Ministerial Decree No. 883 regarding arrangements for the protection of consumers.

This Ministerial Decree establishes that import of meat-based products shall be authorized exclusively for further processing for the purpose of manufacturing of meat-based foodstuffs in accordance with contracts concluded with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Import of unpackaged and unlabelled meat and poultry products without information on producers and importers, frozen meat-based products (cooked sausages and Frankfurt sausages), refrigerated foods not conforming to standards and products with expiry date less than 2/3 of the period established by the producer shall be prohibited.