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Law No. 523-VIQ on Food Safety.
Date of original text: 05 May 2022 (23 February 2024)
Ministerial Decree No. 150 approving the Regulation on food fortification.
Date of original text: 05 May 2023 (13 March 2024)
Presidential Decree regarding implementation of Law on breastfeeding and infant food (2003).
Date of text: 04 August 2003
Law No. 475-IIQ on breastfeeding and infant food.
Date of original text: 17 June 2003 (12 July 2019)
Law No. 242-IIQ on salt iodization for the prevention of iodine deficiency diseases.
Date of original text: 27 December 2001 (12 July 2019)
Law No.208-IIQ of 2001 on viticulture and wine-making.
Date of original text: 19 October 2001 (12 July 2019)
Presidential Decree regarding validation the Regulation on production, storage, import and sale of alcoholic beverages, ethyl (food) alcohol and tobaccos (1996).
Date of text: 20 November 1996
Law No. 1113 on the protection of consumers’ rights.
Date of original text: 19 September 1995 (17 February 2023)
Decree No. 826 of the National Assembly regarding implementation of the Law No. 825 on veterinary medicine.
Date of text: 17 June 1994
Presidential Decree № 1235 on additional measures to ensure food safety.
Date of text: 10 February 2017
Presidential Decree № 1681 on general principles and structure of the Food Safety Agency.
Date of text: 13 November 2017
Ministerial Decree No. 111 approving the rules for conducting risk-based state control over food safety.
Date of text: 28 February 2024
Presidential Decree No. 2442 on the approval of "Regulation of registration of food chain objects and food chain subjects, as well as objects that produce and process materials and products in contact with food products, approval of food chain objects, recognition of equivalence of approval systems of foreign countries, and keeping of the Food Safety Register" and "List of food chain facilities approved by assessing compliance with the requirements of technical normative legal acts in the field of food safety".
Date of original text: 30 December 2023 (15 July 2024)
Ministerial Decree No. 442 approving the "Regulation for importing food and feed products, as well as materials and articles in contact with food, into the customs territory of Azerbaijan, the form and terms of submission of electronic notification sent before the import of such products, materials and articles into the customs territory, and for transit transportation of food and feed products" and "List of food and feed products that must be accompanied by an appropriate document confirming their safety for import into the customs territory of Azerbaijan” and repealing Ministerial Decree No. 302 on food safety certificate.
Date of original text: 07 December 2023 (13 March 2024)
Ministerial Decree No. 383 on the approval of the Regulation on health certificates for food and feed products.
Date of original text: 26 October 2023 (13 March 2024)
Ministerial Decree No. 225 on the approval of the Regulation for risk analysis in the field of food safety.
Date of original text: 08 July 2023 (13 March 2024)
Ministerial Decree No. 197 approving the Regulation on open registry of cases giving grounds for considering food products unsafe.
Date of original text: 17 June 2023 (13 March 2024)
Ministerial Decree No. 198 approving the Regulation on recall, removal, disposal and destruction of food and feed products that do not comply with the requirements of the Law on Food Safety and/or food and feed products unfit for consumption and amending the Ministerial Decree No. 542 approving the Regulation on seizure, transportation, storage, neutralization or destruction of goods (products) from individuals and legal entities by inspection bodies.
Date of original text: 17 June 2023 (13 March 2024)
Ministerial Decree No. 149 approving the Regulation on the application of temporary measures for risk management to protect life and health in the field of food safety.
Date of original text: 05 May 2023 (13 March 2024)
Ministerial Decree No. 95 approving the List of goods subject to food safety control by codes of foreign economic activity commodity nomenclature.
Date of text: 04 April 2023
Resolution No. 25 of the Food Safety Agency on sanitary rules on food for special medical purposes.
Date of original text: 10 November 2021 (24 June 2023)
Resolution No. 25 of the Food Safety Agency on sanitary rules on foods intended for use in energy-restricted diets for weight reduction and daily diet replacement.
Date of original text: 10 November 2021 (24 June 2023)
Resolution No. 19 of the Food Safety Agency on hygiene requirements for foodstuffs.
Date of original text: 03 November 2020 (20 September 2023)
Resolution No. 19 of the Food Safety Agency on veterinary and sanitary rules for slaughtering livestock animals and poultry.
Date of original text: 03 November 2020 (20 September 2023)
Resolution No. 19 of the Food Safety Agency on veterinary and sanitary rules for the activities of meat sales establishments.
Date of original text: 03 November 2020 (20 September 2023)
Resolution No. 19 of the Food Safety Agency on sanitary rules as regards microbiological criteria for foodstuffs.
Date of original text: 03 November 2020 (20 September 2023)
Ministerial Decree № 303 on certification and registration of stakeholders engaged in food sector for food safety.
Date of text: 16 July 2018
Resolution No. 25 of the Ministry of Health regarding the approval of sanitary and epidemiological rules and norms concerning food safety and food hygiene requirements.
Date of text: 30 April 2010
Ministerial Decree No. 5 approving rules on trade of ecologically clean food and agricultural products.
Date of text: 08 January 2009
Ministerial Decree No. 5 approving rules on food production by applying organic and conventional farming methods simultaneously.
Date of text: 08 January 2009
Ministerial Decree No. 5 approving rules for certification of ecologically clean food and agricultural products and form of the certificate.
Date of text: 08 January 2009
Ministerial Decree No. 5 approving rules on form and procedures of organic certification.
Date of text: 08 January 2009
Ministerial Decree No. 5 approving rules on storage and transportation of ecologically clean food and agricultural products.
Date of text: 08 January 2009
Ministerial Decree No. 5 approving rules on production of ecologically clean food and agricultural products and the list of natural and unnatural remedies allowed in organic farming.
Date of text: 08 January 2009
Ministerial Decree No. 5 approving rules on labelling of ecologically clean food and agricultural products.
Date of text: 08 January 2009
Ministerial Decree No. 200 on quantifying iodine content of salt used in food and feed.
Date of text: 30 December 2002
Ministerial Decree N 24 on licensing of the manufacturing and storage of all types of ethyl alcohol for alimentary purposes, liquors and tobaccos.
Date of text: 22 March 1997
Ministerial Decree No. 22 on the approval of the list of food products that will replace imported goods with locally produced (processed) goods.
Date of original text: 15 January 2024 (04 September 2024)
Presidential Decree No. 1754 on measures to increase the level of wheat self-sufficiency.
Date of text: 19 July 2022
Ministerial Decree No. 287 on examination of biologically active food additives.
Date of text: 10 July 2018
Presidential Decree № 3596 on additional measures to strengthen the structure of the Food Safety Agency.
Date of text: 26 January 2018
Ministerial Decree No. 231 on veterinary, phytosanitary and sanitary control.
Date of text: 17 June 2016
Ministerial Decree No. 94 approving the Rules for trade, public catering, household and other types of services.
Date of original text: 03 April 2014 (12 January 2024)
Resolution No. 142 of the Cabinet of Ministers regarding the approval of the forms of the compliance, hygienic certificates and veterinary Licenses issued to foodstuffs and regulations for issuing the compliance, hygienic certificates and veterinary certificate.
Date of text: 25 September 2007
Ministerial Decree No. 154 validating the Regulation on public control on the application of standards and requirements in the sphere of determination of the foodstuffs’ quality and safety.
Date of text: 16 August 2005
Ministerial Decree No. 135 on the issuance of quality certificates for food products exported to European Union.
Date of text: 13 July 2005
Ministerial Decree No. 147 on establishing Commission to improve the nutrition of the population with foodstuffs enriched by vitamins and to coordinate the activities of international organizations and food producers.
Date of text: 18 June 2005
INTERSTATE STANDARD GOST 30711-2001 FOOD PRODUCTS Methods for the detection and determination of the content of Bi and Mi aflatoxins.
