Requirements for the production of tobacco products

In modern society, Smoking is a common habit among various groups of the population. Almost everyone already knows that Smoking is harmful. Manufacturers of tobacco products are constantly adding new brands of cigarettes to the market, which are positioned as harmless. Trying to promote a new product, manufacturers often overestimate the positive quality of products.

Currently, the requirements for the safety of tobacco products are set out In the technical regulations of the Customs Union "Technical regulations on tobacco products" (TR CU 035/2014), which establishes mandatory requirements for the application and execution in the customs territory of the Customs Union for tobacco products released into circulation in the customs territory of the Customs Union, as well as requirements for information (labeling) applied to consumer packaging of tobacco products to ensure its free movement.

In the production of tobacco products, it is not allowed to use the following substances as ingredients: agaricic acid, birch tar oil, bitter almond oil containing free or bound prussic acid, sassafras oil, juniper tar oil, camphor oil, camphor, coumarin, safflower, tuyon; aromatic and flavoring substances made from: the woody stem of bittersweet nightshade, camphor wood, common millipede rhizome, pulegia mint (flea mint) grass, kvass wood, soap tree bark, tansy grass, Rue grass, stems, leaves, sassafras bark, medicinal melon, Tonka beans, odoriferous liatrix, ash.

The content of tar and nicotine in the smoke of a single cigarette (with or without a filter) can not exceed 10 mg/SIG. and 1.0 mg/SIG. respectively. And the content of carbon monoxide in the smoke of one cigarette with a filter can not exceed 10 mg / SIG.

Tobacco products are subject to conformity assessment in the form of Declaration of conformity before being put into circulation on the market of member States.

Declaration of conformity of mass-produced cigarettes is carried out according to the schemes 3D and 6D, other types of tobacco products produced in series - according to the scheme 1D, lots of cigarettes-according to the scheme 4D, lots of other types of tobacco products-according to the scheme 2D.

The Declaration of conformity is subject to registration in the manner provided for by The decision of the Board of the Eurasian economic Commission of April 9, 2013 N 76. The validity of the Declaration of conformity for declaring compliance of tobacco products under schemes 1D and 3D is no more than 3 years, under scheme 6D-no more than 5 years. The Declaration of conformity is not set for a batch of tobacco products.

Tobacco products that have passed the assessment of compliance with the requirements of TR CU 035/2014 and other technical regulations of the Customs Union, which apply to it, must be marked with a single product circulation mark on the market of the member States of the Customs Union. Marking with a single mark of product circulation on the market of the Customs Union member States is carried out before the release of tobacco products into circulation.

A single product circulation mark on the market of the Customs Union member States is applied to the consumer packaging (leaflet) of tobacco products in any way that ensures its clear and clear image.

For more information, please contact the Department Of the Committee for technical regulation and Metrology of the Ministry of Trade and integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Almaty.

Our address: Almaty, jandosova str., 2. Tel.: 8 (727) 392-15-03, 392-13-66. E-mail: ktrm_almaty@mail.ru.

Chief specialist Of the Department of the Committee of technical regulation and Metrology in Almaty Banu Sultanova