Ministerial Decree No. 1783 validating the Instruction on the quality and safety of raw alimentary materials and foodstuffs. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Regulation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Breastfeeding/infant food Food additives Nutrition Processing/handling Transport/storage Geographical area Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes quality and safety requirements for raw alimentary materials and foodstuffs and regulates relations originating between manufacturers, vendors and purchasers in the processing, sale, import, storage, transportation and trade of foodstuffs. It requires foodstuffs to comply with sanitary, veterinary and phytosanitary standards and technical requirements. Foodstuffs must comply with the requirements on chemical and biological substances, including microbiological Full text Russian Website www.government.kz