Professional paper
Legislation related to game and game meat in the Slovak Republic
J. Nagy
; The Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, The University of Veterinary Medicine, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, The Slovak Republic
P. Lazar
; The Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, The University of Veterinary Medicine, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, The Slovak Republic
P. Popelka
; The Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, The University of Veterinary Medicine, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, The Slovak Republic
J. Cehlár
; The Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, The University of Veterinary Medicine, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, The Slovak Republic
J. Čurlík
; The Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, The University of Veterinary Medicine, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, The Slovak Republic
Abstract
Basic legislative frame of breeding of game as farm animals is included in the Veterinary care law No. 488/2002 Z.z. with amendments, Food act No. 152/1995 Z.z. with amendments. Veterinary care law (488/2002 Z.z.) establishes veterinary requirements for live animals and also for products of animal origin, including animal products in relation to the public health protection. Government regulations were added to the Veterinary care law in the process of implementation of EU Directives into national legislation. Food act 152/1995 Z.z. establishes conditions of production of food and other animal products, their handling and placing on the market to support and protect consumers and their health, and the roles and organisation of food supervision and keeping of rules.
Requirements for health safety, hygiene, composition and quality of food, ingredients, technological processes used in food production, packaging, marking, storage, transportation, handling and distribution, and also rules for sampling and sample analysis procedures are established in the Food code of the Slovak Republic.
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22794
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Publication date:
15.7.2005.
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