This Technical Regulation defines the necessary requirements for specific types of specialized food products and aims at safety of life or health of citizens, and at prevention of the actions misleading the consumers.
Required for several industries and products
It came into operation on July 1, 2013
VALID IN Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan
EUROPEAN ANALOGUE – none
PRODUCTS TO BE CERTIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TR CU 027/2012:
Specialized food products for the nourishment of athletes, pregnant and breast-feeding women;
Food products of therapeutic and preventive dietetic nourishment, including for the children's nourishment.
TR CU 027 DOES NOT APPLY TO:
- Food products for children's nourishment, with exception of food products for therapeutic and preventive dietetic nourishment for the children's nourishment;
- Food products manufactured by food enterprises (public nutrition, within organized associations);
- Natural mineral water, therapeutic water, therapeutic mineral water with the mineralization over 1 mg/dm or with less mineralization that contains biologically active constituents in the quantity that does not go below the balneological standards;
- Biologically active food additives.
APPROVAL FORMS:
TR CU 027/2012 assumes one approval form:
- STATE REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE (SRC)
WHO CAN APPLY?
The foreign manufacturer can apply for certification only through the Customs union residential company. It means that a Russian, Kazakh or other CU country’s company should bear responsibility for the products quality on the base of Local representative agreement. It can be the importer, distributor of the product or any other company located in the CU that will agree to act as a Local Representative.
POSSIBLE APLIED VALIDITY
The maximum applied validity of the SRC is not defined.
TIMING
The process lasts from from 3 to 6 months.
BASIC INQUIRY INFO:
An accurate quote can be provided on the base of the following information:
1. Product type and applied model range;
2. Ingredients list;
3. Special features (effects) of the food product;
4. HS Code (Customs code);
For more information, you can apply to [email protected]
