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Government Ordinance No. 42/2004 on the organization of the sanitary-veterinary and food safety activity.

Country
Romania
Type of law
Regulation
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Keywords
Abstract
The present Ordinance lays down the regulatory framework relating to the animal health and food safety fields, and provides for the arrangement of the institutional framework relevant to such sectors. Article 1 states that the protection of animal health, the protection of animals, the prevention of transmitting diseases from animals to humans, the safety of foods of animal origin intended for human consumption, the sanitation of feedstuffs for animals and the protection of the environment, relevant to the breeding of animals, is a State matter and represents a permanent duty for all the citizens of the country.
The Ordinance is composed of the following Chapters: (I) General provisions; (II) Organization and functioning of the Sanitary Veterinary Services; (III) Competences of the State Sanitary Veterinary Services; (IV) Obligations of official veterinarians; (V) Obligations and responsibilities in the sanitary veterinary field; (VI) Authorization, validation and accreditation in the sanitary veterinary field; (VII) Sanitary and veterinary requirements and health controls for live animals and germinating material of animal origin; (VIII) Measures for the protection and control of animal transmissible diseases; (IX) Sanitary and veterinary requirements regarding products and by-products of animal origin intended for human consumption; (X) Sanitary and veterinary requirements regarding animal waste, by-products of animal origin not intended for human consumption and other animal waste and pathogen agents of animal origin; (XI) Common sanitary and veterinary requirements for the protection of public health; (XII) Sanitary and veterinary requirements regarding inspections and controls; (XIII) Sanitary and veterinary requirements regarding animal protection and welfare; (XIV) Financing and expenses of the State sanitary veterinary services and activities.
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/rom54766.pdf
Date of text
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Official Gazette of Romania, 31 January 2004.
Source language

English

Legislation status
in force
Legislation Amendment
No
Amended by
Law No. 215 approving Government Ordinance No. 42/2004 on the organization of the sanitary-veterinary and food safety activity.
Implemented by
Order No. 175 of the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority validating the organizational framework for the development, at the level of the sanitary-veterinary directions and for the safety of the local food, respectively of the Bucharest municipality, of the procedure for providing the service framework agreements provided in art. 15 of the Government Ordinance no. 42/2004 on the organization of the sanitary-veterinary activity and for food safety, as well as the model of the documentation related to the provision procedure, respectively for the conclusion of the subsequent contracts for each annual budget year.
Government Resolution No. 331 validating Sanitary-veterinary actions included in the Program of actions for surveillance, prevention, control and eradication of animal diseases, of those transmissible from animals to humans, animal protection and environmental protection, of other actions provided for in other national programs.
Order No. 128 of the National Veterinary Sanitary and Food Safety Authority amending Order No. 64 of the National Veterinary Sanitary and Food Safety Authority validating Veterinary Sanitary Norm regarding medical prescription forms with special regime and the methodological norms regarding their use.
Order No. 10 approving the sanitary and veterinary procedures for marking and veterinary certification of fresh meat and products of animal origin intended for human consumption.
Government Resolution No. 41 validating Veterinary Sanitary Norm regarding the conditions for the organization and operation of veterinary pharmaceutical units, the conditions for the sale of veterinary medicinal products and other products for pets, in shops for the sale of pets and/or food for them, the operating conditions of means of transport in the field of veterinary pharmaceuticals, as well as the sanitary-veterinary authorization of units, activities and means of transport in the field of veterinary pharmaceuticals.