Ministerial Decree No. 608 validating the Regulation on the Ministry of Public Health. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Institution Special dietary uses Nutrition Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes that the Ministry of Public Health shall be authorized federal institution in the sphere of sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population. Among other functions the Ministry shall be responsible for setting forth dietary (health nutrition and protective diet) food rations and rates of dietary health nutrition. Full text Russian Website www.garant.ru