Subcommittee on
Food and Drugs (Composition and Labelling)
(Amendment) Regulation 2004

Meeting on Monday, 21 June 2004 at 8:30 am
in Conference Room B of the Legislative Council Building

Agenda



I.Meeting with the Administration
(8:30 am - 10:25 am)

Examination of the Amendment Regulation and amendments proposed by the Administration and members

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2885/03-04(01)
(English version attached,Chinese version to follow)

-Draft proposed amendments prepared by the Assistant Legal Adviser

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2548/03-04(02)

-Marked-up copy of the Regulation

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2858/03-04(01)
(tabled at the meeting on 17 June 2004)(issued on 18 May 2004)

-Administration's response to issues raised at the meeting on 14 June 2004

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2858/03-04(02)
(tabled at the meeting on 17 June 2004)(issued on 18 May 2004)(Chinese version to follow)

-Marked-up copy of the Regulation showing the draft amendments proposed by the Administration

II.Any other business
(10:25 am - 10:30 am)

(A list of other relevant papers previously issued is in the Appendix)



Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
19 June 2004

Appendix

Other relevant papers previously issued



Background information on the Bill

File Ref : HWF(F) 5/1/8

-Legislative Council Brief issued by the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau in May 2004

LC Paper No. LS 77/03-04
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 2470/03-04 dated 20 May 2004 for the House Committee meeting on 21 May 2004)

-Legal Service Division Report on the Regulation

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2548/03-04(01)
(issued on 28.5.2004)

-Background brief on the Regulation prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2548/03-04(03)

-Extract from the minutes of the House Committee meeting on 21 May 2004

Papers provided by Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)2626/03-04(04)
(issued on 4.6.2004)(a replacement sheet for the summary of relevant legislation in overseas countries issued on 12.6.2004 vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2770/03-04))

-Administration's response to issues raised at the meeting on 31 May 2004

LC Paper No. CB(2)2770/03-04(02)
(issued on 12.6.2004)

-Administration's response to issues raised at the Subcommittee meeting on 3 June 2004

LC Paper No. CB(2)2770/03-04(03)
(issued on 12.6.2004)

-Additional information provided by the Administration on the consultation exercise conducted in 2000(The submissions attached to the report are restricted to members)

Letters prepared by the Legal Services Division

LC Paper No. CB(2)2755/03-04(01)
(issued on 11.6.2004)

-Assistant Legal Adviser's letter of 4 June 2004 to the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)2770/03-04(01)
(issued on 12.6.2004)

-the Administration's response to the Assistant Legal Adviser's letter of 4 June 2004

Submissions received

Annex to LC Paper No. LS 77/03-04
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 2470/03-04 dated 20 May 2004 for the House Committee meeting on 21 May 2004)

-Submissions from Hong Kong Retail Management Association, The Dairy Farm Co. Ltd. and PARKnSHOP

LC Paper No. CB(2)2621/03-04(01)
(issued on 2.6.2004)

-Submission from Consumer Council

LC Paper No. CB(2)2621/03-04(02)
(issued on 2.6.2004)(English version only)

-Submission from Professor Jean WOO, Director of School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

LC Paper No. CB(2)2624/03-04(01)
(issued on 2.6.2004)(English version only)

-Submission from Hong Kong Food Science and Technology Association Limited

LC Paper No. CB(2)2624/03-04(02)
(issued on 2.6.2004)(English version only)

-Submission from Heineken Hong Kong Ltd

LC Paper No. CB(2)2624/03-04(03)
(issued on 4.6.2004)(English version only)

-Submission from The Hong Kong Food Drink and Grocery Association

LC Paper No. CB(2)2624/03-04(04)
(issued on 2.6.2004) (Chinese version only)

-Submission Hong Kong Federation of Restaurants & Related Trades

LC Paper No. CB(2)2626/03-04(01)
(issued on 4.6.2004) (English version only)

-Submission from Hong Kong Academy of Medicine

LC Paper No. CB(2)2626/03-04(02)
(issued on 4.6.2004) (English version only)

-Submission from Hong Kong Suppliers Association Co. Ltd.

LC Paper No. CB(2)2626/03-04(03)
(issued on 4.6.2004)

-Further submission from Hong Kong Retail Management Association

LC Paper No. CB(2)2655/03-04(01)
(issued on 7.6.2004) (English version only)

-Submission from The Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong



Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
19 June 2004