Date of text: 24 May 2001
Presidential Decree No. 640 on approval of the food safety program of the Azerbaijan Republic.
Date of text: 02 March 2001
Ministerial Decree No. 191 on the balances of the main food sources.
Date of text: 14 May 1994
Ministerial Decree No. 103 on food standards applied to the population in educational institutions, hospitals and other public institutions.
Date of original text: 09 March 1994 (12 January 2024)
Ministerial Decree No. 445 on measures to stabilize food supply.
Date of text: 12 August 1993
Regulation on the National Certification System.
Date of text: 01 July 1993
Resolution No. 20 of the Board of the Food Safety Agency on minimum quality and safety requirements for named vegetable oils.
Date of original text: 18 December 2020 (26 December 2023)
Resolution No. 20 of the Food Safety Agency on the maximum permissible levels of contaminants in foodstuffs.
Date of original text: 18 December 2020 (26 December 2023)
Resolution No. 20 of the Food Safety Agency on pharmacologically active substances and their classification regarding maximum residue limits in foodstuffs of animal origin.
Date of original text: 18 December 2020 (26 December 2023)
Resolution No. 18 of the Board of the Food Safety Agency on approving the Regulation of the Procurement Department of the Office of the Food Safety Agency.
Date of text: 06 August 2020
Resolution No. 18 of the Board of the Food Safety Agency on approving the Regulation of the Strategic Analysis and Planning Department of the Office of the Food Safety Agency.
Date of text: 06 August 2020
Resolution No. 18 of the Board of the Food Safety Agency on approving the Regulations of the International Relations and Protocol Department of the Office of the Food Safety Agency.
Date of text: 06 August 2020
Resolution No. 18 of the Board of the Food Safety Agency on approving the Regulations of the Food Safety Department of the Office of the Food Safety Agency.
Date of text: 06 August 2020
Resolution No. 18 of the Board of the Food Safety Agency on approving the Regulations of the Food Chain Control Department of the Office of the Food Safety Agency.
Date of text: 06 August 2020
Resolution No. 18 of the Board of the Food Safety Agency on approving the Regulations of the Registry Department of the Office of the Food Safety Agency.
Date of text: 06 August 2020
Resolution No. 18 of the Board of the Food Safety Agency on approving the Regulations of the Legal, Personnel and Enforcement Control Department of the Office of the Food Safety Agency.
Date of text: 06 August 2020
Resolution No. 18 of the Board of the Food Safety Agency on approving the Regulations of the Information Support and Innovative Solutions Department of the Office of the Food Safety Agency.
Date of text: 06 August 2020
Resolution No. 18 of the Board of the Food Safety Agency on approving the Model Regulations of Regional Branches of the Office of the Food Safety Agency.
Date of text: 06 August 2020
Resolution No. 18 of the Board of the Food Safety Agency on approving the Regulations of the Animal Health and Biosecurity Department of the Office of the Food Safety Agency.
Date of text: 06 August 2020
Resolution No. 18 of the Board of the Food Safety Agency on approving the Regulations of the Plant Health and Biosecurity Department of the Office of the Food Safety Agency.
Date of text: 06 August 2020
Resolution No. 18 of the Board of the Food Safety Agency on approving the Regulations of the Finance and Supply Department of the Office of the Food Safety Agency.
Date of text: 06 August 2020
Ministerial Decree No. 158 validating the Regulation on state hygienic registration of foodstuffs and keeping state registry.
Date of text: 06 October 2007
Ministerial Decree No. 142 on approval of rules of forms and eligibility of hygiene certificates, veterinary certificates and certificate of compliance for foodstuffs.
Date of text: 25 September 2007
State Standard No. AZS 286-2016 for pasteurized and ultra-pasteurized (UHT) cream.
Date of text: 26 April 2016
State Standard No. AZS 849-2016 on honey.
Date of text: 12 February 2016
State Standard No. AZS 842-2015 for Recommended International Code of Practice – General Principles of Food Hygienic.
