SANITARY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CERTIFICATION IN RUSSIA

Sanitary-epidemiological characteristics are separate group of properties of products safety. The list of products, for which verification and monitoring of sanitary-epidemiological characteristics are obligatory requirements, is below.

  • Food products;
  • Commodities for children;
  • Materials, equipment, matters for water-supply and cleanings of sewage;
  • Perfume-Cosmetic facilities;
  • Chemical and petrochemical products, commodities of household chemical goods;
  • Polymeric and synthetic materials for building, transport, furniture, clothes and footwear;
  • Products of engineering industry and instrument-making of production, medical and domestic setting;
  • Educational editions, polygraph products for children and teenagers;
  • Materials and wares, contacting with a skin of human being, clothes, footwear;
  • Sources of ionizing radiation, radio-active matters;
  • Building stuff and materials, wastes of productions for the reusable processing, scrap-metal;
  • Cigarette and tobacco stuff;
  • Facilities of individual defence;
  • Pesticides and agrochemical;
  • Commodities and equipment, contacting with food products;
  • Equipment and materials for filtration of air.

Sanitary-epidemiological certificates are issued by the government body of sanitary-epidemiological service of Russian Federation (department of health Ministry). Validated period for sanitary-epidemiological certificate may be within 5 years.

If the products, listed above, must have an obligatory GOST R certification system, GOST R certification of such products is implemented only after the receipt of sanitary-epidemiological certificate on these products.

SANITARY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL LEGISLATION

Sanitary epidemiological certification of goods and materials in Russia is provided in accordance with the Federal law from March, 30, 1999 N 52-FL "Law of sanitary epidemiological safety of population".

A sanitary epidemiological certificate is an obligatory document for products or materials on the territory of Russian Federation in the followings cases:

  • custom registration of commodities,
  • usage of materials in a production,
  • put commodities on a market .

List of commodities on which sanitary epidemiological certificates must be issued for market, rules and orders of conducting of sanitary epidemiological certification are determined in Order of Federal service by a supervision in the field of defence of rights for users and prosperity of man from July, 19, 2007 N 224.

The list of commodities, on which sanitary epidemiological certificate must be issued at custom registration is given in the joint letter of "Federal custom service" and "Federal service by a supervision in the field of defence of rights for users and prosperity of man" from December, 14, 2006 N 06-73/44168.

You can see image of sanitary epidemiological certificate which was issued by Moscow sanitary epidemiological center and Department of Health Ministry.

 

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