Cabinet Resolution · UAE
Cabinet Resolution Approving Technical Regulations in a Number of UAE Sectors
Issued 21 March 2022 · In Force
The Cabinet:
- Upon reviewing the Constitution;
- Federal Law No. (1) of 1972, On the Competences of Ministries and the Powers of Ministers, as amended; and
- Federal Law No. (10) of 2015, On Food Safety; and
- Federal Law No. (10) of 2018, On Product Safety, as amended; and
- Federal Decree-Law No. (20) of 2020, On Standards and Metrology; and
- The proposal submitted by the Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, and the approval of the UAE Cabinet,
Has resolved as follows:
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.
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.
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
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 their 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Mortadella (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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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 |