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Law No. 248 “On public health”.

Country/Territory
Kyrgyzstan
Document type
Legislation
Date
2009
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition, Water
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Potable water Water quality standards Water supply
Geographical area
Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force three months after the date of its official publication.
Abstract

The scope of this Law is the protection of public health. State sanitary and epidemiological supervision shall be aimed at prevention, identification and suppression of the offences with a view of ensuring sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population, and, in particular prevention of mass intoxication, prevention of spreading of infectious diseases and negative environmental impact and granting access to correct and reliable information of safety and quality of products. The purpose of this Law shall be to guarantee quality and safety of foodstuffs during processing, handling, storage, transportation and trade thereof, and also to ensure quality and safety of potable water.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.minjust.gov.kg

References - Legislation

Amended by

Law No. 171 amending Law No. 248 “On public health”.

Legislation | Kyrgyzstan | 2014

Keyword: Public health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX