National legislation

The scope of this Decree shall be to ensure food safety in the process of packaging of foodstuffs. Thus it establishes maximum allowable limits of emissions of chemical substances by packaging materials used for packaging of foodstuffs. This Decree specifies that the manufacturers of packaging materials...

For the purpose of the prophylaxis of diseases related to iodine deficiency the Council of Ministers decrees that all legal entities and individual entrepreneurs must use for the manufacturing of foodstuffs (except for processing of the oceanic fishes and fish products) exclusively iodinated salt. ...

The state hygienic regulation means the establishment of sanitary, hygienic and anti-epidemic requirements for the manufacturing and use of produce (including authorization, limitation or prohibition of manufacturing and use), setting maximum contents limits of hazardous substances. The state hygienic registration is the system of stock-taking of...

The Regulation on veterinary marking of meat consists of 4 Sections dealing with the following matters: 1) general provisions (sect. 1); 2) veterinary marks and veterinary stamps (sect. 2); 3) the modalities of marking of meat and meat-based products (sect. 3); 4) liability (sect. 4). The...

The State Sanitary Inspection comprehends the activity of the authorized state bodies and establishments oriented to prophylaxis of diseases by means of prevention, detection and suppression of sanitary and epidemiological legislation infringements. The main tasks of the State Sanitary Inspection shall be: a)organization of the state...

The purpose of this Decree shall be to prevent iodine deficiency disorders by quality improvement of the iodinated salt manufactured on the national territory. Chief Sanitary Inspector decrees to prohibit the use of potassium iodide as an iodine additive of salt from 1 June 2000. Beginning...

The present Regulation establishes the modalities of carrying out control over the contents of potentially dangerous to human health toxic substances in crop production: 1) nitrates; 2) residues of pesticides and toxic elements; 3) mycotic toxins; 4) radioactive nuclides. All crop production processed and traded by...

President of the Committee decrees to establish that expiry date of foodstuffs shall be determined by manufacturer in conformity with regulations set by the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Agriculture. Beginning from 1 January 2000, trade of foodstuffs without information on expiry date...

The present Regulation establishes maximum residue limits for radioactive nuclides (caesium-137 and strontium-90) in foodstuffs and potable water (RDU-99). The purpose of the present Regulation shall be to reduce the doses of inner exposure to radiation of the population that shall be achieved through the restriction...

The Deputy Minister decrees to introduce polyvitaminization in the nursery schools, secondary schools, orphanages, sanatoriums and vocational training schools. Special attention in the process of polyvitaminization must be paid to the territories recognized as unfavourable in the course of sociohygienic monitoring. Optimal periods of polyvitaminization shall...

For the purpose of the prophylaxis of the diseases related to iodine deficiency the Chief Sanitary Inspector decrees that the Ministry of Trade and the Belarusian Cooperative Union must provide for the continuity of supply of the iodinated salt to the trading enterprises and public catering....

The Cabinet of Ministers decrees to introduce mandatory certification of all types of alcoholic and tobacco goods. The Government decrees to prohibit, effective from the 1st of August 1996, wholesale and retail trade of all types of alcoholic and tobacco commodities without the conformity certificates issued...

The main tasks of the state veterinary supervision at meat processing enterprises (shops) shall be carrying out the state veterinary supervision over the acceptance, processing of animals and poultry, ensuring hygienic and sanitary supervision over the quality of food products. The veterinary inspectors shall have the...

The President, for the purpose of regulating import of spirituous liquors and tobaccos, decrees to introduce from the 1st of April 1995 labelling of imported spirituous and tobaccos. Labelling of the aforesaid commodities is executed through application of excise stamps. ...

The Supreme Soviet decrees to put into effect the law on the protection of the consumers’ rights from the 1st of January 1994. Hereafter until the national legislation is brought in line with the aforesaid law the existing legislative acts shall apply to the extent that...

The Regulation consists of 10 Sections dealing with the following matters: 1) sphere of application (sect. 1); 2) reference documentation (sect. 2); 3) general provisions (sect. 3); 4) the modalities of elaboration of technical conditions (TC) and rules on standardization (RS) (sect. 4); 5) the modalities...

All the alimentary raw materials and foodstuffs processed therefrom on the national origin must comply with the national food safety standards MBT and RDU-92. The present requirement shall be compulsory for all processing enterprises irrespectively of the form of property. The safety of alimentary raw materials...