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Act on safety of food and nutrition.

Country
Poland
Type of law
Legislation
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Abstract
This Act sets out the legislative framework on safety of food and nutrition. It establishes: sanitary requirements applicable to food; hygienic conditions to be fulfilled by foodstuffs as well as materials and products intended to come into contact with food; properties of institutions responsible for the official control of food, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 ; provisions on food inspection. The Act is composed of the following Sections: (1) General provisions and definitions; (2) Sanitary and labelling requirements for food; (3) Materials and products intended to come into contact with food; (4) Hygienic requirements; (5) Official inspection on food; (6) Institutions and cooperation in the area of food safety; (7) Liability for harms caused by foodstuffs; (8) Criminal provisions and penalties; (9) Amendments to provisions in force, transitional and final provisions.
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/pol73902.pdf
Web site
http://isip.sejm.gov.pl
Date of text
Entry into force notes
The Act enters into force 30 days after its publication in the Journal of Laws.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Journal of Laws No. 169 of 2006, Pos. 1225.
Source language

English

Legislation status
in force
Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Ustawa o bezpieczenstwie zywnosci i zywienia.
Implements
Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety
Regulation (EC) No. 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs.
Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules.
Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs.
Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 94/92 laying down detailed rules for implementing the arrangements for imports from third countries provided for in Regulation (EEC) No. 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs.
Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs.
Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2082/92 on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs.
Council Regulation (EEC) No. 315/93 laying down Community procedures for contaminants in food.
Regulation (EC) No. 2232/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down a Community procedure for flavouring substances used or intended for use in or on foodstuffs.
Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients.
Regulation (EC) No. 1946/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms.
Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed.
Regulation (EC) No. 1830/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and the traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms and amending Directive 2001/18/EC
Regulation (EC) No. 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on smoke flavourings used or intended for use in or on foods.
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 608/2004 concerning the labelling of foods and food ingredients with added phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols and/or phytostanol esters.
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1863/2004 laying down the marketing standard applicable to cultivated mushrooms.
Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC.
Regulation (EC) No. 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC.
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs.
Repeals
Act on sanitary conditions of food and nutrition.
Act on materials and products intended to come into contact with food.