The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the law of food surveillance in food surveillance Act (Republic of Latvia Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1998, no. 7) as follows: 1. Article 1: turn off paragraph 2;
Express points 5 and 6 by the following: "5) food prepared the aquaculture animals, processed, partially processed or unprocessed plant and animal substances or products intended for human consumption;
6) food chain — all transactions with food from its extraction to consumption [and production mining (except herbal products), recycling, manufacturing, distribution, packaging, storage, transport, transfer across the State border, wholesale and retail, catering]; "
to supplement the article with paragraphs 12 and 13 of the following wording: "12") — the probability that where the circumstances are likely to be detrimental to humans or the environment; 13), risk analysis, risk management process that includes risk assessment, risk management and reporting of risks and the aim of which is to reduce or eliminate the harmful factors on people or the environment. "
2. Supplement article 4 with the quarter as follows: "(4) for certain groups of foods, the Cabinet of Ministers determines the quality and classification requirements and procedures to assess the compliance of the product with these requirements."
3. Put article 5 by the following: "article 5. (1) the company may get involved in the food chain, if the company's performance with each type of food in any food chain and instead: 1) assessed the Cabinet authorised inspection body accreditation of Latvian National Office accredited a food business performance evaluation in a specific area;
2) said the food and veterinary service regulations.
(2) the food business performance evaluation, approval and registration procedures for food shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(3) a recognized food plant will certify that a company can constantly ensure their activities and comply with regulatory requirements.
(4) the food business recorded a special food and veterinary service food business register. This registration is proof that the company is in a food and veterinary service monitoring and control.
(5) the food company's particular business food chain, if the action has not been recognized by the laws of the order, in accordance with the law "About companies, institutions and organisations of the order" stop. "
4. To exclude article 6.
5. Replace article 7 the word "hygiene" with the words "laid down in the legislation, and the company declared".
6. in article 8: to supplement the first subparagraph following the words ' duty to "with the words" make a self-control, ";
to supplement the article with the fourth paragraph as follows: "(4) the company is obliged to register the food vendors, food, food raw materials and other substances intended to include, as well as the undertakings (companies), which the company delivered the food. Registered information be submitted on request to the food and veterinary service. "
7. To make article 14 the following: ' article 14. The food and veterinary service officials, the manufacturer or distributor of food be invalidated if: 1) it does not meet minimum safety requirements;
2) has expired;
3 it is not marked accordingly) legislative requirements;
4) based on the examination of the evidence has been found of deterioration of the organoleptic, with human sensory organs visible deterioration of food characteristics;
5 it is fake and you) mislead the consumer;
6 it is not) the statutory accompanying document;
7) provided for by other legislation. "
8. Replace article 15, second paragraph, the word "inspection" by the words "State surveillance and control".
9. Turn off the article 17.
10. Express 18, 19, 20 and 21 of the article as follows: "article 18. Food Council the main tasks are the following: 1) preparing proposals on State policy priorities in the food chain;
2) to promote food safety assurance national food policy and development policy;
3) to assess the proposals and recommendations regarding the legislative framework in the field of the food chain;
4) to coordinate food surveillance and control national policy development and to monitor its implementation;
5) each year to assess the food control programmes, as well as the food monitoring and surveillance results;
6) to assess the food and veterinary service's financial security and prepare for an amendment of the law-front;
7) prepare proposals for participation in the international organizations operating in the food sector, as well as the recognition of international rules in the field of the food chain.
19. article. (1) the Ministry of welfare and coordinates nutrition policy, as well as the responsibility for food safety General requirements and relevant regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers proposals.
(2) Welfare Minister nutrition policy and the coordination of nutrition Advisory Council established.
(3) the Minister shall approve the welfare of Latvian residents recommended uzturnorm.
(4) the Ministry of welfare state sanitary inspection control over the water supply of the population supplied drinking water compliance with the normative requirements.
(5) drinking water monitoring and control procedures established by the Cabinet of Ministers.
