Voluntary Report – Voluntary - Public Distribution

Date: July 15, 2021
Report Number: UP2021-0025

Report Name: Ukraine Adopts New Labeling Rules for Selected Food
Products
Country: Ukraine
Post: Kyiv
Report Category: FAIRS Subject Report

Prepared By: Oleksandr Tarassevych
Approved By: Lisa Ahramjian

Report Highlights:
The Government of Ukraine adopted new labeling requirements for country of origin or place of origin
for selected food products on April 1, 2021. These new requirements cover beef, pork and poultry
products, honey, and olive oil and will go into effect on May 18, 2024. The regulation is adopted tofulfill Ukraine’s obligations under its Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area Agreement with theEuropean Union. These new requirements apply to both domestically produced and imported products
and demand detailed monitoring and transfer of information about the food products’ country/countriesof origin or place of origin throughout the entire production and sales cycle so that this information canbe stated on the product label.

THIS REPORT CONTAINS ASSESSMENTS OF COMMODITY AND TRADE ISSUES MADE BY USDA STAFF
AND NOT NECESSARILY STATEMENTS OF OFFICIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICYExecutive Summary
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted Order 679, “On Approval of the Procedure and Special
Requirements for Labelling and the List of Foodstuff for which Indication of Country of Origin or Place of Origin
is Mandatory" on April 1, 2021 (all links are in Ukrainian). The Order was registered in the Ministry of Justice of
Ukraine and notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO) as G/SPS/N/UKR/145/Add.2. This new regulation
covers fresh and frozen beef, pork and pork products, poultry (domestic chicken, ducks, geese, turkeys, andguinea fowl) and products, honey, and unprocessed olive oil. The Order will become binding on May 18, 2024,
three years after official publication.
The Cabinet of Ministers declared that adoption of the order was necessary to fulfills Ukraine’s obligations under
its Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) Agreement with European Union (EU) and is intended tosimplify access of Ukrainian products into the EU. As of 2021, Ukraine actively exports to the EU only poultry
meat (HS 0207, valued at $127.9 million and honey (HS 0409, valued at $114.0 million. Export of other products
covered by these new requirements is insignificant. However, Ukraine imports all listed products (from different
trading partners) with the exception of honey in significant quantities. Therefore, the impact of new regulations
on imports is expected to be rather significant. For U.S. exporters “indication of country of origin or place oforigin” would be limited to “country of origin” only.
These new regulations mimic several European Parliament and European Commission Regulations including:
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European Parliament and European Commission Regulation № 1760/2000 adopted on July 17, 2000
establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labellingof beef and beef products;
European Commission Regulation № 1825/2000 adopted on August 25, 2000 laying down detailed rules
for the application of Regulation(EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as
regards the labelling of beef and beef products;
European Commission Regulation № 1337/2013 adopted on December 13, 2013 laying down rules forthe application of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as
regards the indication of the country of origin or place of provenance for fresh, chilled and frozen meat ofswine, sheep, goats and poultry;
European Commission Directive 2001/110/EU adopted on December 20, 2001 relating to honey;
Commission Implementation Regulation № 29/2012 adopted on January 13, 2012 on marketing standards
for olive oil (codification)

New Food Products Labeling Requirements
The Order officially covers the following commodity groups:
LIST of food products, for which indication of the country of origin or place of origin is mandatory
HS Codes, according
to Ukrainian HS System

Description

0201

The meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled

0202

Beef, frozen

0203

Pork fresh, chilled and frozen

0204

Lamb or goat meat fresh, chilled and frozen

0206 10 95

Edible offal of bovine animals, fresh or chilled

0206 29 91

Edible offal of bovine animals, frozen

0207

Meat on and edible offal of domestic chicken (Gallus domesticu ),ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowl fresh, chilled and frozen

0409

Honey

1509 10

Unprocessed olive oil (virgin olive oil)

1509 10 20

Extra-class olive oil (extra virgin olive oil)

Source: Order 679 “On Approval of the Procedure and Special Requirements for Labelling and the List of Foodstuff forwhich Indication of Country of Origin or Place of Origin is Mandatory"

Abbreviated Key Requirements
The majority of complicated country of origin or place of origin requirements are related to meat and meatproducts. Meat producers, processors, handlers, importers, and resellers are obligated to maintain a tracking
system which facilitates meat products to be traced back to their origin and animal origin (country of origin).
The main responsibility is imposed on meat packers (slaughterhouses), which must introduce a system of
meticulous records. This information must be maintained throughout all stages of production and sales of thefood products and be available to final consumers or food service establishments. The product label should
include:For all animals and birds: name of the countr(y/ies) where animals/birds were raised, indicated on thelabel as “Countr(y/ies) of raising: (country name)”. The Order contains sophisticated animal age/weighdifferentiation with emphasis on the final raising/fattening stage.
For all animals and birds: name of the country where animals/birds were slaughtered, indicated on thelabel as “Country of slaughtering: (country name) (slaughter facility registration number is compulsory
for beef).”
In cases when animals/birds were born, raised, and slaughtered in the same country, market operator may
indicate “Country of origin: (country name);”

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For non-bovine animals and birds: if importer is not able to provide the required information, the label
should indicate, “Country of raising: not Ukraine” and “Country of slaughtering: (country name).”For bovine animals: name of the country where animals were born, indicated on the label as “Country ofbirth: (country name);”The batch number that identified the meat supplied to the final consumer or food service establishment.
If the package contains several pieces of meat that correspond to the different labeling criteria, allcountries must be listed along with the batch number. For beef products, the batch number must establish
connections between the meat and the animal or group of animals the meat is derived from;For beef meat cuts and offal: the country and registration number of the cutting and deboning facility withthe label stating, “Countr(y/ies) of meat (meat lot when appropriate) cutting and deboning: (countr(y/ies)
name, registration number(s) of cutting and deboning facilit(y/ies)”;Labels of ground (chopped) meat, meat trimmings, sliced and mechanically deboned meat must containthe analogous statements and may contain additional statements about mixes if meat of Ukrainian origin
is added.

An unofficial translation of the new labeling requirements is provided below.

