Decree No. 119 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating General Technical Regulation on safety of fruit and vegetable juices. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Regulation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Beverages Food additives Fruits/edible nuts Food quality control/food safety Standards Public health Consumer protection Processing/handling Packaging/labelling Transport/storage Enforcement/compliance Data collection/reporting Access-to-information Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Entry into force notes This Decree enters into force 18 months after the date of its official publication. Abstract General Technical Regulation on safety of fruit and vegetable juices establishes uniform safety requirements therefor. Agency "Uzstandard" together with the relevant ministries and departments from the date of entry into force of this General Technical Regulation shall conform their requirements and standards related to safety of fruit and vegetable juices to the provisions contained therein. The scope of this General Technical Regulation shall be to ensure quality and safety of juices produced from fruits, vegetables and berries with a view of protection of human life and health. It shall be applicable to processing, handling, transportation and storage of beverages. It shall not be applicable to export of beverages. Compliance with the established requirements and standards shall be present on the label or beverages. Each lot of fruit and vegetable juices released on the market must be accompanied by quality compliance certificate containing the following information and data: (a) name of beverage; (b) name of the manufacturer or trader, location thereof; (c) technical regulation mark certifying compliance with requirements and standards; (d) product testing results; (e) presence ingredients and food additives and information thereon; (f) manufacturing date; (g) storage conditions; (h) in case of non-compliance or expiry, terms and conditions for disposal or recycling; (i) information on certification, including date of issuance and number of quality certificate; and (f) signature of the official who issued certificate. Full text Uzbek Website lex.uz References - Legislation Implements Law No. ZRU-213 “On technical regulation”. Legislation | Uzbekistan | 2009 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Fraud Source: FAO, FAOLEX