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Presidential Decree No. 678 prohibiting the use in stock farming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action.

Country/Territory
Greece
Document type
Regulation
Date
1982
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Efimeris tis Kyverniseos No. 142, Part I, 29 November 1982, pp. 1215 and 1216.
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Meat Hormones/steroids Animal health Drugs
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
The Decree shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Abstract

With the provisions of the present Decree, the administering to a farm animal, by any means, of substances having a thyrostatic action or substances having an oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action, shall be prohibited. Slaughtering, processing and placing on the market of meat of farm animals to which the above-mentioned substances have been administered shall also be prohibited. However, administering such substances to farm animas may be approved for therapeutic use, synchronization of oestrus, termination of unwanted gestation, the improvement of fertility and the preparation of donors and recipients for the implantation of embryos. Administering of the veterinary drugs shall be effected by a veterinarian or under his direct responsibility.

Full text
Greek
Website
www.et.gr

References - Legislation

Amended by

Presidential Decree No. 497 amending Presidential Decree No. 678/1982 and completing Presidential Decree No. 599/1985.

Legislation | Greece | 1989

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, MRL-maximum residue limit, Meat, Hormones/steroids, Pesticides, Drugs, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Presidential Decree No. 115 amending and completing Presidential Decrees Nos. 678/1982 and 599/1985, in compliance with Commission Directives 88/299/EEC and 89/321/ΕEC.

Legislation | Greece | 1990

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Hormones/steroids, Animal health, Drugs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX