Food and Food Standards (Inspection and Certification) Regulations, 2015 (S.I. No. 5 of 2015).

These Regulations, made by the Minister of Health and Child Care has, in terms of section 27 of the Food and Food Standards Act, concerns inspection and certification of food businesses (including those for the purpose of importation and exportation of food). No person shall operate premises in Zimbabwe for the sale, manufacture, production, processing or treatment of foods without a sanitary certificate for the premises issued in terms of these regulations. The minimum requirements for the certification of premises are set out in the First Schedule. The Regulations also concern periodic inspections, (voluntary) sanitary certificate for food, records and annual reports to be kept by the Food Standards Advisory Board, HACCP and FAO Good Manufacturing Practices, a safety and quality rating system and water quality monitoring.