Government Decree No. 600 validating the Regulation on the National Food Safety Agency.

This Government Decree regulates mission, spheres of activity, functions and rights of the National Food Safety Agency, and organization of its activities. The Agency is the central administrative authority in the subordination Government, implementing the policy of the state in the areas entrusted thereto. The mission of the Agency shall be to ensure the implementation of state policies in areas aimed at guaranteeing food safety, and also the quality of food, including ethyl alcohol, alcohol products, wine products and beer, support of the system of state measures for animal health and plant protection, safety of foodstuffs and animal feedstuffs, labor safety and consumer protection in the field of foodstuffs. The Agency fulfills the functions set out in this Regulation in the following areas: (a) veterinary and sanitary area and livestock; (b) phytosanitary area and plant protection; (c) food safety and quality; (d) production and turnover of wine and alcohol products; (e) consumer protection in the food industry; (f) labor protection; and (g) compliance with the licensing conditions in the relevant field.