MAR/68
WTO/SPS
MA Maroc
  • 67 - Technologie alimentaire
2020-07-11
2020-05-26

Preserved and semi-preserved fruit and vegetables

Projet de décret relatif à la qualité et la sécurité sanitaire de certaines conserves végétales commercialisées (Draft Decree on the quality and safety of certain marketed preserved fruit and vegetables) Language(s): French Number of pages: 4

In order to establish an updated frame of reference to ensure the quality and safety of products, consumer information and fair trade, ONSSA, in consultation with the occupation concerned, prepared a draft Decree governing the sector.

The main purpose of the notified draft Decree, which is based on Law No. 28-07 on food safety, is to:

-         Update the regulatory framework for preserved fruit and vegetables;

-         Make provision for Orders setting out the definitions and names under which preserved and semi-preserved fruit and vegetables can be marketed, as well as their specifications; 

-         Define the ways and means of labelling and marketing preserved and semi-preserved fruit and vegetables.