Decree No. 14 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food validating Veterinary and Sanitary Regulation on storage of foodstuffs of animal origin. Country/Territory Belarus Document type Regulation Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition Keyword Meat Fish products Milk/dairy products Apiculture/sericulture Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Processing/handling Transport/storage Animal by-products Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia Abstract This Decree shall be mandatory for legal persons and individual entrepreneurs whose main activity is store handling and storage. The provisions shall be applicable to the following products: (a) meat and meat-based products, milk and dairy products, fish and fish products, eggs and apiculture products; (b) non-alimentary animal products; (c) skins from authorized slaughtering facilities; and (d) skins from non-authorized slaughtering facilities i.e. without veterinary and sanitary expertise of carcasses and visceral organs of slaughtered animals. Storage facilities shall be kept clean, shall permit loading and unloading of animal products and shall ensure the possibility of carrying out veterinary and sanitary examination of animal products. Distribution and consumption of meals by the staff in production floor area shall be prohibited. Full text Russian Website mshp.minsk.by