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Ordinance on the quality of bananas.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Regulation
Date
1996 (2014)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 30, 24 June 1996, pp. 857 and 858.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Vegetables/legumes Food quality control/food safety Fruits/edible nuts Institution Data collection/reporting Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

An Ordinance to ensure the quality of bananas within the EU. The competent authority is the Federal Institute for Agriculture and Food. Before the first unloading takes place, the appropriate party has to forward data relating to the cargo of bananas expected to arrive. At the end the Ordinance sets out the penalties in case of violation. The Ordinance consists of 8 articles.

Full text
German
Website
www.bmj.de; www.bgbl.de