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Regulation No. 942/13-7-2/365 on veterinary and sanitary expertise of honey for market sale.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1995
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Certification Internal trade Vending Transport/storage Packaging/labelling
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
Abstract

This Regulation establishes that honey shall be subject to compulsory veterinary and sanitary expertise. Honey shall be accepted for expertise in the presence of apiary certificate. Owners of honey must transport honey for sale in clean packages made of certified packaging materials. Selection of samples of honey for veterinary and sanitary expertise shall be carried out in accordance with the modalities specified in the Annex 1. Testing of honey shall be carried by the following indicators: (a) organoleptic indicators; (b) presence of hydroxymethyl furfural; (c) [alfa]-amylase activity; (d) pollen testing; (e) total acidity; (f) weight content of reductive sugar; (g) saceharobiose contents (by indicators); (h) presence of mechanical admixtures (by indicators); and (i) radioactive substances contents.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.nashe-pchelovodstvo.ru

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Order No. 713 of the Ministry of Agriculture validating the Veterinary rules for the scheduling and conduct of veterinary and sanitary examination of natural bee honey, bee bread and royal jelly, intended for processing and sale.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2022

Keyword: Apiculture/sericulture, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Internal trade, Vending

Source: FAO, FAOLEX