Regional Law No. 1837-OD “On protection of public health”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Volgograd Document type Legislation Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Food & nutrition Keyword Local government Hazards Access-to-information Hygiene/sanitary procedures Food quality control/food safety 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 Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force on 1 January 2009. Abstract This Regional Law establishes that Regional Administration shall be responsible for carrying out preventive, sanitary, hygienic and environmental protection arrangements, protection of public health in case of the outbreak of natural or technological disasters and shall inform population of the situation in the areas of disasters and undertaken measures for mitigation of the consequences thereof. Full text Russian Website regzakon.fpa.su