Law No. ZRU-213 “On technical regulation”. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Legislation Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Fraud Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Entry into force notes This Federal Law enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract The purpose of this Law shall be to regulate relations concerning application and observance safety of produce. Safety of produce comprises actual state of produce, processing, handling, storage, transportation, trade and recycling so as to prevent any possible damage to human life and health, and also to environment. It regards sanitary, veterinary, phytosanitary and ecological norms and standards. The main tasks of technical regulation shall be: (a) safety of human life and health; (b) protection of environment and rational use of natural resources; and (c) fraud prevention. The basic principles of technical regulation shall be: (a) mandatoriness of application of technical regulations; (b) uniformity of technical regulations; and (c) availability of technical regulations, information on elaboration and application thereof. Full text Russian Website www.lex.uz References - Legislation Implemented by Decree No. 119 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating General Technical Regulation on safety of fruit and vegetable juices. Legislation | Uzbekistan | 2020 Keyword: Beverages, Food additives, Fruits/edible nuts, Food quality control/food safety, Standards, Public health, Consumer protection, Processing/handling, Packaging/labelling, Transport/storage, Enforcement/compliance, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX