NEW FOOD SAFETY LAW REQUIRES FOOD LABELS TO BE ONLY IN MONGOLIAN, RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH

February 26 (InfoMongolia) New law – Food Safety Regulations will be in effect beginning March 01, 2013. This new law regulates hygiene and safety of food and food materials during preparing, processing, producing, packing, labeling, storing, transporting, selling, serving and importing and exporting stages. A person or entity that are in the food and beverage industry must fully be responsible for their actions and any damages to customers due to negligence in their service.

Highlight of the law are:

· Environmental impact study must be done before starting the operation.

· Food must only be exported and imported by legal entities that are registered in Mongolia.

· Exporter must be contracted either directly to the state factory or their authorized seller.

· Importer must import products from a plant or factory that has implemented all appropriate food and hygiene standards.

· Food products that have more than two thirds of its expiration period are only allowed to be imported.

· Importer must have or contracted with organizations that have storage facilities and transportation vehicles that satisfy all appropriate standards.

· Food supplements, yeast, food that is produced with new technology, bio organism sourced food items that are registered and without international labels must not be imported.

· Food label must only be in either Mongolian, English or Russian languages.

· Animal and vegetable products' Importer must notify appropriate authorities and agencies 30 days in advance to shipping.

· Bio organism sourced raw food products that are not registered and evaluated by risk assessment must not be supplied to the market.

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