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Law No. HO-284-N amending Law No. HO-135-N “On food safety”.

Country/Territory
Armenia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Institution Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Certification Authorization/permit Transport/storage Inspection Registration International trade Animal health Quarantine Access-to-information Plant protection Pesticides Monitoring
Geographical area
Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, Western Asia
Entry into force notes
This Law shall enter into force on the day the newly elected President of the Republic takes office.
Abstract

This Law establishes that authorized state institution in the field of food safety, veterinary medicine and phytosanitary shall be responsible for issuance of certificates, permits for transportation, transit, import and export of commodities subject to supervision thereby, registration of business entities and individual entrepreneurs operating in the field of food safety, veterinary medicine and phytosanitary, application of quarantine to imported animal species, provision of information of registered farm animals, issuance of sanitary certificates for vehicles transporting foodstuffs, verification of the presence of harmful plant organisms on the national territory and performance of regular monitoring with a view of preventing the spread thereof.

Full text
Armenian
Website
www.arlis.am

References - Legislation

Amends

Law No. HO-135-N “On food safety”.

Legislation | Armenia | 2014 (2023)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Public health, Nutrition, Food additives, Processing/handling, Transport/storage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX