UKR/145
WTO/SPS
UA Ukraine
  • 01 - Live animals
  • 02 - Meat and edible meat offal
  • 04 - Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
2020-05-16
2020-03-17

Meat of bovine animals, swine, sheep or goat, fresh, chilled or frozen (HS codes: 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204), edible offal of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (HS code: 020610), meat and edible offal of the poultry of heading 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen (HS code: 0207); natural honey (HS code: 0409000000)

Draft Order of the Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine "On Approval of the Procedure and Special Requirements for Labelling and the List of Foodstuff for which Indication of Country of Origin or Place of Origin is Mandatory". Language(s): Ukrainian. Number of pages: 13

Draft Order approves the procedure for establishing the mechanism and special labelling requirements of foodstuff for which the indication of country of origin or place of origin is mandatory. Such food products are meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled and frozen, edible offal of bovine animals, fresh or chilled, and natural honey.

It is also foreseen that established mandatory labelling procedure and its requirements will also apply to the List of food product that were specified in Annex 7 of the earlier adopted Law of Ukraine "On Consumer Information on Food". Thus, mandatory labelling rules will also apply to meat of swine, sheep or goat, fresh, chilled and frozen, meat and edible offal of the poultry of heading 0105, fresh, chilled and frozen.

The purpose for developing such measures is to protect population from zoonotic diseases, prevent fraud and unfair competition. This draft Order was also notified under the TBT Agreement.