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATIONPROCEDURE
and special requirements for labeling of food products for which indication of the country of origin or placeof origin is mandatory
General provisions
1. This Procedure and special requirements to labeling of food products for which indication of the countryof origin or place of origin (hereinafter referred to as Procedure) establish the rules for indication of thecountry of origin or place of origin in the label:
1. Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (code 0201 of the Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign
Commodities);
2. Meat of bovine animals, frozen (code 0202 of the Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign
Commodities);
3. Fresh, chilled and frozen pork (code 0203 of the Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign
Commodities);
4. Fresh, chilled and frozen lamb and goat meat (code 0204 of the Ukrainian Coding System for
Foreign Commodities);
5. Edible bovine by-products, fresh or chilled (code 0206 10 95 of the Ukrainian Coding System for
Foreign Commodities), or frozen (code 0206 29 91 of the Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign
Commodities);
6. Meat and edible poultry by-products (code 0207 of the Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign
Commodities);
7. honey (code 0409 of the Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign Commodities);
8. unrefined olive oil (virgin olive oil) (code 1509 10 of the Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign
Commodities) and extra class olive oil (extra virgin olive oil) (code 1509 10 20 of the Ukrainian
Coding System for Foreign Commodities).
2. This Procedure is applied to labeling of the food products listed in article 1 of this Procedure, whether
produced in Ukraine or imported (sent) to the customs territory of Ukraine, across all stages of its sales.
The effect of this Procedure does not apply to the food products listed in article 1 of this Procedure thatare intended (produced) for individual consumption.
3. The following terms shall be defined in this Procedure as follows:
1. Mechanically separated meat (hereinafter referred to as MSM) — is a food product obtained byremoving meat from flesh-bearing bones after boning or from poultry carcasses, using
mechanical means resulting in the loss or modification of the muscle fiber structure, and its
calcium content does not exceed 0,1% of fresh (raw) meat (or 100 mg/100 g or 1 ppm);
2. Meat trimmings — are small pieces of pork, lamb or goat, meat and/or edible poultry byproducts, meat and/or edible bovine by-products deemed suitable for human consumption andproduced exclusively during trimming operations in the process of carcasses deboning and/or
meat cutting;
3. Sliced meat — is the meat (except the ground (chopped) meat and meat trimmings) cut into small
cubes, slices or other individual portions that do not require any further cutting by the operator of
the food products market before selling to the consumer who can use it directly;
4. Unpackaged sliced meat — is the sliced meat offered for sale to the final consumer at points ofsale without preliminary packaging, as well as other pieces of meat, offered for sale to the final
consumer at points of sale without preliminary packaging, intended for slicing upon request fromthe final consumer;
5. Packaged sliced meat — stands for an individual package offered as a whole to the final
consumer or retail store. Such package is comprised of the sliced meat and packaging that meat
was wrapped in before offering it for sale, whether or not such packaging covers the meat in fullor partially, but in any case in such a way that its contents can be changed without opening or
damaging the packaging itself;
6. Meat batch — is a meat of a certain kind of animals listed in items 1-6 of article 1 of thisProcedure, with or without the bone, for instance, carcasses, quarters or deboned pieces of meat,sliced, ground (chopped) or packaged under virtually the same conditions;
7. Ground (chopped) meat – is a meat of a certain kind of animals listed in items 1-6 of article 1 ofthis Procedure, deboned and ground into fragments or put through the screw down meat grinder,
with sodium content of less than 1%;
8. Retail sales of meat — handling of meat and/or processing of meat as well as storage of meat at
the point of sale or at a place of delivery to the final consumers, including, at food service
establishments, stores, distribution centers for department stores, wholesale trade locations;
9. Domestic poultry – indicated in the Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign Commodities as acommodity item 0105, namely, domestic chicken (Gallus domesticus), ducks, geese, turkeys andguinea fowl.
10. Other terms are used according to the definitions listed in the Laws of Ukraine “Information
about food products for consumers”, “Core principles and requirements to safety and quality offood products” and “Identification and registration of animals”.
Tracing and tracking
4. Food products market operator that is involved in production and/or sales of the food products listed in
items 1-6 of article 1 of this Procedure, is obligated to introduce and apply a system of identification and acomprehensive system of registration.
5. The identification system and the comprehensive system of registration shall establish:
1. A connection between the whole, half and quarter carcasses, cuts and pieces of meat and theanimal or a group of animals they were obtained from, throughout all stages of production andsales of the food products listed in items 1-6 of article 1 of this Procedure. Establishment of suchconnection at the stage of slaughter is the obligation of an operator of the facility that is aslaughterhouse;
2. Transfer of information about the country of origin or place of origin throughout the entire
production and sales cycles of the food products listed in items 1-6 of article 1 of this Procedure.

