Law No. 987 on the state sanitary supervision.

Subject

Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Water

Keyword

Pollution control Radiation Land-use planning Access-to-information Food quality control/food safety Food additives Hygiene/sanitary procedures Packaging/labelling Transport/storage Water supply Water quality standards Freshwater pollution Potable water

Geographical area

Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia

Entry into force notes

The Law enters into force from the date of its official publication.

Abstract

The Law consists of 7 Sections composed of 39 articles dealing with the following matters: 1) general provisions (sect. 1, arts. 1-4); 2) the rights and the duties as regards sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population (sect. 2, arts. 5-10); 3) requirements for the ensuring regards sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population (sect. 3, arts. 11-25); 4) liability (sect. 4, arts. 26-27); 5) the state sanitary and epidemiological supervision and public control (sect. 5, arts. 28-31); 6) the state sanitary and epidemiological service (sect. 6, arts. 32-38); 7) international agreements (sect. 7, art. 39). The Law regulates public and legal relations as regards ensuring sanitary and epidemiological well-being and radiation safety of the population securing the right of the citizens to favourable environment. Sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population is the state of public health and environment ensuring the absence of negative and hazardous impact on human organism (art. 2). The citizens shall be granted the right to favourable natural environment and healthy nutrition. The citizens shall be granted access to the following information: 1) the state of environment; 2) quality and safety of foodstuffs and potable water (art. 5). The enterprises and the organizations shall have the duty to elaborate and carry out hygienic and sanitary procedures aimed at the prevention of environmental pollution and the prevention of spreading of the infectious diseases (art. 8). Land use planning provisions and project must envisage favourable environment (art. 11). The quality of foodstuffs and alimentary raw materials, packages and storage premises must comply with the established sanitary requirements. The elaboration and manufacturing of the new foodstuffs, packages and food additives shall be authorized after the approval by the hygienic and sanitary inspection (art.13). Water quality used for centralized and decentralized water supply must comply with the established sanitary requirements (art. 16). Manufacturing, utilization, storage, transport and disposal of the radioactive substances and the sources of ionizing radiation shall be carried out in conformity with prior authorization by the bodies of the State sanitary and epidemiological service (art. 20).

Full text

Russian

Website

tabiat.narod.ru

References - Legislation

Repealed by

LAW NO. 49 OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN «ON PROVISION OF SANITARY-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SECURITY OF THE POPULATION».

Legislation | Tajikistan | 2003

Keyword: Public health, Noise pollution, Radiation, Nutrition, Water supply, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Monitoring, Certification, Toxicity/poisoning, Local government, Potable water, Transport/storage, Packaging/labelling, Beverages, Enforcement/compliance, Freshwater resources management, Recreational water use

Source: FAO, FAOLEX