Regulation on Food Hygiene. Country/Territory Croatia Document type Regulation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword HACCP Processing/handling Hygiene/sanitary procedures Inspection International trade Food quality control/food safety Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This Regulation enters into force eight days after its publication in the Official Gazette. Abstract This Regulation lays down general hygiene rules for food business operators food, with particular taking into account the following principles: a) primary responsibility for food safety rests under entity in the food business; b) it is necessary to ensure food safety throughout the food chain, starting with primary production; c) food that cannot be stored safely at room temperature, particularly frozen foods, it is important to maintain the cold chain; d) general implementation of procedures based on the principles of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), together with the application of good hygiene practice, should reinforce the responsibility of business operators in the food sector; e) instructions and guides are valuable tools that operators in the food business at all levels of the food chain can use as help in enforcing the rules on food hygiene and the application of HACCP principles; f) it is necessary to establish microbiological criteria and requirements for monitoring the temperature, based on scientific risk assessment; g) it is necessary to ensure that imported food meets at least the same hygiene standard as food produced in the Croatian Republic, or an equivalent standard. Full text Croatian Website www.hah.hr References - Legislation Implements Food Law. Legislation | Croatia | 2007 Keyword: Basic legislation, Certification, Consumer protection, Data collection/reporting, Food quality control/food safety, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Inspection, Packaging/labelling, Offences/penalties, Processing/handling, Standards, Transport/storage, Fraud Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Regulation Amending the Regulation on Food Hygiene. Legislation | Croatia | 2009 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Standards Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation Amending the Regulation on Food Hygiene. Legislation | Croatia | 2008 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures Source: FAO, FAOLEX