6. As mentioned in item 4, the identification system and the comprehensive system of registration areintended to at least establish the time when animals, whole, half and quarter carcasses and meat cuts
arrive at the facility, on a case by case basis, as well as the time when the food products listed in items 1-6of article 1 of this Procedure, depart the facility. In addition, such systems shall establish the correlation
between such arrivals and departures.
7. Food products market operator engaged in packing or labeling of the food products listed in items 1-6 ofarticle 1 of this Procedure, is obligated to establish the correlation between the batch number that
identifies said food products that are delivered to the final consumers or food service establishments, andthe respective lot or lots of meat that a package or a labeled batch is comprised of. All package items withthe same batch code have to contain the same indication of the country of origin or place of origin.
Size and composition of animal group
8. The size of an animal group indicated in article 21 of this Procedure is defined by:
1. the number of carcasses or quarters that were cut together and that comprise one batch for therespective meat cutting and deboning facility in case of carcasses cutting;
2. the number of carcasses or quarters that provided the meat for one batch for the respective meat
cutting and deboning facility or convenience meat products facility in case of further cutting andgrinding.
Size of the animal group should never exceed the daily production output of the meat cutting anddeboning facility or convenience meat products facility.
9. When composing batches from the animal groups listed in article 8 of this Procedure the food market
operators should ensure that:
1. all batch carcasses or quarters cut together will derive from the animals born in one country,
raised in a different country or countries, and slaughtered in one country at the same facility;
2. all batch carcasses with their meat subjected to further cutting, will meet the requirements of theitem for this article, and were cut at the same meat cutting and deboning facility;
3. all meat in the batch that is further ground, will derive from the animals slaughtered in the same
country.
The requirements of item 2 of this article are not applicable to the circumstances laid out inarticles 10 and 11 of this Procedure.
10. Upon production of sliced meat the food products market operators have the right to compose batchesfrom the meat of animals that were slaughtered at not more than three different slaughterhouses, and fromthe carcasses of animals that underwent cutting at not more than three different meat cutting and deboning
facilities.
11. In case of production of meat trimmings, the food products market operators are obligated to comply withthe only requirement regarding the slaughter of animals in one country when composing the batches.
12. Except when the requirements of article 18 of this Procedure are applicable, it is necessary to ensure that
all carcasses in the batch derive from the animals that have identical label indications on their meat, asstated in the requirements of articles 13-15 of this Procedure, when composing the batches at the meat
cutting and deboning facility or convenience meat products facility.
Specific requirements for indication of the country of origin or place of origin of the fresh, chilled andfrozen pork (code 0203 of the Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign Commodities), fresh, chilled andfrozen lamb and goat meat (code 0204 of the Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign Commodities), meatand edible poultry by-products (code 0207 of the Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign Commodities)
13. Labels of food products listed in items 3, 4 and 6 of article 1 of this Procedure and that are intended forsupply to the final consumers or food service establishments, should contain the following information:
13.1.

Name of a country where animals were raised.

Name of a country where animals were raised should be stated in the label as “Country of raising:(country name)” with consideration of the following criteria:
13.1.1. For pork:
in case if the pigs were slaughtered at the age of more than six months, the field “Country of raising:(country name)” should state the name of the country where the last period of raising took place and wasof not less than four months;
in case if the pigs were slaughtered at the age of less than six months and such pigs had live weight of notless than 80 kg, the field “Country of raising: (country name)” should state the name of the country where
the period of raising took place after they have reached the weight of 30 kg;
in case if the pigs were slaughtered at the age of less than six months and such pigs had live weight of lessthan 80 kg, the field “Country of raising: (country name)” should state the name of the country where theentire period of raising took place;
13.1.2. For lamb and goat meat:
the field “Country of raising: (country name)” should state the name of the country where the last periodof sheep or nannies raising took place and lasted not less than six months;
in case if sheep or nannies were slaughtered at the age of less than six months, the field “Country ofraising: (country name)” should state the name of the country where the entire period of raising took
place;
13.1.3. For meat and edible by-products of poultry:
the field “Country of raising: (country name)” should state the name of the country where the last periodof poultry raising took place and was of not less than one month;in case if poultry were slaughtered at the age of less than one month, the field “Country of raising:(country name)” should state the name of the country where the entire period of poultry raising took place
after they were switched to fattening.
13.2.

Name of a country where animals were slaughtered.

