The relevant decision was made today during an extraordinary meeting of the Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy, which took place by video conference.
The draft law No. 4568 designed to:
- minimization of risks of harm to the health of citizens from food consumption;
- bringing the legislation of Ukraine in line with the legislation of the European Union of the measures applied to materials and objects that directly or indirectly come into contact with food;
- purpose of implementing Article 64 of the Association Agreement.
In accordance with the obligations under the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, domestic legislation needs to be harmonized with a number of EU acts, in particular, on measures applicable to chemicals that migrate from packaging materials to food products.
The draft law No. 4568 provides for:
- application of terminology of EU legislation in Ukrainian legislation;
- determines the powers of executive bodies in the field of production, circulation and use of Food Contact Materials;
- establishes general and special requirements for FCMs;
- introduces requirements for recycled plastic materials;
-establishes the procedure for state registration of objects used in the production of FCMs;
- establishes features of the state registration of processes of processing of plastic;
- contains provisions on making changes, suspension and cancellation of the decision on state registration of objects;
- sets requirements for labeling, declaration of conformity and requirements for traceability of FCMs;
- contains provisions on good manufacturing practice (GMP) in the production of FCMs and provisions on state control and responsibility of market operators.
According to the results of the discussion, the Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy recommends adopting as a basis the draft law on materials and objects that directly or indirectly come into contact with food.