Notification and Reporting Ordinance.

Country/Territory: Germany
Document type: Regulation
Date: 2011
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Original source: Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 3, 10 January 2012, pp. 58-68.
Long title: Ordinance on notification and reporting of hazardous substances.

Subject: Livestock, Food & nutrition
Keyword: Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Data collection/reporting Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Animal feed/feedstuffs
Geographical area: Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Entry into force notes: The present Ordinance enters into force on 1 May 2012.

Abstract: The present Ordinance provides for the enforcement of the Foodstuff and Feedstuff Codex in its version of 22 August 2011 ((BGBl. I p. 1770). In particular, the Ordinance lays down provisions relating to the duty to notify and report substances harmful to human and animal health. The text consists of 5 articles as follows: Duty of notification (1); Notification on behalf of food and feedstuff industries (2); Notification procedures for competent authorities (3); Repealed provisions (4); Entry into force (5).
Full text: German
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