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Law on food safety.

Country
North Macedonia
Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Abstract
This Law regulates the basic principles and issues regarding the food and feed (feed for animals intended for food production) safety, general and specific hygiene requirements for food, organizational structure of the food security and rules defining the official controls.
The main purpose of this Law is to ensure a high level of protection of human health and consumer interests in relation to food, particularly taking into account the necessary diversity in the supply of food including traditional food features, also to ensure the effective functioning of the internal market (general principles and responsibilities of the food operators at all stages), further prescribing the method and procedures to support the process of decision-making in food and feed hygiene sector.
The Law is divided into X Chapters and 145 articles, including the offences and related penalties.
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/mac150204.pdf
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/mac150204original.pdf
Web site
https://diz.gov.mk
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force eight days after its publication in the Official Gazette, and it will fully apply on 1 January 2011.
Notes
Consolidated version
Repealed
No
Publication reference
Official Gazette 157/2010-64/2018
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Закон за безбедност на храната.
Amended by
Law amending the Law on food safety.
Law amending the Law on food safety.
Law amending the Law on food safety.
Law amending the Law on food safety.
Law amending the Law on food safety.
Law amending the Law on food safety.
Law amending the Law on food safety.
Implemented by
Regulation on the manner and procedure for conducting internal audit of official controls.
Regulation on the manner and procedure for implementation of the internal control in the Food and Veterinary Agency.
Regulation on the conditions to be met by national reference laboratory.
Regulation on special requirements for the safety of natural mineral water, spring water and other packaged water.
Regulation on requirements for safety and quality of drinking water.
Regulation on special safety requirements for the composition and manner of labelling of foodstuffs and food to which vitamins and minerals have been added, additional obligatory information related to the characteristics of enriched food, as well as on quantity, form and type of vitamins and minerals that can be added to food.
Regulation on general and special requirements for food safety with regard to maximum permitted levels of residues from pesticides in or on food and feed for animals of plant and animal origin.
Regulation on special requirements for the safety of food supplements.
Regulation on special requirements for the safety of recycled plastic products and materials that come in contact with food, the procedure for approving the processes of recycling of plastic products and materials that come in contact with food and the labelling of recycled plastic products and materials that come into contact with food.
Regulation on specific requirements for control of Trichinella in meat.
Regulation on special requirements for extraction solvents used in the production of food and food ingredients, their use conditions in terms of the process of producing the food category and the maximum allowed levels of residues of extraction solvents in end products and the maximum permitted levels of residues of the extraction agents in the aromas that are from natural sources of aromas.
Regulation on specific criteria and requirements for the purity of additives that may be contained in food.
Regulation on specific rules for food of animal origin.
Regulation on ban of bean imports originating from Nigeria.
Regulation on the form and content of the penalty payment order (food safety).
Regulation on the establishment and modus operandi of the National Council for Food Safety and animal feed.
Regulation on the procedure for issuing opinions, the form and content of the application, the required documentation and costs of the procedure for issuing of requested opinions regarding the production and importation of foods for particular nutritional uses, and the form, content and manner of keeping the registry of products that meet the specific security requirements as food for particular nutritional use.
Regulation on the procedure for issuing opinions, the form and content of the application, the required documentation and costs of the procedure for issuing of requested opinions regarding the production and import of enriched food, food with added vitamins, minerals and other substances, and the form, content and manner of keeping the registry of products that meet the specific safety requirements as fortified foods or foods which added vitamins, minerals and other substances.
Regulation on the procedure for issuing opinions, the form and content of the application, the required documentation and costs of the procedure for issuing of requested opinions regarding the production and import of additives nutrition, and the form, content and manner for the keeping of registry of products that meet the specific safety requirements as diet supplements.
Regulation on information related to food.
Regulation on the manner and procedure for carrying out official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption.
Regulation providing the specific conditions for imports of okra and curry leaves from India.
Regulation on the manner for the performance of official controls on salmonella and other specific food-borne intoxications.
Regulation on the control of shipments of plastic kitchen utensils from polyamide and melamine originating or shipped from China and Hong Kong (imports into the Republic of Macedonia).
Regulation on the ban of import of foods containing or consisting of betel leaf (Piper Betle) from Bangladesh.
Regulation on special safety requirements for products and materials made of regenerated cellulose film that are in contact with food.
Regulation on the methods of sampling and analysis (superanalysis) of milk.
Regulation on requirements regarding the quality of products processed from fruits, vegetables and mushrooms and products thereof.
Regulation on fees for activities and official controls on food and animal feed imported in the country and activities and official controls on food and animal feed which are manufactured and marketed and the way of their collection.
Regulation on special safety requirements to be met by epoxy derivatives.
Regulation on special safety requirements for active and intelligent materials and articles in contact with food.
Regulation on special safety requirements for food produced with ionizing radiation.
Regulation on special safety requirements for plastic materials and articles that are in contact with food.
Regulation on general requirements for food safety in relation to the maximum permissible levels of pesticide residues in or on food.
Regulation on general requirements for food safety in relation to the maximum levels of certain contaminants.
Regulation on special requirements related to the microbiological criteria for food.
Regulation on nutrition and health claims for commercial purposes in terms of labelling, presentation and advertising of food.
Regulation on requirements in terms of quality of minced meat, meat preparations and meat products.
Regulation on special safety requirements for fruit juices and certain similar products.
Regulation on quality requirements for beer.
Regulation on requirements regarding the quality of spices, extracts of spices and mixtures of spices.
Regulation on special safety requirements for quick frozen foods.
Regulation on requirements in terms of quality for refreshing soft drinks.
Regulation on requirements for direct supply by the producer of small quantities of primary products to the final consumer or to local retail merchants directly supplying the final consumer, as well as general and specific requirements for localized activity of small scale food operators.
Regulation on detailed requirements regarding the professional training and basic knowledge of food safety, programs for acquiring basic knowledge of food safety requirements to be met by legal and individuals who carry out training on basic knowledge of food safety in accordance with the rules of good hygiene practices, environmental protection, the method of checking the knowledge and issuing certificates for acquired basic knowledge on food safety.
Regulation on the general safety requirements of materials and products that are in contact with food.
Regulation on special safety requirements for individual substances or groups of substances that come into contact with food called n-nitrosamines and substances that are transformed into n-nitrosamines and discharged from nipples and false nipples of elastomer or rubber.
Regulation on special safety requirements for ceramic articles intended to come into contact with food.
Regulation on specific control requirements for Trichinella presence in meat.
Regulation on requirements regarding the quality of vegetable oils and edible fats of vegetable origin, margarine, mayonnaise, and related products.
Regulation on special safety requirements for natural mineral water.
Regulation on multi-annual plan for surveillance in the food, veterinary and plant health.
Regulation on requirements regarding the quality of soups, soup concentrates, sauces and related products.
Regulation on the composition and labelling of foodstuffs for people intolerant to gluten.
Regulation on the implementation and traceability of food of animal origin and animal feed.
Regulation on the form, content and manner of issuance of commercial papers for food of animal origin.
Regulation on additives used in the production of food.
Regulation on special safety requirements for food produced with the use of innovative technologies.
Regulation on the requirements for safety and hygiene and manner of performing official controls on milk and dairy products.
Regulation determining the inspection posts at border crossing for imports of food of non-animal origin.
Regulation increased levels of official controls on feed and food of non-animal origin (importation into the country).