Resolution No. 578 of 2015 of Georgian Government on Measures for Integrating into the European Union’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed

The Resolution provides for measures Georgia is taking to be integrated into the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). It consists of 10 articles: Purpose and scope of regulation (1); Definition of terms (2); Obligations of the responsible agency (3); Obligations of the focal point (4); Reporting alert (5); Information alert (6); Alert on denial of importation of products (7); Additional alert (8); Submitting an alert (9); and Revoking and amending an alert (10). The purpose of the Resolution is to develop an efficient alert system under RASFF. It defines types of alerts about food/feed risks, and procedures for exchanging them.