Order No. 28 of the State Grain Inspectorate validating the Regulation on testing of grain and its derivatives that are unfit for human consumption. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Cereals/grains/rice Food quality control/food safety Fraud Certification Agricultural commodities 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 Order establishes the modalities for the analysis, storage, use and destruction of poor quality or hazardous grain and its derivatives deemed through laboratory testing as unfit for human consumption. This Order shall be applicable to all legal persons and individual entrepreneurs carrying out transactions involving grain. The authorized state institution for testing of grain shall be the State Grain Inspectorate. Grain and derivates thereof shall be considered poor quality or hazardous if it: (a) is not in compliance with normative requirements; (b) has evident signs of poor quality; (c) does not have a food quality certificate; (d) does not meet quality attested by certificate thereby arousing reasonable suspicion of fraud; (e) does not have a specified expiration date; or (f) does not have a label. Poor quality and hazardous grain and derivates thereof shall be subject to withdrawal, testing, recycling or destruction. Full text Russian Website www.government.ru References - Legislation Implements Ministerial Decree No. 1263 of 1997 regarding the validation of the Regulation on the expertise of spoiled and injurious to health food ingredients and foodstuff and their reutilization or disposal. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1997 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Institution, Codex Alimentarius, Inspection, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Standards, Packaging/labelling, Certification, Toxicity/poisoning, Fraud Source: FAO, FAOLEX