Ministerial Decree No. 500 validating the Regulation on state sanitary quarantine inspection at border crossing points. Pays/Territoire Fédération de Russie Type du document Règlement Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Alimentation et nutrition Mot clé Protection du consommateur Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires Hygiène/procédures sanitaires Commerce international Inspection Aire géographique Arctique, Asie et Pacifique, Mer Noire, Mer Caspienne, CEI (Communauté des États indépendants), Europe de l'Est, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pacifique Nord, Pacifique Nord Occidental Résumé This Ministerial Decree establishes the modalities of state sanitary quarantine inspection at border crossing points and it shall be carried out before any other state inspection. The purpose shall be to protect consumers’ rights by ensuring safety of imported commodities and in particular foodstuffs. It shall not be applicable to products subject to state sanitary quarantine and in particular to foodstuffs imported by legal persons for personal use not related to entrepreneurial activity. Each lot of produce subject to state sanitary quarantine inspection shall be accompanied by: (a) commercial and transport documents; (b) phytosanitary certificate; and (c) import authorization. Federal Supervision Service on Protection of Consumers’ Rights and Human Well-being shall be public competent body authorized to carry out state sanitary quarantine inspection. In case of prohibition of import due to non-compliance of products with safety requirements as a result of state sanitary quarantine inspection an official of the Federal Supervision Service on Protection of Consumers’ Rights and Human Well-being shall imprint “Import prohibited” on the accompanying documents and affix official personal seal bearing identification number of the official. Texte intégral Russe Site web www.garant.ru