The technical regulations for poultry meat and products have been published
On November 16, 2021, the approved technical regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union "On the safety of poultry meat and poultry products" was officially published.
When will the regulations come into force?
The technical regulations for poultry have been assigned the identification code EAEU TR 051/2021. It will enter into force on January 1, 2023. The only exceptions are separate paragraphs 21, 57 and 104, which will come into force after the development of appropriate standards necessary to implement them into the complete legal regulations.
The scope of the regulations
The regulations detail the mandatory requirements for poultry slaughter and processing products, production, sale, storage, transport and disposal processes, as well as labeling and packaging.
The following product categories are subject to the provisions of the technical regulations:
- poultry meat (including mechanically separated)
- edible poultry fats
- offal, bones and skins of poultry
- poultry products for baby food
- broths
- raw materials containing collagen
- finished products, semi-finished products, canned goods and sausages from meat and poultry by-products
- dry poultry products
- poultry protein and products based thereon
The scope of the document does not cover specialist products (except for products intended for children), products with meat products equal to or greater than the weight of poultry slaughter products, products intended for individual consumption, products intended for mass catering and some others.
Conformity assessment procedure
The conformity assessment procedure of poultry meat and poultry meat products is specified in Chapter XIV. According to its provisions, the following forms are provided:
- state control - for slaughter products and poultry meat in non-industrial production and their sale
- veterinary-sanitary inspection - for poultry meat and products made from poultry meat
- declaration of conformity - for poultry products (except for products of a new type and used in baby food). Declaration schemes: 3d, 4d, 6d;
- state registration - for poultry products for infant nutrition and new types of food products
- state registration of production plants - for production processes related to the production of poultry meat
- state control - for the processes of production, storage, transport, sale and disposal of poultry meat
