The aim of this Law is to ensure food safety from the very base of the food chain to the way foods are advertised. It covers standards for the use of pesticides, fertilizers, feeding and breeding programmes in the agricultural production of food to stringent rules on the use of additives in manufactured foods.; The Law provides for the establishment of a Food Safety Commission that will coordinate and oversee the new food supervision apparatus.; The Law further establishes: a food risk monitoring system to monitor food-borne diseases, food contamination and harmful factors in food; a food risk assessment system to conduct risk assessment on the biological, chemical and physical hazards in food and food additives; a set of national safety standards which shall include limits of pesticides residues, use of food additives, nutrient content requirements, labelling requirements, hygienic requirements, etc.; In addition, the Law provides for: obligations of food producers and business operators in carrying out their activities; licensing requirements for food producers and business operators; the implementation of hazard analysis and critical control point system (HACCP) to improve safety management levels; food inspection activities; requirements for the import and export of food; handling of food safety accidents; legal liabilities; etc.
Food Safety Law.