The draft Order has been developed to fulfil the requirements of Articles 23 and 25 of the Law of Ukraine "On Basic Principles and Requirements for Food Safety and Quality".
Part eight of Article 20 of the above-mentioned Law prohibits business operators from trading of food products obtained from food establishments that have not been state registered or have not received an operational permission in accordance with the Law, and/or using such food products in the production of other food products.
According to the Law, an operational permission is issued to business operators engaged in activities related to the production and/or storage of food products of animal origin by the territorial body of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection. The information contained in the operating permission is recorded in the Register of business operators and food establishments for which the operating permission has been issued and maintained by the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection.
Thus, the draft Order has been developed to implement the provisions of the Law of Ukraine "On Basic Principles and Requirements for Food Safety and Quality" and provides for:
1) approval of the updated procedure for state registration of food establishments;
2) establishing a unified mechanism for maintaining the State register of business operators and their food establishments, such as:
- business operators engaged in activities related to the production and/or storage of food products of animal origin, for food establishments of which an operating permission has been obtained;
- business operators that use their food establishments at any stage of production and/or trading of food products and do not require an operational permission.
In addition, the following Orders of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine will become invalid upon adoption of this draft Order
"On Approval of the Procedure for Approval of Export Food Establishments, Inclusion and Exclusion from the Register of Approved Export Food Establishments" No. 38 of 10 February 2016;
"On Approval of the Procedures for the State Registration of Food Establishments, Maintenance of the State Register of Food Business Operators' Establishments and Provision of Information from the State Register to the Stakeholders" No. 39 of 10 February 2016 (notified in document G/SPS/N/UKR/169);
"On Approval of the Procedure for Maintaining the Register of Business Operators and Food Establishments for which an Operating Permission was Issued" No. 40 of 10 February 2016.
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