Rospotrebnadzor approved new sanitary and epidemiological requirements for the operating conditions of trade facilities and markets selling food products. The new rules will be in effect from January 1, 2021 to January 1, 2027.
As follows from the ruling published on Official Internet portal of legal information, stores will be prohibited from selling expired products (such products must be removed from the sales area and placed separately from products intended for sale). The sale of food products without accompanying documents will also be prohibited; sale of products that do not meet organoleptic indicators and technical regulations. The ban covers leaking, deformed canned food and cans that have signs of bombing and microbiological spoilage, green potato tubers, re-defrosted and frozen products, melons and gourds in parts and with cuts.
In shopping facilities, conditions for storing vegetables and root crops, established by producers of products, will have to be provided. Storage of potatoes and root crops in warehouses will be carried out without artificial and natural light or in light-tight packaging.