• Allergen labeling not mandatory
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• Food Colors
Harmonization Gaps
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Other Gaps• GMO
• Functional Food
• Allergens
• Traceability
• Recall
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Why Codex?• Consistently reviewed
• Agreed upon by the international scientific community
• Deemed as viable and appropriate standard for the food manufacturers to follow
• Global standard for those countries who don’t have their own legislation
• Recognized as a global standard by WTO
Discrepancies will……………………………………
unduly create trade barriers and potentially affect the flow food products across borders
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Recommendation• Food legislation and standards aligned with Codex
across the Middle East• AIDMO
• Harmonization across the Middle East• More early involvement from industry• Faster approvals and implementation• Recognition of documentation across the GCC & Middl e
East• Recognition of SASO, ESMA mark etc….
• More Mandatory information to consumers:• Nutrition information like GDA should be mandatory• Use Best Before Date• Allergens
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And Finally…..
• Let’s get the facts
• Science based evidence
• Collaboration
• The Consumer
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Thank you
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Mars Inc6 business segments:
• Chocolate
• Petcare
• Food
• Wrigley
• Drinks
• SymbioScience
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Africa, India and Middle East
57 Countries
GCCNAEMISCAfrica
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Example: Vegetable Fat
• Addition of Vegetable fat to chocolate is permitted in our Region Provided it does not exceed 5%
• But………………… Labeling varies
• chocolates made with substitutes of cocoa butter
• the names of the cocoa butter substitutes and /or vegetable oils should be mentioned
• “contains vegetable oils in addition to cocoa butte r
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• GCC Chocolate Standards still in draft
• Not fully aligned with Codex• Minimums for total fat and sugars : not a requirement in
Codex
• Fat free milk solids defined: Codex defines milk fat and total milk solids requirement
• The use of certain Emulsifiers (except lecithin) is restricted to a certain dosage: Codex : Permit broader use of emulsifiers across various chocolate products
• Antioxidants not allowed in white chocolate
Lengthy Approvals
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Out of date
• Morocco chocolate standards have finally been approved
• Has not changed since 1932
• The Chocolate Standard stipulates that Milk chocola te must contain:
• cocoa solids minimum 32%
• milk solids minimum 15%.
• Several attempts to adopt Codex by major Chocolate players
• CMA, NCA