4 December 2012 y. A regular meeting of the Technical Committee for Standardization TC 152 "Production of confectionery and krohmalopatokova".

The meeting addressed the following issues:

1. Information on the final version of the draft ISO "Chocolate. General technical conditions ".

2. Information about the project first edition changes to ISO №2 4326:2004 "Iris. General technical conditions ".

3. Information on the draft changes to the first edition of ISO 4333:2004 "Marmalade. General technical conditions ".

4. Information on the draft ISO number CODEXSTAN 118 "Foodstuffs, that do not contain gluten ".

5. A tentative work plan for standardization 2013 year.

From the minutes of the meeting of TC 152 can be found here.

Adoption of the Law "On safety and quality of food" will create an effective system for monitoring food market. This will established single competent authority, and the responsibility for the quality of food manufacturers will assume. About this 12 April, during a briefing in the Cabinet, the Chairman of the State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of John Bisyuk.

"We are confidently moving towards creating a single competent authority in the field of safety and food quality. Today already worked out the Law of Ukraine "On quality and food safety. He has already been agreed with all executive and submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers, where it will be reviewed and then submitted to the session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ", – said John Bisyuk.

The head of department also hopes, that in June law is passed by Parliament in first reading.

"The law provides for the introduction of HACCP. According to him,, is responsible for product manufacturer. It will not be as loyal, as today, and will be put higher demands on the processor and manufacturer of products for quality. But the enterprise is bound to be the competent authority to monitor the safety of food products ", – the Chairman Derzhvetfitosluzhby.

planned, HACCP system will be introduced through 2 years after the entry into force of the law.

"The issue of safety and food quality concerns human health and the nation, therefore the bill should be approached very carefully ", – said John Bisyuk.

According to the law, in Ukraine will be a single competent authority by reorganizing Derzhvetfitosluzhby.

"The state will be the competent authority of the central executive, who will be responsible for the safety and quality of food. through the, that is dealing with this issue several ministries, Nobody wins, because the processes are not properly coordinated ", – The Chairman concluded Derzhvetfitosluzhby.