Law No. HO-135-N on Food Safety.

This Law regulates relations concerning the safety of food, materials in direct contact with food, the food chain, and services provided in trade and public catering. It applies to persons participating in the production and circulation of food, food-contact materials, food additives and biologically active supplements, and establishes legal requirements governing food safety throughout the food chain. The Law also defines the principal terms used in the field of food safety and establishes the institutional framework for its implementation.
The Law sets out the legal framework governing food safety, including the responsibilities of public authorities and food-chain operators, and the requirements applicable to the production, processing, circulation and control of food and materials intended to come into direct contact with food. It provides for hygiene and safety requirements, the application of systems based on hazard analysis and critical control points, and measures relating to the monitoring, withdrawal and disposal of unsafe food products.
The Law establishes requirements concerning food production, hygiene, traceability, registration and the activities of food-chain operators. It regulates the placing on the market of food, including novel food, irradiated food, food for special purposes and enriched food, and contains provisions relating to food-contact materials, food additives, biologically active supplements and other substances used in food production and circulation.
The Law further lays down requirements concerning the packaging and labeling of food and food-contact materials, including mandatory information to be provided to consumers. Food and food-contact materials that do not comply with safety requirements, lack the prescribed safety documentation or have exceeded their shelf life are subject to recall and to disposal in accordance with the established procedure. The Law also establishes the rights and obligations of food-chain operators and liability for violations of its provisions.