Technical Regulations of the Customs Union TR CU 021/2011 on Food Safety
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Technical Regulations of the Customs Union TR CU 021/2011 On Food Safety These technical regulations approved by the decision of the Commission of the Customs Union on December 9, 2011 N 880 . In the decision of the Commission of the Customs Union on December 9, 2011 N 880 amended:ECE decision of the Board on June 11, 2013 N 129 (as amended by the decision of the Board of ECE on June 25, 2013 N 147 ); the decision of the Board of ECE on June 10, 2014 N 91 . - Note manufacturer's database. Lists of documents on standardization, ensuring compliance with the requirements of this Technical Regulation 1 Chapter 1. General Provisions Article 1. Scope 1. Technical Regulations of the Customs Union "On food safety" (hereinafter - the present technical regulations) provides: 1) The objects of technical regulation; 2) Security requirements (including sanitary-epidemiological, sanitary and veterinary) to objects of technical regulation; 3) The rules for identifying objects of technical regulation; 4) Forms and assessment procedures (confirmation) objects of technical regulation requirements hereof. 2. In the application of these technical regulations must take into account the requirements for food products in terms of their labeling, packing materials, products and equipment for the production of food, food contact established by the relevant technical regulations of the Customs Union. 3. In the application of these technical regulations must take into account the requirements of technical regulations of the Customs Union, establish mandatory requirements for certain types of food and related requirements to them production processes (manufacturing), storage, transportation (transportation), marketing and utilization (hereinafter - technical regulations Customs Union for certain types of food products), complementary and (or) clarifying the requirements of these Technical Regulations. Requirements for certain types of food and related requirements to them production processes (manufacturing), storage, transportation (transportation), marketing and utilization, installed other technical regulations of the Customs Union cannot change the requirements of this technical regulation. 4. The technical regulations of the Customs Union for certain types of food set: 1) The objects of technical regulation; 2 2) Security requirements to objects of technical regulation; 3) The rules for identifying objects of technical regulation. The technical regulations of the Customs Union for certain types of food products may contain labeling requirements and conformity assessment schemes are not in conflict with the requirements of this technical regulation. Article 2. Objectives of the adoption The objectives of the adoption of these technical regulations are: 1) Protection of life and (or) human health; 2) Prevention of actions misleading purchasers (consumers); 3) Protection of the environment. Article 3. Objects of technical regulation 1. The objects of technical regulation of these technical regulations are: 1) Food products; 2) Associated with the requirements for food production processes (manufacturing), storage, transportation (transportation), marketing and utilization. 2. This technical regulation does not apply to food products produced by the citizens at home, in private farms or citizens involved in gardening, horticulture, animal husbandry, and the processes of production (manufacturing), storage, transportation (transportation) and disposal of food products intended only for personal use and not intended for release into circulation in the customs territory of the Customs Union, the cultivation of crops and 3 productive animals in the wild. Article 4. Definitions For the purposes of this technical regulation, the following definitions: adapted milk formula (milk substitutes) - food products for baby food for infants produced in liquid or powder form, based on cow's milk or milk and other food-producing animals as close in chemical composition to human milk to meet the physiological needs of children first years of life in the necessary materials and energy; food flavoring (flavor) - not directly employed in human food flavoring substance or a flavoring preparation or thermal process flavorings or flavoring smokehouse, flavors or precursors, or a mixture thereof (flavoring part) intended to impart flavor the food products and (or) Taste (except sweet, sour and salty), with or without addition of other components; Food safety - the state of food, indicating the absence of unacceptable risks associated with harmful effects on human beings and future generations; Biologically active additives (BAA) - natural and (or) identical to natural biologically active substances and probiotic microorganisms intended for use with food or the introduction of the food; Drinking water for baby food - drinking water intended for drinking children, cooking and restoration of dry food to feed children at home; Aquatic biological resources - fish, aquatic invertebrates, aquatic mammals, algae and other aquatic animals and plants that are in their natural habitat (in natural freedom); Harmful effects on human food - the impact of unfavorable factors associated with the presence of food contaminants, pollutants that threaten human life or health, or a threat to the life and health of future generations; 4 Issuance of food - buying and selling and other means of transmission of food products in the customs territory of the Customs Union, starting with the manufacturer or importer; genetically modified (genetically engineered transgenic) organisms (hereinafter - GMO) - an organism or several organisms, any non-cellular, unicellular or multicellular formation capable of reproduction or transmission of hereditary genetic material, different from natural organisms obtained through the use of genetic engineering methods and (or) containing genetically engineered material, including genes, fragments thereof, or combinations of the genes; State registration of industrial facilities that operate in obtaining, processing (processing) unprocessed food (food) raw materials of animal origin (hereinafter - the state registration of production facilities) - Implementation of the admission of the legal entity or individual entrepreneur to the activities of the receipt, processing (processing) unprocessed food ( food) raw materials of animal origin; Children herbal drink (herbal tea) - food products for baby food made on the basis of herbs and herbal extracts; Identification of food - the procedure for inclusion of food products to the objects of technical regulation of technical regulations; manufacturer of food products - the organization irrespective of its legal form of organization or an individual entrepreneur, including foreign, engaged in their own name (manufacturing) of food products for the realization of purchasers (consumers) and responsible for the compliance of the product with the requirements of technical regulations; importer - resident of the state - a member of the Customs Union will issue the food products in the customs territory of the Customs Union that came not a resident of the state - a member of the Customs Union, and the responsibility for the compliance of such products with the requirements of this technical regulation; Component food (a food ingredient) (hereinafter - component) - the product or substance (including nutritional supplements, flavorings), which according to the formulation used in the production (manufacturing), food products and are an integral part; 5 contamination (pollution) food - getting into the food products objects, particles, substances and organisms (contaminants, pollutants) and their presence in quantities of this unusual food or exceed a set level, so that it becomes dangerous to human properties; initial infant formula - adapted (as close in chemical composition to human milk) or partially adapted (partially close in chemical composition to human milk) mixtures produced on the basis of cow's milk or milk and other food-producing animals intended for feeding babies from the first days of life to six months; unprocessed food products of animal origin - have not undergone processing (processing) of the carcass (carcass) producing animals of all kinds, parts thereof (including blood and offal), raw milk, raw skim milk, raw cream, bee products, eggs and of eggs, catch aquatic biological resources, aquaculture production; norms physiological needs for energy and nutrients - the level of daily nutrient intake sufficient to meet the physiological needs of not less than 97.5 percent of the population according to age, sex, physiological status and physical activity; nutrients (nutrients) - substances that are component parts of food products, which are used by the human body as an energy source or sources of precursor substrates for building, growth and regeneration of organs and tissues, the formation of physiologically active substances involved in the regulation of vital processes, and determining food the value of food products; enriched food products - food products, which have one or more food and (or) biologically active substances and (or) probiotic microorganisms that are not present in it originally or are present in insufficient quantities or lost in the process of production (manufacturing); thus guaranteed by the manufacturer or the food contents of each active substance used for enrichment has been brought to a level corresponding to the criteria of food products - a source of a nutrient or other distinguishing