Resolution No. 169/T of 9 August 2007 defining conditions and requirement for the importation of red meat. Country/Territory Syrian Arab Republic Document type Regulation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official Gazette No. 42, 10 October 2007, 2 pp. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Certification HACCP Hygiene/sanitary procedures International trade Meat Slaughtering Geographical area Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Western Asia Abstract This Resolution aims at the protection of the public health. It is composed of 3 articles. Article decrees the application of all requirements and conditions provided for in Resolution No. 301 of 2006 concerning the importation of red meat. Article 2 defines requirements and conditions for the adoption of slaughterhouses by the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform in Syria, which are: slaughterhouse shall be authorized and subject to the veterinary control and inspection in the country of origin; slaughtering shall be carried out in respect of the Sharia (Law of Islam); operations of slaughtering, cutting, preparation, cooling and freezing shall be carried out in the same slaughterhouse; slaughterhouses shall apply the system HACCP; and, documents shall contain licences, sites , addresses of slaughterhouses. Article 3 deals with conditions and requirements for the importation of meat for processing. Full text Arabic