National legislation

The State Grain Inspectorate is a state institution in the form of legal entity. The tasks of the State Grain Inspectorate shall be: 1) the state inspection grain, cereals, flour, mixed fodder quality; 2) elaboration of proposals as regards improvement of the state policy in the...

The present Regulation regards the sphere of ensuring quality and safety of food additives and shall be applicable to all legal and natural persons carrying out processing and (or) trade of food additives. Quality and safety of food additives shall be ensured by: 1) the state...

This Decree establishes that maximum allowable residue limits in potable water and water for domestic usage establishes that the allowed concentration shall not have negative impact on human life and health and shall not deteriorate hygienic conditions of water management. Putting in operation of enterprises, works...

This Decree establishes that approximately allowable residue limits of concentration of chemical substances utility, potable and recreational waterbodies shall be provisional hygienic standard validated by the Chief State Sanitary Inspector. It shall be calculated in accordance with calculation and express-experimental methods of estimates of toxicity and...

The present Regulation establishes the modalities of carrying out the state inspection and quality control of alimentary raw materials and foodstuffs in the process of manufacturing, and (or) trade, export (grains, flour, cereals and mixed fodder) pertaining to the organizations and individual entrepreneurs carrying out processing,...

This Decree sets forth the modalities of issuance of quality certificates for grain, flour and cereals destined for import and export with a view of establishing state supervision and control over lots of grain destined for import and export for the purpose of prevention of supply...

This Decree establishes hygienic requirements for processing of infant food at infant milk public catering facilities. Water supply to infant milk public catering facilities and water shall comply with water quality requirements. Disinfection means and detergents for sanitary treatment must be authorized by the Ministry of...

The present Regulation establishes the modalities of carrying out state quality control of grain, flour, cereals and mixed fodder owned by organizations and individual entrepreneurs carrying out processing, storage and packing thereof, and also of imported commodities and destined for export. The basic principle of state...

The main tasks of the monitoring system shall be to keep track of and analyse the following information: 1) on the structure of nutrition, quality and safety of alimentary raw materials and foodstuffs; 2) on the atmospheric pollution level; 3) on quality of potable water, the...

This Law regulates relations regarding norm-setting and application of technical requirements to produce, manufacturing, transport, storage and use thereof, and ensures carrying out common state policy in the aforesaid sphere. The purpose of the Law shall be to ensure the application of technical norms and standards...

According to the present Decree the Ministry of Agriculture and Food shall be entrusted with the task of carrying out control over the contents of hazardous substances in live animals (cattle, sheep, goats, swine, equine animals, poultry, aquatic animals, rabbits and game) and animal products to...

The Ministry of Public Health validates the list of materials used for food packaging that shall be subject to hygienic regulation and compulsory registration. ...

Import and trade on the national territory of fish products shall be carried out by legal entities and individual entrepreneurs that have won tenders for the allocation fish products import quotas. Retail trade of fish products shall be carried out by commercial and catering organizations in...

This Law is aimed at improving legal, organizational and economic foundations of state regulation in the field of quality of alimentary raw materials and foodstuffs and their safety for human life and health. This Law does not apply to natural persons that are not individual entrepreneurs...

This Decree establishes hygienic requirements for processing and production laboratory testing for bread, bakery products and confectionary products. It shall be applicable also to storage, trade and production control. Putting into operation of bread-, bakery- and confectionary-producing enterprises shall be carried out exclusively under strict control...

This Decree establishes sanitary rules and regulations for elaboration, manufacturing, testing and trade of systems and equipment for individual and collective technological equipment for purification, post-purification and conditioning of potable water from surface water and groundwater with production capacity output up to 150 m3/h. It shall...

Chief Sanitary Inspector establishes sanitary requirements and preventive arrangements for the extermination of common household insects and rodents. The presence of household insects and rodents on public catering premises, in the infant institutions, health services and communal services shall not be admitted. Protection against common household...

This Law shall be applicable to the relations originating between the producers and the consumers, and also between traders (sellers) and suppliers in accordance with purchase and sale contracts. Consumer shall have the following rights: (a) access to information; (b) quality and safety of commodities; (c)...

The present Decree establishes that the utilization of chemical and biological agents of the national and foreign origin used for the manufacturing, processing, packaging, storage, transportation and trade of alimentary raw materials and foodstuffs without the state registration shall be prohibited. The state hygienic regulation and...

The commodities manufactured from polymeric and other synthetic materials, destined for contacting foodstuffs, must not emit hazardous to human health substances exceeding maximum residue limits and causing carcinogenic, mutagenic, embryotoxic, terratogenic, allergenic and other ultimate effects. MRL (mg/lt) indices shall be the main criteria for carrying...