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Food Safety Executive Regulations (CR 26/2017) is one of the rulebooks issued by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment. For compliance officers, legal teams, and advisors working under this regime, finding the right article quickly matters. Lexara indexes the full text of Food Safety Executive Regulations (CR 26/2017) and makes it searchable two ways: full-text and keyword search for rapid lookup, and AI Explorer for natural-language questions answered with citations to the exact article.
10 articles in 2 chapters, each with a plain-English summary by Arakan. The full text of every article is in the Laws Browser.
Article 8Activities
Organizations must operate strictly within licensed activities and inform the competent authority of any additions to these activities.
Article 9Circulation and labelling
Food must comply with regulations and be accurately labeled; non-compliant or unregistered food cannot be traded without permission.
Article 11Disposal
Food disposal must be conducted safely and environmentally friendly after notifying and obtaining necessary approvals from authorities.
Article 18Records and traceability
Food officers must maintain and retain supplier and customer records for specified durations and provide copies upon request.
Article 22Administrative measures
The authority may administratively close organizations for up to three months for breaches, with a right to appeal within thirty days.
Articles 3-4Registration
Manufacturers, producers, and importers must register food in the Ministry's system before circulation, excluding certain personal-use and sample imports.
Articles 12-17Adulterated, misleading and unfit food
Food suppliers must not sell spoiled, misleading, or unfit food, including products exceeding contaminant levels, lacking proper labeling, or carrying unapproved health claims.
Article 18(3)(a)-retRecord Retention — Supplier and customer records for food with shelf life over five years
Supplier and customer records for food with a shelf life over five years must be retained for 180 days after expiration.
Article 18(3)(b)-retRecord Retention — Supplier and customer records for short shelf-life food (under three months) and
Supplier and customer records for short shelf-life food must be retained for 180 days post-supply.
Article 18(3)(c)-retRecord Retention — Supplier and customer records for all other food
Suppliers and customers must retain food records for five years.
Food Safety Executive Regulations (CR 26/2017)'s 17 indexed articles break down by obligation type as follows.
Food Safety / QA — 12 articles
General — 3 articles
Legal / Food Safety / QA — 2 articles
Food Safety Executive Regulations (CR 26/2017) spans the following regulatory topics, as tagged by Lexara.
food safety
food and beverage
restaurants
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What is Food Safety Executive Regulations (CR 26/2017)?
Food Safety Executive Regulations (CR 26/2017) is issued by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment. It has 10 articles across 2 chapters.
What does Food Safety Executive Regulations (CR 26/2017) cover?
It is organised into: Food Safety Executive Regulations; Article 18.
Who issues Food Safety Executive Regulations (CR 26/2017)?
The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment. Always check the authority's official publication for the binding text.
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