Law on sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population.

Materia

Medio ambiente gen., Alimentación y nutrición, Agua

Palabra clave

Acceso-a-la-información Monitoreo Aditivos alimentarios Control de calidad de los alimentos/inocuidad de los alimentos Registro Envasado/etiquetado Certificación Abastecimiento de agua Agua potable

Área geográphica

CEI (Comunidad de Estados Independientes), Europa Oriental, Europa, Europa y Central Asia

Entry into force notes

The Law enters into force from the date of its official publication.

Resumen

The Law consists of 7 Sections composed of 50 articles dealing with the following matters: 1) general provisions (sect. 1, arts. 1-6); 2) the state regulation in the sphere of ensuring sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population (sect. 2, arts. 7-12); 3) the rights and the duties of the Belarusian nationals, foreigners, stateless persons, individual entrepreneurs and organizations in the sphere of ensuring sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population (sect. 3, arts. 13-20); 4) general requirements for the ensuring sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population (sect. 4, arts. 21-38); 5) bodies, institutions and officials authorized to carry out the state sanitary supervision (sect. 5, arts. 39-45); 6) departmental sanitary supervision, industrial and social sanitary supervision (sect. 6, arts. 46-49); 7) liability (sect. 7, art. 50). The present Law establishes legal and organizational basis for the prevention and the liquidation of adverse environmental impact on human organism and regulates the activity of the state bodies, legal and natural persons as regards ensuring sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population. Human habitat shall be considered part of environment, including natural components thereof (atmospheric air, water, soil), and also potable water and foodstuffs (art. 1). Sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population shall be ensured by: 1) licensing of activities potentially hazardous to human health; 2) certification of produce and services potentially hazardous to human health (art. 5). Sanitary regulations shall be mandatory and shall set safety criteria for human beings (hygienic standards) of the objects of human habitats (atmospheric air, surface water and groundwater, soil), vital activity, alimentary raw materials, foodstuffs and potable water (art. 8). Projects of complex nature management and protection of water resources, rates of maximum permissible hazardous impact on human habitat, projects of sanitary protection zones around the sources of potable water supply shall be subject to the state sanitary and hygienic expertise (art. 10). Foodstuffs shall be subject to the state hygienic registration (art. 11). The socio-hygienic monitoring shall be based upon data regarding public catering and nutrition, and also the data on environmental monitoring (art. 12). The citizens shall be granted access to information regarding the state of environment, foodstuffs and potable water (art. 15). Alimentary raw materials and foodstuffs must comply with the sanitary requirements. Trade of uncertified foodstuffs shall be prohibited. Elaboration and manufacturing of new foodstuffs, packages and food additives shall be carried out in conformity with authorization issued by the state sanitary supervision bodies (art. 26). Potable water must comply with the sanitary standards (art. 30).

Texto completo

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Referencias - Legislación

Implementado por

Decree No. 4 of the Chief State Sanitary Inspector on allowable level of contents of caesium-137 in timber and non-timber products.

Legislación | Belarús | 2001

Palabra clave: Radiación, Madera, Productos no maderables

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree No. 7 of the Chief Sanitary Inspector validating hygienic requirements for the contents of phenanthrene, Tilt Fungicide and cadmium in soil.

Legislación | Belarús | 2001

Palabra clave: Contaminación del suelo/calidad, Sustancias peligrosas, Plaguicidas

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Joint Order No. 27 of the Ministry of Public Health and of the Chief Sanitary Inspector regarding the utilization of iodinated salt.

Legislación | Belarús | 1997

Palabra clave: Procesamiento/manipulación, Aditivos alimentarios, Alactamiento/alimentos para niños, Normas, Nutrición, Regímenes dietéticos especiales, Control de calidad de los alimentos/inocuidad de los alimentos

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Joint Decree No. 26/16 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and of the Ministry of Public Health validating Veterinary and Sanitary Regulation.

Legislación | Belarús | 2004

Palabra clave: Sanidad animal, Bovinos, Porcinos, Aves de corral, Plagas/enfermedades, Higiene/procedimientos sanitarios, Cuarentena

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Enmendado porr

Law No. 53-Z amending Law on sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population.

Legislación | Belarús | 2009

Palabra clave: Transporte/depósito, Residuos peligrosos, Agua potable, Normas sobre calidad del agua

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Revocado por

Law No. 340-Z “On sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population.”

Legislación | Belarús | 2012

Palabra clave: Higiene/procedimientos sanitarios, Control de calidad de los alimentos/inocuidad de los alimentos, Aditivos alimentarios, Salud pública

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX