Starting on April 5, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine started to exercise its powers in the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of organic production, circulation, and labeling of organic products.
The relevant order was signed by the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solsky.
It will be recalled that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine by Resolution of February 9, 2022, № 115 transferred authority to form and ensure the implementation of state policy in the field of food safety and certain indicators of food quality, quarantine, and plant protection, state policy in veterinary medicine, organic production and also circulation and labeling of organic products from the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.
As the formation of state policy in the areas where its implementation is provided by the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection is carried out by several ministries, the coordination of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection is carried out directly by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
Source: Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine (in Ukrainian only)
Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine dated April 5, 2022 № 206 (in Ukrainian only)
