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Decree No. 86 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating Mandatory safety requirements for foodstuffs containing food additives.

Country/Territory
Latvia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2001
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Food additives Consumer protection Processing/handling Transport/storage Packaging/labelling Traceability/product tracing
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Decree establishes mandatory safety requirements for foodstuffs containing food additives in the process of manufacturing, processing and re-processing, packaging, storage or transportation. The scope of the Decree shall be to ensure consumer protection. Maximum allowable contents of food additives in foodstuffs are set forth in the Annex 1 and, if for some food additives are not set forth maximum allowable contents, then food additives listed in the Annex 2 can be used in unregulated quantities. Annex 5 state traceability and purity criteria for food additives.

Full text
Russian
Website
latvia.news-city.info

References - Legislation

Amended by

Decree No. 148 of the Cabinet of Ministers amending Decree No. 86 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating Mandatory safety requirements for foodstuffs containing food additives.

Legislation | Latvia | 2005

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Food additives, Consumer protection, Processing/handling, Transport/storage, Packaging/labelling, Traceability/product tracing

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 314 of the Cabinet of Ministers amending Decree No. 86 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating Mandatory safety requirements for foodstuffs containing food additives.

Legislation | Latvia | 2004

Keyword: Food additives, Consumer protection, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 265 of the Cabinet of Ministers amending Decree No. 86 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating Mandatory safety requirements for foodstuffs containing food additives.

Legislation | Latvia | 2002

Keyword: Food additives, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX