Food Law No.30 of 2015. Country/Territory Jordan Document type Legislation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Basic legislation Food quality control/food safety Internal trade International trade Packaging/labelling Processing/handling Transport/storage Certification Inspection Fraud Meat Milk/dairy products Vending Geographical area Asia, Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Red Sea & Gulf of Aden, Western Asia Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. Abstract This Law consisting of 35 articles aims at ensuring food safety and quality. It establishes that the Jordanian Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) shall be the sole authority entrusted to supervise imported and local food in all of its stages. The role of the JFDA, through its Higher Committee, includes: enforcing health measures and the Jordanian technical regulations of locally produced or imported food; conducting tests on food for its compliance with the standard specifications; prohibiting the circulation or import of any food before being tested and proven suitable for human consumption (circulation is defined as all stages of food production, manufacturing, preparation, treatment, packaging, wrapping, processing, transporting, possessing, storing, distributing, offering to sell, sale, gifting or donating); granting health certificates for the purposes of exporting locally produced food; carrying out inspections on places in which food is circulated as well as inspecting the workers of such a place; and supervising the implementation of good manufacturing practises and risk analysis systems. The Food Law prohibits to import or to circulate any food within Jordan if it is adulterated, falsely described or food that is unfit for human consumption. Relating to the aforementioned cases the Director-General has the following powers: seizure of any adulterated foods or food with a false description, in preparation for its withdrawal and prohibiting its circulation; prevent the presentation of food that is in violation of health conditions or which is in danger of being contaminated; issue an order for the destruction of meat and its derivatives, dairy products of all types and any other type of food that is of fast decay or prone to spoilage, if it is proven by physical inspection that the food is spoiled. Where the food is imported, the Director-General must decide whether to re-export the food to the country which the food had been imported from. Full text Arabic Website www.ammanchamber.org.jo References - Legislation Implemented by Instructions for health certificates accompanying food consignments of 2022, issued pursuant to the provisions of Article (8/b) of the Food Law No.30 of 2015 and Article (7/k) of the Food and Drug General Corporation Law No.41 of 2008. Legislation | Jordan | 2022 Keyword: Certification, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, International trade, Procedural matters, Public health, Special dietary uses Source: FAO, FAOLEX Instructions for handling foods and food products that contain genetically modified materials resulting from modern biotechnology for the year 2018 issued in accordance with Article 8/b of the Food Law No.30 of 2015 and Article 7/k of the General Organization for Food and Drug Law No.41 of 2008. Legislation | Jordan | 2020 Keyword: Food additives, Food quality control/food safety, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Authorization/permit, Internal trade, International trade, Public health, Biosafety, Processing/handling, Packaging/labelling Source: FAO, FAOLEX