Government Ordinance on hygienic requirements applying to the production and placing on the market of egg products. Country/Territory Slovakia Document type Regulation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Collection of Laws No. 272 of 2003. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Poultry products Internal trade Processing/handling Hygiene/sanitary procedures International trade Geographical area Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries Entry into force notes The ordinance enters into force on 1 August 2003. Abstract The Government Ordinance, which is composed of 11 articles and three Annexes, sets out provisions concerning hygienic requirements and requirements concerning human health protection applying to the production and marketing of eggs and egg products for direct human consumption or for the manufacture of foodstuffs. These provisions do not apply to finished foodstuffs manufactured from egg products nor to egg products which are obtained in small scale enterprises and which, without having undergone any treatment, are used for the manufacture of foodstuffs intended for direct sale, without any intermediary, to the consumer or consumed on the spot immediately after having been prepared. Full text Slovak Website www.b4b.sk References - Legislation Implements Act no. 488/2002 on veterinary care and amendming certain acts. Legislation | Slovakia | 2002 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Offences/penalties, Basic legislation, Animal health, Animal reproduction, Hygiene/sanitary procedures Source: FAO, FAOLEX Council Directive 96/23/EC on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC. Legislation | European Union | 1996 Keyword: Hormones/steroids, Animal production, Residues, Monitoring, Inspection, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Drugs, Animal health Source: FAO, FAOLEX Council Directive 89/662/EEC concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market. Legislation | European Union | 1989 Keyword: Internal trade, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Animal production, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Animal by-products, Marking/identification Source: FAO, FAOLEX Council Directive 89/437/EEC on hygiene and health problems affecting the production and the placing on the market of egg products. Legislation | European Union | 1989 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Poultry products, Internal trade, Processing/handling, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Packaging/labelling, Inspection, Transport/storage Source: FAO, FAOLEX