Name of a country where animals were slaughtered should be stated in the label as “Country ofslaughtering: (country name)”.
13.3. Batch number that identified the meat supplied to the final consumer or food service
establishment.
14. In case if the raising periods of pigs, sheep, nannies, poultry, listed in item 13.1 of article 13 of thisProcedure, were not complied with in any of the countries where such raising took place, the foodproducts market operator shall then be entitled to put “Countries of raising: (list of countries where animalraising took place)” in the label instead of “Country of raising: (country name)”.
Upon the request of a competent body the food products market operator is obligated to show the proof to
the fact that the raising of animals took place in the countries stated in the label.
15. In case if the meat, indicated in items 3, 4 and 6 of article 1 of this Procedure, was derived from theanimals that were born, raised and slaughtered in the same country, the food products market operator allthen be entitled to put “Country of origin: (country name)” in the label instead of “Country of raising:(country name)” indications.
Upon the request of a competent body the food products market operator is obligated to show the proofs
to the fact that the raising and slaughtering of animals took place in the same country.
16. In case if the package supplied to the final consumer or food service establishment contain several piecesof meat from one or different kinds of animals that correspond to the different labeling criteria as stated inarticles 13-15 of this Procedure, then the labeling should contain the following information:
1. Name of country or list of countries for each kind of animal as stated in articles 13-15 of thisProcedure;
2. Batch number that identifies the meat supplied to the final consumer of food service
establishment.
17. Labeling of food products listed in items 3, 4 and 6 of article 1 of this Procedure, that are imported to
Ukraine with the purpose of placement on the market and lack information as stipulated by articles 13 and
14 of this Procedure, should indicate “Country of raising: not Ukraine” and “Country of slaughtering:(country name)”.
18. Following indications are used to denote the country of origin or place of origin of the ground (chopped)
meat, meat trimmings and MSM:

