Food – Ukraine

This draft Law establishes essential rules on the safety of non-food products intended for consumers that are placed on the market or made available on the market of Ukraine. This draft Law applies to products placed on the market or made available on the market in Ukraine with respect to safety requirements that are not covered by specific legislative acts (including technical regulations) governing the safety of such products. This draft Law does not apply to: services and works; medicinal products and veterinary medicinal products; food products; live plants and animals, genetically modified organisms and genetically modified microorganisms used in contained use, as well as products of plant and animal origin directly related to their future reproduction; animal by-products and derived products; plant protection products; equipment used for the transport or movement of consumers, where such equipment is directly operated by the provider of transport services supplied to consumers and is not operated by the consumers themselves; aircraft falling within the categories specified by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the basis of the relevant legislation of the European Union; antiques. The draft Law, in particular, provides for: expanding and further specifying the list of economic operators. In addition to the previously defined categories of 'manufacturer', 'authorised representative', 'importer', 'distributor', and 'consumer', the draft introduces such categories as…