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Decree on Food Hygiene of Foodstuffs of Animal Origin.

Country/Territory
Finland
Document type
Regulation
Date
1996 (2002)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Meat Slaughtering Inspection Institution Fish products Milk/dairy products Poultry products
Geographical area
Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Decree defines in part the application sphere of the Act on Food Hygiene of Foodstuffs of Animal Origin (1195/1996) as regards: 1) meat of bovines and solipeds, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry, reindeer, rabbits, wild and farmed game animals as well as reptiles and products derived from the meat of the said animals; in the case of reindeer which must be killed by shooting the provisions concerning wild game are applied; 2) fishery products, frogs, and snails, as well as products derived form these; 3) milk, including colostrum, and products derived from this; 4) eggs; 5) egg preparations manufactured from the eggs of hens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guineafowl and quails; and 6) control of contaminants in honey. Furthermore it provides definitions for purposes of the Act and makes provisions with respect to Control of contaminants by the State, meat inspection and control by the state, maximum number of slaughtered animals in a place of slaughter, and notification and record keeping at various stages.

Full text
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