Resolution No. 533 of 2015 of Georgian Government on Rules for State Control of Food/Feed Safety

The Resolution regulates state control measures for food/feed safety. It consists of 16 articles: Main principles (1); Definition of terms (2); Scheduled and spontaneous inspections (3); Authority of the authorized person (4); Non-critical non-compliance (5); Critical non-compliance (6); Non-compliance assessment certificate (7); Monitoring (8); Supervision (9); Document inspection (10); Taking samples (11); Purpose of taking samples (12); Procedure for taking samples (13); Rules for taking samples (14); Act of taking a sample (15); and Conducting referential examination (16). The Resolution also includes annexes containing forms for compliance inspection, checklists of legislative requirements imposed on businesses and instructions for filling the forms out. The cited main principles of the document include professional independence of the inspecting institution; objectivity; reliability; confidentiality and good faith.