Ministerial Decree No. 1243 validating Sanitary and Veterinary Regulation on supervision over trade of livestock and commodities of animal origin. Country/Territory Moldova, Republic of Document type Regulation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition Keyword Processing/handling Packaging/labelling Transport/storage Hygiene/sanitary procedures Certification Inspection Traceability/product tracing Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes the modalities of carrying out control over trade of livestock and commodities of animal origin. It shall not be applicable to transportation of animals. Objects of control can be: (a) live animals registered and marked; (b) traceable in order to be able to identify stock breeding farm; (c) accompanied by veterinary certificate; and (d) cannot originate from farms, enterprises, provinces or areas under veterinary restrictions of infected by animal diseases. All the animals shall be subject to veterinary inspection upon their arrival to the destination station. Objects of sanitary and veterinary inspection can be labelled and marked products accompanied by veterinary certificate. Sanitary and veterinary inspection shall ascertain compliance of processing, storage, trade and transportation of commodities of animal origin with sanitary and veterinary requirements currently in force. Full text Russian Website www.cont.md