1.1.Law. 3:35

Rights Act lays down requirements for food handling or articles and materials coming into contact with food

Food Law of the Republic of Lithuania

https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/TAIS.98953/asr

1. This Law shall establish requirements for the handling of food placed on the market, competence of organisations in ensuring food safety and duties and responsibilities of food business entities.

2. The purpose of the Law shall be to ensure that:

  • Food in contact with food complying with the safety requirements laid down by this Law and other legal acts would be placed on the market;
  • Food meets international requirements;
  • Promotion of the production of organic agricultural products, healthier diets of the Lithuanian population, improvement of human health related to food and nutrition.

Hygiene norm HN 15:2005 “Food hygiene”

https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/TAIS.261668/asr

Establish general hygiene requirements for food management, special requirements for food handling, special requirements for food retail trade.

Hygiene norm HN 16:2011 “Special health safety requirements for substances and articles intended to come into contact with food”

https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/TAIS.398339/asr

Establish specific requirements for relevant substances and articles intended to come into contact with food * and methods of testing them.

 EU Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/LT/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32004R1935

Ensure harmonised legal regulation throughout the European Union. Includes common safety and inertia principles for all materials and articles coming into contact with food

Hygiene norm HN 119:2002 “Food labelling”

https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/TAIS.204888/asr

Establish general requirements for food labelling, nutrition and batch marking.

This hygiene standard applies to all foods delivered to restaurants, hospitals, canteens, etc. catering establishments. Does not apply to mineral waters.

Hygiene norm HN 26:2006 “Microbiological criteria for foodstuffs”

https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/TAIS.272707

Establish microbiological criteria for handling foodstuffs applicable to food producers operating in the Republic of Lithuania by implementing self-control based on the principles of the Risk Analysis and Key Control Points (HACCP) system

Description of the procedure for keeping animals and pets in catering establishments

https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/7a1341b0dd6311e3a0be833418c290fb/asr

Establish the procedure for keeping animals and pets in catering establishments.

Waste management rules

https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/TAIS.84302/asr

Establish requirements for sorting, storage, collection, transport, treatment of waste, as well as requirements for distributors of products accepting waste products handed over to consumers

Description of procedures for organising meals for children

https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/TAIS.411986/asr

Establish requirements for children’s meals carried out in institutions implementing pre-school, pre-primary and general education curricula, children’s leisure camps providing accommodation services, children’s stationary institutions and social services institutions

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