Food Safety - Main Russian standards applicable to food
Version 1.0 (09 Febr 09)
Federal laws
No. 29-FZ of January 2, 2000 on the quality and safety of food products
No. 52-FZ of March 30, 1999 on the sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population
No 102-FZ of of 26 June 2008 on metrology and sampling
No. 184-FZ of December 27, 2002 on technical regulation
No. 88-FZ of June 12, 2008 "Technical Regulations for Milk and Milk Products"
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Addendum
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Federal Law of 22 July 2010 № 163-FZ "On amendment to Federal law "Technical regulation for milk and milk products
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No. 88-FZ of June 12, 2008 "Technical Regulations for Milk and Milk Products" as amended by Federal Law of 22 July No163- FZ - consolidated version
No. 178-FZ of 27 October 2008 on the production of juices from fruits and vegetables
No. 90-FZ of 24 June 2008 on oil products
No 4979-1-FZ of 14 May 1993 on veterinary medicine
Sanitary and epidemiologic rules and regulations (SanPin)
SanPiN 2.3.2.1078-01- Food raw material and foodstuff - Hygienic requirements for safety and nutrition value of foodstuff
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Consolidated version of the SanPIN 2.3.2.1078-01 until amendment 24 dated 1.6.2011
Amendment 21 to SanPin 2.3.2.1078-01 into force since 28.1.2011
Amendment 22 to SanPin 2.3.2.1078-01 in force from 8.4.2011:
SanPiN 2.3.4.050-96 Production and sale of fishery products
SanPin 2.3.4.551-96 "On production of milk and milk products"- Sanitary regulations
SanPIN 2.1.4.1074-01 on drinking water - 1st amendment to SanPIN 2.1.4.1074-01 - 2nd amendment to SanPIN 2.1.4.1074-01
Hygienic Standards (G.N. or HS)
For information on Russian requirements for MRLs of pesticides in food of plant and animal origin, click here
GOST and MUK standards
MUK 4.2.1847-04 on evaluation of shelf-life and storage conditions
GOST 52533-2009
on poppy seeds
GOST Р 8.563 – 2009 on methods of measurement
Ministerial orders: See in "specific focus" documents
Administrative Order No 404 of 7 November 2011 on import, export and transit permits
Instruction No 13-8-01/3-4 of the Ministry of Agriculture on imports of feed and feed additives of animal origin (December 1999)
Instruction No 13-8-01/3-5 of the Ministry of Agriculture on feed of plant origin (December 1999)
Decrees
Decree N 1009 of 14.12.09 "On joint exercise by the RF Ministry of Health and Social Development and the RF Ministry of Agriculture of functions for regulatory surveillance on food quality and safety control and its organisation"
Decree N 761 of 28.09.2009
"On implementing harmonisation of the Russian sanitary-epidemiological, veterinary and phytosanitary measures in compliance with international standards"
Decisions
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Decision No 26 on state registration of feedstuffs containing genetically modified organisms (18 January 2002)
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Decision No 988 on the state registration of new foodstuffs, materials and articles (21 December 2000)
Other documents (guidelines)
Guidelines for meat processing industry (automatic translation)
NON OFFICIAL DOCUMENT
List of main regulatory and guidance documents on food hygiene
(see especially N° 76, 79, 81, 82, 84, 89, 90 and 140) for meat, milk and fish. NON OFFICIAL DOCUMENT
Compilation of MRLs
NON OFFICIAL DOCUMENT
Compilation of microbiological standards NON OFFICIAL DOCUMENT
Compilation of Limits for Heavy metals NON OFFICIAL DOCUMENT
Other RF legal texts available in English on request
Official Websites of the Russian Federation dealing with food products:
Rospotrebnadzor: lists of official legal texts
Additionally, the RF ministry of health displays on his website the project documents of legal texts in preparation
Rosselkhozdnadzor
Ministry of Agriculture