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Ministerial Resolution No.163 of 2012 1on traceability and recall of food and feed.

Country/Territory
United Arab Emirates
Document type
Regulation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Traceability/product tracing Food quality control/food safety Processing/handling International trade Registration Public health Animal feed/feedstuffs
Geographical area
Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Persian Gulf
Entry into force notes
This Resolution enters into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Abstract

This Resolution consisting of 11 articles aims at regulating all stages of production, processing, distribution, importation and exportation of food and feed. It establishes that the concerned authority has to inform the Ministry of Environment and Water if is necessary to trace, recall and withdraw any food, feed, food-producing animals, and any other substance incorporated into a food or feed shall at all stages of production, processing, distribution, importation and exportation. Food and feed business operators have to keep registers to identify any person from whom they have been supplied with a food, a feed, a food-producing animal, or any substance incorporated into a food or feed or to identify the other businesses to which their products have been supplied. All the products placed on the market should be provided with food identification card to facilitate their traceability. The Resolution deals also with: rules for the recording and the duration of keeping of the registers by the food and feed business operators; procedures in cases of suspected harmfulness of food to human health or its non-compliance with the food safety requirements.

Full text
Arabic
Website
www.moccae.gov.ae