20. article. The Latvian food centre is under the supervision of the Ministry of welfare institution. It works under the Cabinet of Ministers approved the Charter. The Latvian food centre's main tasks are the following: 1) analyze food and nutrition-related disease monitoring results, as well as the annual national food chain monitoring and control results and prepare proposals on food safety and nutrition policy optimization;
2) prepare proposals for nutrition and food safety to the General requirements of the European Union's requirements in the field of the food chain, as well as legislative acts;
3) organize scientifically based proposals on food safety and nutrition issues (action crises, emerging food-borne diseases, the determination of risk factors for URu.tml.);
4) take the Advisory Council maintains a secretariat functions;
5) informing the public about current food safety and nutrition issues;
6) to inform the food business and consumers on food safety and nutrition regulatory laws;
7) within the limits of its competence to cooperate with international organisations.
21. article. (1) the national food chain monitoring and controls are carried out under the supervision of the Ministry of agriculture existing national regulatory authority — the food and veterinary service.
(2) a food and veterinary service functions are: 1) the food chain: a) to monitor and control at all stages of the food chain food (except in the case of drinking water for the population is supplied from a water supply system) compliance with legislative or regulatory requirements, (b)) to recognize and register a food business regulations in the order, (c)) at all stages of the food chain to monitor and control the operation of food establishments and food process compliance with legislative or regulatory requirements , d) at all stages of the food chain to make a risk factor research and analysis;
2 sanitary border control-) regulations in order to monitor and control the State border control points, as well as the free zones, free warehouses and customs warehouses of food into the country, the veterinary supervision of products, as well as other goods and products in import, export or transport in transit;
3) laboratory investigations (including the reference functions in certain areas in accordance with the statutory procedures);
4) of organic products in circulation: a) to monitor and control the movement of organic agricultural products pursuant to the legislation requirements, b) to register the organic agricultural movement involved;
5) conditional (the company) to certify compliance with the request of their competence;
6) food products public intervention: a) to control the State of food products to be bought into intervention in compliance with minimum quality and safety requirements, (b)) to make the intervention warehouse supervision according to law;
7) to ensure their competence in cooperation with international organizations, as well as international food control systems;
8) to monitor and control the geographical indications and designations of origin;
9) take control of veterinary supervision and in accordance with laws and regulations;
10) to determine the risk management temporary measures to reduce the danger to risk assessment and risk management for the development, if it is determined the possible risk to human or animal health and the risk analysis has not been carried out;
11) make other specific legislation.

(3) food surveillance and control of the State food and veterinary service shall be carried out in accordance with the Council of the food and farming Minister evaluated the approved monitoring programmes pursuant to the law on the State budget for the current year appropriations.
(4) the requirements for the importation of food country, export and transit traffic, the procedures for the control of the State border control points, as well as the free zones, free warehouses and customs warehouses and the control of the product list is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(5) the requirements for setting control points with food sanitary border controls, and control point determines the procedure for the recognition of the Cabinet of Ministers.
(6) the requirements of the reference laboratories and reference laboratories accreditation procedures established by the Cabinet of Ministers. "
11. To supplement the law with article 21.1 as follows: "article 21.1. (1) the food and veterinary service includes a central machine, territorial units, sanitary border inspection, State Veterinary Diagnostic Center and laboratory.
(2) a food and veterinary service regulations approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(3) a food and veterinary service shall be headed by the Director of the service, which is also the country's main food and health inspector.
(4) the National Chief Veterinary Officer of the food and the power of the food and veterinary service of the country's oldest food and veterinary inspectors, the country's oldest food inspectors, the country's oldest veterinary inspectors, state sanitary robežinspektor, senior State food inspectors, public health inspectors and the national sanitary inspection of the robežinspektor area.
(5) the food and veterinary service of the territorial unit conducts the national monitoring and control function in the certain part of the territory of the country. The head of the territorial Department of the territory concerned is the oldest national food inspector or national senior health inspector. If the head of the territorial Department is State of the territory concerned senior food Inspector, then a Deputy of the national senior health inspector, and vice versa.
(6) the sanitary border inspection of law established the national supervisory and control functions of the Cabinet in the State border control points, as well as the free zones, free warehouses and customs warehouses for food imports into the country, the veterinary supervision of products, as well as other goods and products in import, export and carriage in transit.
(7) the sanitary border inspection work managed by Chief sanitary border inspection. Sanitary border inspection Deputy Chief of national senior health robežinspektor in the veterinary, phytosanitary, food safety and food safety.
(8) the food and veterinary service financial resources form the national grant from the general budget revenue, revenue from the fees prescribed by the Cabinet of Ministers, the foreign financial help to the law on the State budget for the current year, to the extent specified, received donations and gifts.
