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