The method of marking food products in the Republic of Moldova will be adjusted to the EU standards. Vice director general of the National Food Safety Agency Ion Toma has told IPN that the European legislation envisions only the indication of the use-by date of a food product, not yet the production date. Such a bill, which envisions the harmonization of the national legislation with the European one, was endorsed by all the competent bodies in the field and is to be submitted to Parliament for adoption.
Ion Toma added that the Agency received a complaint from a consumer, who said that the milk products made by a national producer no longer contain the production date, but only the use-by date. The Agency will examine all the circumstances to establish why the producer resorted to such a marking method.
Currently, the national legislation obliges the producers to indicate the production date and the use-by date on the products. Those who do not comply are liable to punishment. These are issued with prescriptions and risk losing the authorization if they do not remove the irregularities.
