Subcommittee on Food and Drugs (Composition and Labelling)
(Amendment: Requirements for Nutrition Labelling and Nutrition Claim)
Regulation 2008

Meeting on Monday, 5 May 2008, from 8:30 am to 10:30 am
in the Chamber of the Legislative Council Building

Revised Agenda
(As at 5 May 2008)

I.Future meeting arrangements
(8:30 am - 8:45 am)

List of meeting venues reserved for holding further meetings (issued on 30 April 2008)

II.Meeting with deputations and the Administration
(8:45 am - 10:25 am)

  1. Hong Kong Doctors Union
    [LC Paper No. CB(2)1787/07-08(01)] (English version only)
    (issued on 2 May 2008)

  2. Hong Kong Dietitians Association
    Joint submission from Hong Kong Dietitians Association and Hong Kong Nutrition Association Limited
    [LC Paper No. CB(2)1854/07-08(01)] (English version only)

  3. Hong Kong Nutrition Association
    Joint submission from Hong Kong Dietitians Association and Hong Kong Nutrition Association Limited
    [LC Paper No. CB(2)1854/07-08(01)] (English version only)

  4. The Hong Kong Medical Association
    [LC Paper No. CB(2)1787/07-08(02)] (issued on 2 May 2008)

  5. Hong Kong Suppliers Association Limited
    [LC Paper No. CB(2)1810/07-08(01)] (English version only) (attached)

  6. Care For Your Heart

  7. Consumer Council
    [LC Paper No. CB(2)1787/07-08(03)] (Chinese version only)
    (issued on 2 May 2008)

  8. Ms Ellen Friedlander (accompanied by Ms Laura M Tewes Leese)
    [LC Paper No. CB(2)1787/07-08(04)] (English version only)
    (issued on 2 May 2008)

  9. Professor Richard Fielding, School of Public Health
    The University of Hong Kong
    [LC Paper No. CB(2)1763/07-08(01)] (English version only)
    (issued on 30 April 2008)

  10. Hong Kong Retail Management Association
    [LC Paper No. CB(2)1810/07-08(02)] (attached)

  11. Federation of Hong Kong Industries
    [LC Paper No. CB(2)1854/07-08(02)] (Chinese version only)

  12. Hong Kong Practising Dietitians Union
    [LC Paper No. CB(2)1810/07-08(03)] (English version only) (attached)

  13. Etak International Limited
Written submission(s) from organisations/individuals not attending the meeting

LC Paper No. CB(2)1763/07-08(02)
(English version only)
(issued on 30 April 2008)

-Written submission from Retail Task Force of the Business Facilitation Advisory Committee

LC Paper No. CB(2)1763/07-08(03)
(English version only)
(issued on 30 April 2008)

-Written submission from Mrs Jan Dixon

LC Paper No. CB(2)1787/07-08(05)
(English version only)
(issued on 2 May 2008)

-Written submission from Professor Albert LEE, Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

LC Paper No. CB(2)1787/07-08(06)
(English version only)
(issued on 2 May 2008)

-Written submission from Hong Kong Association for the Study of Obesity

LC Paper No. CB(2)1787/07-08(07)
(English version only)
(issued on 2 May 2008)

-Written submission from Hong Kong College of Community Medicine

LC Paper No. CB(2)1810/07-08(04)
(English version only) (attached)

-Written submission from Hong Kong Food Council Limited

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

(A list of relevant papers previously issued is available on the LegCo website at http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr07-08/english/hc/sub_leg/sc53/general/sc53.htm)

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
5 May 2008

Relevant papers previously issued

Background information

Appendix III to LC Paper No. CB(2)1645/07-08(01)
(issued on 17 April 2008)

-Marked-up copy of the Food and Drugs (Composition and Labelling) Regulations to be amended

LC Paper No. CB(2)1645/07-08(05)
(issued on 17 April 2008)

-Background Brief prepared by LegCo Secretariat

Correspondences between the Legal Service Division and the Administration/Papers prepared by the Legal Service Division

LC Paper No. CB(2)1645/07-08(02)
(issued on 17 April 2008)

-Letter dated 7 April 2008 from Assistant Legal Adviser 3 (ALA3) to the Administration seeking clarifications on the legal and drafting aspects of the Amendment Regulation

LC Paper No. CB(2)1645/07-08(03)
(issued on 17 April 2008)

-The Administration's response dated 10 April 2008 to ALA3's letter dated 7 April 2008

LC Paper No. CB(2)1645/07-08(04)
(issued on 17 April 2008)

-Letter dated 14 April 2008 from ALA3 to the Administration on further comments of the Amendment Regulation

LC Paper No. CB(2)1667/07-08(01)
(issued on 18 April 2008)

-Administration's response dated 17 April 2008 to ALA3's letter dated 14 April 2008

Paper(s) provided by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)1680/07-08
(Chinese version only)
(issued on 21 April 2008)

-Powerpoint presentation materials on Food and Drugs (Composition and Labelling) (Amendment: Requirements for Nutrition Labelling and Nutrition Claim) Regulation 2008

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
5 May 2008