Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the Ministry of Economy the state target economic program for development of the domestic market until 2012, providing a range of measures to improve the quality of products.
As reported in the press release the Ministry of Economics on Thursday, the issue of improving the product quality is multidimensional and includes the development and adoption of legal acts established on the basis of European principles of modern infrastructure, quality control, organizational measures for training and development professionals as bodies executive, and business, effective controls placed on the market.
Under this program, in particular, the development and adoption of national standards, the introduction of modern quality management systems, an independent examination of the quality of goods, raw materials, products and components.
In addition, the proposed development, manufacture and registration of sets of test kits to determine the qualitative and quantitative content of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food and agricultural raw materials, the establishment of testing laboratories for the qualitative and quantitative GMO content in them.
In addition, in a press release reported that the Ministry has contributed to the Government a draft decree Some issues in the implementation of scientific and methodological coordination of activities of testing laboratories of food products that contain GMOs.
Ministry also reported that in the near future, in accordance with the decision of board of the Ministry of Economy, will be developed the concept of import substitution policies, which will become an important part of improving the quality of products.
Office also reported that the order of the Cabinet approved the Concept of the State Target Program of Consumer Protection, 2008-2011. It includes improving the quality of domestic products and their competitiveness, develop new instruments and adapting existing legislation on protection of consumer rights in conformity with the requirements of the European Union, to protect domestic market from low quality and dangerous products.
addition, upon the recommendation of the Ministry of Economy of the Government adopted a decree On the labeling of foods and agricultural products containing genetically modified organisms or produced from their use, as well as changes made to the decision of the Cabinet № 661 from 1 July 2009.
It was reported that the Cabinet of Ministers № 468 dated May 13, requires the product label, if the GMO content in the product or raw materials for its more than 0.1%.
addition, the Cabinet has increased the level of GMO content in food products for mandatory labeling of 0.1% to 0.9% in accordance with the standards adopted by the EU.
According Gospotrebstandarta, now in Ukraine operates five laboratories to determine the content of GMO in food products from them.
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