1. “Country of origin: Ukraine” if the ground (chopped) meat, meat trimmings or MSM derive
exclusively from the meat of animals that were born, raised and slaughtered in Ukraine;
2. “Country of raising and slaughtering of animals: Ukraine” if the ground (chopped) meat, meat
trimmings or MSM derive exclusively from the meat of animals that were born, raised andslaughtered in Ukraine;3. “Country of raising and slaughtering of animals: country name” if the ground (chopped) meat,
meat trimmings or MSM derive exclusively from the meat that was imported to Ukraine;
4. Country of raising: (country name)” and “Country of slaughtering: Ukraine” if the ground(chopped) meat, meat trimmings or MSM derive exclusively from the animals that were imported
to Ukraine as slaughter animals and that were slaughtered in Ukraine;
5. “Country of raising and slaughtering of animals: Ukraine and (country name)” if the ground(chopped) meat, meat trimmings or MSM were produced from:the meat derived from the animals that were raised and slaughtered in Ukraine and from the meatthat was imported to Ukraine;
the meat derived from the animals that were imported to and slaughtered in Ukraine.
19. Food products market operator is entitled to supplement the indications listed in articles 13-18 of thisProcedure in the labels of the food products listed in this section, namely, with the additional information
about their origin. Such additional information:
1. will not contradict the indications stipulated by articles 13-18 of this Procedure;
2. has to be provided in compliance with the requirements of Section IV of the Law of Ukraine“Information about food products for consumers.”
Specific requirements for indication of the country of origin or place of origin of Meat of bovine animals,
fresh or chilled (code 0201 of the Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign Commodities) and frozen (code0202 of the Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign Commodities), Edible bovine by-products, fresh or
chilled (code 0206 10 95 of the Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign Commodities) and frozen (code 0206
29 91 of the Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign Commodities)
20. Food products market operator engaged in sales of meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (code 0201 of
the Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign Commodities) and frozen (code 0202 of the Ukrainian Coding
System for Foreign Commodities), edible bovine by-products, fresh or chilled (code 0206 10 95 of the
Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign Commodities) and frozen (code 0206 29 91 of the Ukrainian
Coding System for Foreign Commodities) (hereinafter referred to as “bovine meat and by-products”) is
obligated to indicate the country of origin or place of origin in compliance with the requirements of thissection.
21. Labeling of bovine meat and edible by-products should ensure the tracking and tracing of the carcass,quarter or pieces of meat and the individual animal, or, should that be not sufficient to warrant theaccuracy of information on the label, the group of animals they derive from.
22. In addition to mandatory information about the food products as stipulated by section III of the Law of
Ukraine “Information about food products for consumers” the label for bovine meat and edible byproducts should contain following information:
1. Name of the country of birth for animals. In this case the label should state “Country of birth:(country name)”;2. Names of all countries where raising of animals took place. In this case the label should state“Countries of animal raising: (country name)”;
3. Name of the country of slaughtering. In this case label should state “Country of animalslaughtering: (country name)”;
4. Number of reference code that establishes a connection between the meat and the animal or groupof animals the meat derived from. Such number or reference code can be an individual or group
identification number assigned to an animal (or group thereof) the meat derived from;
5. Registration number of the facility that is the slaughterhouse where the animal or group ofanimals were slaughtered; as well as the name of the country of such facility. In this case the label
should state “Country of animal slaughtering: (country name) (slaughterhouse registration
number)”;
6. Registration number of the cutting and deboning facility where the operations of cutting anddeboning or carcasses or lot of carcasses took place; as well as the name of the country wheresuch facility is located. In this case the label should state “Country of meat cutting and deboning:(country name) (registration number of cutting and deboning facility)”.
If the meat was derived from the animals that were born, raised or slaughtered in the same
country then the label should contain the indication: “Country of animal origin: (country name)”instead of the information stated in items 1-3 of this article.
23. In addition to mandatory information about the food products as stipulated by section III of the Law of
Ukraine “Information about food products for consumers” the label for ground (chopped) bovine meatshould contain following information:
1. “Country of production: (country name)” if the country of origin of the bovine meat and thecountry of production of the ground (chopped) bovine meat coincide;
2. “Country of animal origin: (country name)” and “Country of production: (country name)” if thecountry of origin of the bovine meat is different than the country of production of the ground(chopped) bovine meat;
3. Name of the country of animal slaughtering. In this case the label should state “Country of animalslaughtering: (country name)”.
24. Food products market operator is entitled to supplement the label for the ground (chopped) bovine meatwith the following information:
1. Name of the country of animal birth. In this case the label should state “Country of animal birth:(country name)”;
2. Names of all countries where the raising of animals took place. In this case the label should state“Countries of animal raising: (names of countries)”;
3. Registration number of the facility that is the slaughterhouse where the animal or group ofanimals were slaughtered; as well as the name of the country where facility is located. In this casethe label should state “Country of animal slaughtering: (country name) (slaughterhouseregistration number)”;
4. Registration number of the cutting and deboning facility where the operations of cutting anddeboning or carcasses or lot of carcasses took place; as well as the name of the country wheresuch facility is located. In this case the label should state “Country of meat cutting and deboning:(country name) (registration number of cutting and deboning facility)”;
5. Date of production of ground (chopped) meat.
25. In addition to mandatory information about the food products as stipulated by section III of the Law of
Ukraine “Information about food products for consumers” and with consideration of the requirements ofarticle 10 of this Procedure, the label for packaged sliced bovine meat and edible by-products should
contain following information:
1. Name of the country of animal birth. In this case the label should state “Country of animal birth:(country name)”;
2. Names of all countries where the raising of animals took place. In this case the label should state“Countries of animal raising: (names of countries);
3. Name of the country of animal slaughtering, followed by the registration number of theslaughterhouse where the animals were slaughtered, or in some cases, as appropriate, registration
numbers of two or three slaughterhouses where the animals that belong to the same group wereslaughtered. In that case the label should state “Country of animal group slaughter: (countryname) (registration number(s) of one, two or three slaughterhouses where animals that belong to
the same group were slaughtered)”;4. Name of the country where cutting of animal carcasses took place, followed by the registration
number of cutting and deboning facility where meat cutting and deboning took place; or in somecases, as appropriate, registration numbers of two or three cutting and deboning facilities wherecutting and deboning of meat from the animals that belong to the same group took place. In thatcase the label should state “Country of meat lot cutting and deboning: (name of the country wheremeat cutting and deboning took place) (registration number(s) of one, two or three cutting anddeboning facilities where cutting and deboning of meat from the animals that belong to the samegroup took place)”.
26. At points of sale to the final consumers the food products market operator is obligated to label theunpackaged sliced meat offered for sale by indicating the name of the country of birth, raising andslaughtering of the animals the meat was derived from, followed by the name of the country where cuttingof the carcasses took place.
Offered for sale kinds of meat from the animals born and/or raised and/or slaughtered in different
countries should be clearly separated. The information at points of sale should be placed next to the kindsof meat in such a way that the final consumers could easily distinguish between the kinds of meat by their
origin.
27. Food products market operator involved in putting up the unpackaged sliced meat of various kinds forsale on a daily basis is obligated to keep records that will contain the following information:
1. Date (when offered for sale);
2. Registration number of the slaughterhouse where animals were slaughtered;
3. cutting and deboning facility where cutting of the carcasses from slaughtered animals took place.