(9) the procedure for this statutory national surveillance and control activities, and the food and veterinary service charge provided services shall be established by the Cabinet of Ministers. "
12. in article 22: turn off the first part;
replace the second paragraph, the words "food State control and supervising bodies the inspectors" with the words "food and veterinary service officials";
Express 2 and the second subparagraph of paragraph 3 as follows: "2) in accordance with the laws and take samples and send them for testing to the accredited laboratory. If found non-compliance with the legislation requirements, food business operators shall bear all the expenses of the inspection;
3) to monitor and control staff of the mandatory health checks and the amount of recurrence and how personnel hygiene requirements, the size of the instrument reading of reported food companies, as well as article 23 of this law the objects referred to in; "
Add to the second part of paragraph 7 as follows: "7) if any of the food products of the party does not meet the legal requirements to recognize all of one class or kind of food a lot, shipment or arrival on inappropriate requirements, except that the complete food analysis confirm the rest of the food in compliance with requirements;";
make the third paragraph as follows: "(3) a food and veterinary service of legal officers in the order are entitled to call for the perpetrators to the administrative responsibility.";
to supplement the article with the fourth paragraph as follows: "(4) If a has occurred or is likely to cause disease or food poisoning spread, the country's massive main food and veterinary inspector shall determine the limits of the food chain."
13. Replace article 23, the word "inspection" by the words "for the supervision and control of the country."
14. Make the article 24 as follows: "article 24. (1) the national supervisory and control functions participating institutions and officials to ensure monitoring and control over the disclosure of the information obtained, except for the information about the potential harm to human health, life or the environment.
(2) under the supervision and control of the national participating institutions and officials for their actions and decisions in response to the laws and other regulations.
(3) a food and veterinary service officials should not be in person or by third parties to participate in the control of the company (the company) business.
(4) a food and veterinary service officials ' orders and decisions can cancel plant-higher official. State the main food and veterinary inspector's orders and decisions are subject to judicial review.
(5) the food and veterinary service of the order and the decision of the official appeal shall not suspend the execution, except in decisions on the imposition of the administrative penalty for administrative offences code of the cases. "
15. Supplement article 25 following the words "Ministry of agriculture" with the words "monitoring and".
16. off chapter VI.
17. To supplement article 26 of law with the following: "article 26. Funds obtained by collecting the food and veterinary service officials imposed fines for administrative violations, as well as the means of implementing the law on confiscated property, goods or other items, including the State budget. "
18. transitional provisions be supplemented with 3, 4, 5 and 6 of paragraph by the following: "3. The Cabinet of Ministers: 1) until June 1, 2002, to issue rules governing the requirements for the importation of food country, export and transit traffic, the control procedures at border control points, free zones, free warehouses and customs warehouses and control by-the list; kļaut
2) until June 1, 2002, to issue rules governing the requirements for setting control points with food sanitary border controls, and control point of recognition arrangements;
3) until June 1, 2002, to issue rules governing the order in which you pay for this statutory national surveillance and control activities, and the food and veterinary service charge services provided;
4) until June 1, 2002, to issue regulations governing quality and classification requirements for certain groups of foods and a procedure to assess the compliance of the product with these requirements;
5) until June 1, 2002, to issue rules governing the requirements for reference laboratories and reference laboratories accreditation arrangements;
6) until June 1, 2002, to issue regulations governing drinking water monitoring and control arrangements;
7) until 31 March 2002 issued rules for "food company assessment, recognition and registration of the order.
4. the Cabinet of Ministers regulations in force issued by the Cabinet of Ministers on 6 March 2001 a Regulation No 106 "food company recognition and registration procedures", to the extent they do not conflict with this Act, but no longer than up to March 31, 2002.
5. This law, article 21, second paragraph, point 8 shall enter into force upon the amendment of the law "on trademarks and geographical indications".
6. This law, article 21, paragraph 2 second subparagraph and article 21.1 of part five on State supervision and control in free warehouses shall enter into force on 1 July 2002. "
The law shall enter into force on 1 January 2002.
The law adopted by Parliament in 2001 on 13 December.
The President of the Parliament instead of the President j. stream in Riga, 2001 28 December Editorial Note: the law shall enter into force on January 1, 2002.