Order No. 724 on the certification of traditional products. Country/Territory Romania Document type Regulation Date 2013 (2014) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Internal trade International trade Consumer protection Hygiene/sanitary procedures Food additives Certification Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge Transport/storage Food quality control/food safety Geographical area Black Sea, Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries Abstract This Order, consisting of 14 articles and five Annexes, establishes the conditions and criteria for certifying traditional products. This Order shall apply without prejudice to other specific provisions. For the purposes of this Order, the terms are defined as follows: a) traditional food manufactured on national territory and for using local raw materials, which has the composition of food additives, showing a traditional recipe, a production and/or processing and traditional technology that distinguishes it from similar products of the same category; b) traditional item by which a product is distinguished from other similar products of the same category; c) certification of traditional product is the recognition through its registration; d) local raw material used to obtain traditional product which is produced within the national territory. Full text Romanian Website www.legislatie.just.ro