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Meat standard.

Country/Territory
Kyrgyzstan
Document type
Regulation
Date
1995
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Meat Standards Certification Traceability/product tracing
Geographical area
Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Abstract

This Meat standard sets rules to conduct certification for meat and meat products in compliance with safety requirements and covers domestic and imported products. This standard is mandatory for all state authorities and bodies, as well as for entrepreneurs, enterprises of all forms of ownership and types of activity, and also for public organizations in the Kyrgyz Republic. It establishes that certification of meat and meat products shall be compulsory. Meat and meat products are classified in two groups: (a) products with guaranteed shelf-life (storage, trade) up to 30 days, i.e. perishable products; and (b) products with more than 30 days of shelf-life (long shelf-life products). Selection of certification scheme depends upon the period of shelf-life. Meat and meat products should be identified before conducting certification tests specifying place of origin, organoleptic qualities and conformity of product to accompanying standardization normative documents. Testing of products shall be conducted by the competent certification authority.

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