Law on food safety. País/Territorio Armenia Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 2006 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Materia Alimentación y nutrición Palabra clave Legislación básica Control de calidad de los alimentos/inocuidad de los alimentos HACCP Rastreabilidad/rastreo de productos Organismo genéticamente modificado (OGM) Aditivos alimentarios Viticultura/prácticas enológicas Procesamiento/manipulación Transporte/depósito Envasado/etiquetado Certificación Área geográphica Asia, CEI (Comunidad de Estados Independientes), Europa, Europa y Central Asia, Naciones en desarrollo sin litoral, Asia Occidental Entry into force notes This Law shall enter into force on the tenth day following that of its official publication. Resumen The law governs the relations with respect to the safety at stages of import, export, manufacture, processing, packaging, labelling, transport, storage and placing on the market of food, materials in contact with food and food additives, as well as at stages of trading and mass catering. This Law shall not apply to: (a) domestic preparation, handling or storage of food for private or domestic consumption; (b) transit transfers of foodstuff. The basic principles of public policies ensuring food safety are as follows: (a) protection of consumers interests; (b) safety of human life and health and safety of environment at all stages of food chain; (c) international cooperation and information exchange; (d) international criteria and requirements for ensuring food safety. Foodstuff, materials in contact with food and food additives placed on the internal market shall meet sanitary and hygienic requirements and shall be labelled in Armenian. Labels shall contain the following information: (a) the name, net weight or volume if pre-packaged; (b) the list of the main ingredients; (c) the list of the food additives added to foodstuff (if any); (d) the day, month and year of production, storage terms, special instructions for storage (if any) and the date of minimum durability; (e) instructions for use; (f) particulars of the manufacturer (address and business name); (g) country of origin of the foodstuff, materials in contact with food and food additives; (h) alcoholic strength by volume for alcoholic beverages; (i) nutritive value; (j) other information provided for by the Law; (k) information on “genetically modified food” if applicable. Foodstuff, materials in contact with food and food additives shall be subject to compulsory compliance certification. State control of safety of food and food additives at all stages of production and circulation shall be implemented by the Government of the Republic of Armenia through its authorities. In order to ensure food safety it shall be compulsory to input a self-control system based on the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system principles. Texto completo Inglés Referencias - Legislación Revoca Law No. ZR-25 on safety of foodstuffs. Legislación | Armenia | 1999 Palabra clave: Legislación básica, Control de calidad de los alimentos/inocuidad de los alimentos, Aditivos alimentarios, Límite máximo de residuos, Higiene/procedimientos sanitarios, Envasado/etiquetado, Agua potable, Codex Alimentarius, Rastreabilidad/rastreo de productos Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX Revocado por Law No. HO-135-N “On food safety”. Legislación | Armenia | 2014 (2023) Palabra clave: Legislación básica, Control de calidad de los alimentos/inocuidad de los alimentos, Higiene/procedimientos sanitarios, Organismo genéticamente modificado (OGM), Salud pública, Nutrición, Aditivos alimentarios, Procesamiento/manipulación, Transporte/depósito Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX