Ministerial Decree No. 541 validating the Technical Regulation on the safety of fruits, vegetables, root crops and their derivates. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Regulation Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Fruits/edible nuts Vegetables/legumes Traceability/product tracing Processing/handling Transport/storage Packaging/labelling Inspection Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Ministerial Decree shall be apply to fruits, vegetables, root crops and their derivates produced or processed on, or imported into, national territory. Sanitary, hygienic and phytosanitary inspections shall be carried out on production sites (production and processing), storage facilities and means of transportation (expiration dates, storage and transportation conditions), trading enterprises (vending and trade) and confiscation, recycling and destruction of spoilt products. This Ministerial Decree shall not apply to infant food, juices or fruit-based food additives. The competent authority shall identify the place of origin of fruits, vegetables, root crops and their derivates, labelling of ready-made produce and testing of samples. The Decree also establishes the standards for processing, packaging, labelling and selling fruits, vegetables, root crops and their derivates. Full text Russian Website www.government.kz