Food Products/Animal Feed Safety, Veterinary and Plant Protection Code of Georgia (No. 6155-IS of 2012)

This Code is the main act of legislation in the area of food safety, feed safety, veterinary control and plant protection in Georgia. Its purpose is to protect human life and health, consumer interests, animal health and welfare, and plant health, as well as to define the unified principles of state regulation and to form an effective system of state control in the fields of food/feed safety, veterinary and plant protection. The Code applies to the production, processing and distribution of food/feed, animals, plants, products of animal and plant origin in the territory of Georgia, to primary production, animal health and welfare, plant health, veterinary drugs, pesticides and agrochemicals, as well as to environmental protection based on the purpose of this Code. The Code regulates and determines the basic principles and requirements for food/feed safety; the types of state control in the fields of food/feed safety, veterinary and plant protection; the general requirements for the traceability of food/feed, animals, plants, products of animal and plant origin, veterinary drugs, pesticides and agrochemicals at the stages of production, processing and distribution; the competences of authorities in the areas of food/feed safety, veterinary and plant protection; the obligations of business operators; the basic requirements and conditions for animal health and welfare, and plant protection and health; veterinary and plant quarantine in the territory of Georgia; the requirements for the export and import of food/feed, animals, plants, products of animal and plant origin, veterinary drugs, pesticides and agrochemicals; and responsibility for violations of the requirements of this Code.