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Order No. 325 of the Ministry of Public Health on sanitary and epidemiological testing of foodstuffs.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
2001
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Certification
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 Order establishes the modalities of sanitary and epidemiological testing of foodstuffs, including mineral water, infant food, meat and meat-based products, milk and dairy products, food additives, and foodstuffs using GMOs, and validates the list of such products that shall be subject to testing. The State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service shall be responsible for product evaluations, which shall cover the documentation, and laboratory testing and analysis. After the evaluation, a certificate attesting to product quality and safety shall be issued. Certificates shall be valid for five years, or for one year in the case of pilot batches.

Full text
Russian
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