Food products market operator engaged in sales of unpackaged sliced meat is obligated to provide
final consumers with information stated in this article upon their request.
Subject to the requirements stipulated by articles 17 and 18, the size of the animal group the
unpackaged beef and/or veal was derived from and was then offered for sale to the final consumers,
can exceed the daily production output.
28. In addition to mandatory information about the food products as stipulated by section III of the Law of
Ukraine “Information about food products for consumers” the label for trimmings from the bovine meatshould contain the following information:
1. Names of countries of birth and raising of the animals that belong to one group of animals. In thatcase the label should state “Countries of birth and raising of the group of animals: (names ofcountries where the animals were born and raised)”;2. Name of country of animal slaughtering the meat trimmings derive from. In that case the label
should state “Country of slaughtering: (name of the country of animal slaughtering)”;
3. Name of a country where meat trimmings were produced, followed by the registration number ofthe cutting and deboning facility where meat trimmings were produced. In that case the label
should state “Country of production: (name of the country of production and registration numberof the cutting and deboning facility where meat trimmings were produced)”.
In case if all animals in the group were born, raised and slaughtered in the same country, the foodproducts market operator that produces the meat trimmings from bovine meat shall be entitled toindicate the following in the label: “Country of origin: (name of the country where animals were born,raised and slaughtered)”.
Specific requirements for labeling of unrefined olive oil (code 1509 10 of the Ukrainian Coding System for
Foreign Commodities) and extra class olive oil (code 1509 10 20 of the Ukrainian Coding System for
Foreign Commodities)
29. Labels for unrefined olive oil (virgin olive oil) (code 1509 10 of the Ukrainian Coding System for Foreign
Commodities) and extra class olive oil (extra virgin olive oil) (code 1509 10 20 of the Ukrainian Coding
System for Foreign Commodities) have to contain the indication about origin.
30. Indication of origin denotes reference to the country of origin or place of origin, protected designation oforigin or protected geographical indication.
Indication of origin that refers to the country of origin should correspond to the geographical region
where the olives were harvested or where the extraction mill is situated and where olive oil was produced
from such olives.
In case if olives were harvested in a country other than the one where the extraction mill is located andwhere the olive oil was produced, the label shall then state “Unrefined olive oil produced in (countryname) from olives harvested in (country name)” or “Extra class virgin olive oil produced in (countryname) from olives harvested in (country name)”.

Name of a trade mark, commercial (firm) name or market operator’s name is not considered to be theindication of the olive oil origin.
31. In case of a blend of olive oils, the label should have the following indication: “Blend of olive oils
produced in (names of countries)”.
Specific requirements to labeling of honey
32. A label for honey should contain the name of the country of origin or place of origin where the honey was
harvested, namely: “Honey harvested in: (country name).
33. In case if the honey originates from several countries, the label should contain one of the following
indications:
1. “Honey blend harvested in Ukraine and (names of other countries)”;
2. “Honey blend harvested in (names of countries except Ukraine)”.

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