Prevention of infections and poisoning: new rules for trade products

the New sanitary-epidemiological requirements to the stores and markets, implements food products, prepared CPS. A draft resolution of the Chief state sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation published on the Federal portal of projects of normative legal acts.

Sanitary rules are designed to prevent infectious and non-infectious diseases (poisoning) associated with the sale of food products in shops and markets. In trade objects over their observance must be arranged and production control.

In particular, it is proposed to prohibit placing specialized fish stores in spaces built-in or built-in and attached to the residential buildings and public buildings and administrative facilities.

Building commercial facilities are equipped with systems of cold and hot water supply, and sanitation in accordance with the requirements of public buildings and facilities. In the absence of centralized systems of water supply and sanitation should be organized decentralized, including Autonomous water supply and water disposal.

All spaces in retail facilities should be located taking into account threading: lack of counter and cross flows of food and non-food products, raw and ready to eat foods, staff and visitors.

At the same premises in which food products prepared for sale, should not be passing. Not allowed and storage of food products in the aisles and corridors.

In retail facilities using self-service buyers of containers, trucks and baskets, should be created conditions for processing and storage containers, trolleys and baskets separately from the other commercial equipment and inventory.

In commercial properties are prohibited from weighing scales seller in food products without package and vacation buyers health marriage food that fell on the floor or contaminated in some other way. When the liquid foodof evye products are not allowed to pour them out of the dish buyer in the container. Also prohibited the sale of eggs in the departments that implement ready to use and not Packed in a manufacturer of food products is not permitted, and the packaging of food products under vacuum. Ice used for cooling food products must be made from drinking water.

For employees of commercial facilities must be provided for toilets and sinks for hand washing with a supply of hot and cold water with mixer. Toilets for visitors, in case their design should be separate from toilets for workers in commercial properties. Non-stationary trading objects should be placed in places that have a toilet within walking distance from the workplace.

Employees commercial facilities, having contact with food products for symptoms of colds, intestinal dysfunction, suppuration, cuts or burns will have to inform the organization and to turn to doctors for treatment. Also, they are required to report all cases of intestinal infections in their families.

the Proposed sanitary rules also prohibit non-stationary trading objects in the organization of small retail trade the sale of melons parts and cuts. Implementation of raw milk at farmers ‘ markets is allowed with warning labels regarding the necessity of boiling.

the validity of the new sanitary and epidemiological rules proposed to establish until January 1, 2031.