Government Decree No. 460 amending Government Decree No. 696 validating Technical Regulation “Meat – raw materials. Production, import and trade”. Country/Territory Moldova, Republic of Document type Regulation Date 2018 (2018) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Meat Poultry products Classification/declassification Slaughtering Transport/storage Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations Abstract This Government Decree classifies meat as all parts of carcasses of slaughtered species of cattle, swine, sheep, goats, domestic ungulates and rabbits, and also poultry, suitable for human consumption. It gives definition to the terms “refrigerated meat”, “half-frozen meat”, “quick-frozen meat” and “defrosted meat” depending upon storage temperature. Annexes contain description of organoleptic characteristics of meat. Full text Russian Website lex.justice.md References - Legislation Amends Government Decree No. 696 validating Technical Regulation “Meat – raw materials. Production, import and trade”. Legislation | Moldova, Republic of | 2010 Keyword: Meat, Food quality control/food safety, Standards, Traceability/product tracing, Processing/handling, Packaging/labelling, Vending, Internal trade, International trade, Consumer protection Source: FAO, FAOLEX