Joint Decree No. 56 of 1997 of the Ministries of Agriculture, of Industry and Commerce and of Social Welfare, concerning the conditions and method of destruction of foodstuff.

Deteriorated raw or processed food, ingredients and additives shall be destroyed, according to the provisions of this Decree, by incineration, disposal in waste disposal sites or, if a liquid waste, by treating it in a waste water treatment plant. Special provisions shall be applied to harmful wastes. Destruction shall be carried out or commissioned to a third person by the producer, distributor or owner of the product. All costs of storage, transport, guarding and destruction are owed by the owner of the seized good.