Date of text: 14 December 2015
State Standard No. AZS 810-2015 on pomegranate.
Date of text: 14 December 2015
State Standard No. AZS 837-2015 for wheat flour.
Date of text: 14 December 2015
State Standard No. AZS 839-2015 for chocolate and chocolate products.
Date of text: 14 December 2015
State Standard No. AZS 841-2015 for maximum residue limits (MRLs) and risk management recommendations (RMRs) for residues of veterinary drugs in foods.
Date of text: 14 December 2015
State Standard No. AZS 843-2015 for food products, information for consumer, general requirements.
Date of text: 14 December 2015
State Standard No. AZS 840-2015 for butter.
Date of text: 14 December 2015
State Standard No. AZS 838-2015 for standard for olive oils and olive pomace oils.
Date of text: 14 December 2015
State Standard No. AZS 855-2015 for Food Products. Rules for marking with the sign “Contains no GMO”. Basic concepts.
Date of text: 14 December 2015
State Standard No. AZS 848-2015 for food safety management systems – requirements for any organization in the food chain.
Date of text: 27 October 2015
State Standard No. AZS 731-2-2015 for guidelines for bodies providing halal certification.
Date of text: 09 June 2015
State Standard No. AZS 731-1-2015 for general guidelines on halal food.
Date of text: 09 June 2015
State Standard No. AZS 804-2015 for public catering and culinary products for use of population. General specification.
Date of text: 13 May 2015
Intergovernmental Standard No. GOST 30054-2003 Canned and preserved fish and other sea products. Terms and definitions
Date of text: 22 May 2003
Law № 698-VQD amending the Law No.208-IIQ of 2001 on viticulture and wine-making.
Date of text: 31 May 2017
Law No. 62-VQD amending the Law No.208-IIQ of 2001 on viticulture and wine-making.
Date of text: 18 December 2015
Law No. 1033-IVQD amending the Law No. 371 on sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population.
Date of text: 30 September 2014
Law No. 776-IVQD amending the Law No.208-IIQ of 2001 on viticulture and wine-making.
Date of text: 22 October 2013
Law No. 759-IIQD amending the Law on breastfeeding and infant food.
Date of text: 17 September 2004
Law No. 574-IIQD amending the Law on breastfeeding and infant food.
Date of text: 06 January 2004
Ministerial Decree № 413 amending the Ministerial Decree No. 142 on approval of rules of forms and eligibility of hygiene certificates, veterinary certificates and certificate of compliance for foodstuffs.
Date of text: 05 October 2017
Ministerial Decree No. 183 amending the Ministerial Decree No. 142 on approval of rules of forms and eligibility of hygiene certificates, veterinary certificates and certificate of compliance for foodstuffs.
Date of text: 12 May 2015
Ministerial Decree No. 48 amending the Ministerial Decree No. 142 on approval of rules of forms and eligibility of hygiene certificates, veterinary certificates and certificate of compliance for foodstuffs.
Date of text: 24 February 2015
Ministerial Decree No. 243 amending the Ministerial Decree No. 154 validating the Regulation on public control on the application of standards and requirements in the sphere of determination of the foodstuffs’ quality and safety.
Date of text: 16 June 2014
Ministerial Decree No. 97 amending the Ministerial Decree No. 142 on approval of rules of forms and eligibility of hygiene certificates, veterinary certificates and certificate of compliance for foodstuffs.
Date of text: 29 May 2013
Ministerial Decree No. 87 amending the Ministerial Decree No. 158 validating the Regulation on state hygienic registration of foodstuffs and keeping state registry.
Date of text: 27 May 2011
Ministerial Decree No. 48 amending the Ministerial Decree No. 154 validating the Regulation on public control on the application of standards and requirements in the sphere of determination of the foodstuffs’ quality and safety.
Date of text: 30 March 2009
Ministerial Decree No.521 amending the Ministerial Decree No. 445 on measures to stabilize food supply.
Date of text: 28 September 1993