Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 7 May 2022 No.  537 "Some issues of state control to check compliance with the legislation on food, feed, animal by-products, health and welfare of animals, state veterinary and sanitary control and imports of goods to the customs territory of Ukraine during martial law"

Regular notification 2022-06-10
G/SPS/N/UKR/175

Description

The Resolution provides for procedures on state control to check compliance with the legislation on food, feed, by-products of animal origin, veterinary medicine and animal welfare, as well as for state veterinary and sanitary control, and defines the specifics of their implementation during martial law in Ukraine, in particular:- conducting state control over compliance with the legislation on food, feed, animal by-products, veterinary medicine and animal welfare at all checkpoints of the state border of Ukraine and customs control zones on the customs territory of Ukraine, if there are conditions for its implementation;- determination of an exhaustive list of grounds for physical inspection and laboratory examination of goods imported to Ukraine;- regulation of  the procedure for imports to Ukraine of products that have been appropriately processed, feed additives, feed for productive animals, live animals as well as the procedure for transit of live animals;- providing for the possibility to import feed additives and feed for productive animals that have the appropriate registration in the European Union; - regulation of the issue of imports to Ukraine of live animals and their reproductive material  from facilities that were not previously inspected by Ukrainian specialists as well as the procedure for their transit through the territories of countries where cases of animal infectious diseases are registered.

Keywords

Animal diseases; Food safety; Animal health; Human health