Report Highlights:
Russia's Chief Medical Officer approved hygienic requirements for organic food products. The requirements are stipulated in SanPin 2.3.2.2354-08 "Amendments and Changes #8 to the Sanitary and Epidemiological Regulations SanPin 2.3.2.1078-01 "Hygienic Requirements to Safety and Nutritional Value of Food Products" (registered at the Ministry of Justice of Russia in 2002). The sanitary regulations for organic products shall become effective on July 1, 2008.I
Summary
Russia's Chief State Sanitary Inspector Gennadiy Onishchenko approved hygienic requirements for organic food products through Resolution #26 of April 21, 2008. The Chief Sanitary Inspector’s Resolution was registered at the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on May 23, 2008, and was published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on May 31, 2008. These requirements for organic products are registered as amendments and changes to the
framework SanPin 2.3.2.1078-01 issued in 2002. The name of the amendments is “SanPin 2.3.2.2354-08 "Amendments and Changes #8 to the Sanitary and Epidemiological Regulations SanPin 2.3.2.1078-01 "Hygienic Requirements to Safety and Nutritional Value of Food Products" (registered at the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in 2002).
This is Russia’s first official document defining “organic” food products and the requirements for production, storing, transportation, handling and distribution of “organic” products. The sanitary regulations for organic products shall become effective on July 1, 2008. After July 1, 2008, all products that are named or labeled as “organic” shall meet all the requirements stipulated in the Amendments and Changes #8, and disciplinary, administrative, and criminal liability is admitted for breaching these requirements.
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Below is an unofficial translation of the Resolution of the Chief Sanitary Inspector of the Russian Federation #26 of April 21, 2008, an unofficial translation of the Attachments to this Resolution, and translation of the titles of the tables with specific requirements. The Russian text of the Resolution, the attachments and the tables can be found on the website http://www.rospotrebnadzor.ru/docs/decision/?id=1971
