1. Purposes of the state regulation in the field of food products safety shall be:
1) ensuring of:
food products safety for human life, health and environment;
protection of legal interests of consumers; ecological safety; national safety;
2) assistance to development of entrepreneurship;
3) harmonization of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan with international
regulations and rules for protection of human life and health, legal interest of consumers;
4) increasing the competitiveness of domestic products;
5) creating conditions for development of international trade.
2. The state regulation in the field of food products safety shall be carried out on the basis
of the following principles:
1) priority of food products safety for human life and health and environment;
2) prevention of possible adverse effect to human health and environment;
3) transparence of measures, carried out by the state;
4) publicity, accessibility, reliability of information;
5) scientific validity of the risk assessment;
6) traceability of food products in all processes (at stages) of its development (creation),
production (manufacturing), circulation, utilization and destruction;
7) responsibility of subjects for ensuring of food products safety in all processes (at stages
) of its development (creation), production (manufacturing), circulation, utilization and
destruction.

1. Sale of food products shall be allowed only on the objects of internal trade, complying
with the requirements, established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on food
products safety.
2. If upon sale of food products a violation, led to acquisition of hazardous characteristics
is committed, it shall not subject to sale and shall be directed for the relevant expertize, by the
results of which it is utilized and destructed.
3. Food products, exported (exported) from the Republic of Kazakhstan shall comply with
the requirements, established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, except for the
cases, when standards of country of importation do not require otherwise by the legislation.
4. Shall be prohibited the sale of food products, not having the documents, certifying its
compliance with the requirements, established by the legislation.

1. Food products safety, importation (import) of which is carried out in the territory of the
Republic of Kazakhstan shall comply with the requirements, established by the legislation of
the Republic of Kazakhstan on food products safety.
2. Shall be prohibited importation (import) in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan
the food products:
1) not having the documents, certifying its compliance with the requirements, established
by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on food products safety;
2) not passed the state registration in accordance with the requirements, established by
Article 9 of this Law.
3. The civil servants, carrying out the state control and supervision shall conduct
inspection of food products, verification of its transportation documents in the point of
passage across the State Border.
In the case if the food products, importation (import) of which is carried out in the
territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall not comply with the requirements, established
by paragraph 4 of Article 12 of this Law, the civil servants, specified in a first part of this
paragraph shall make decision on temporary suspension of its importation (import) and
direction to the relevant expertize or establish prohibition on its importation (import) in the
territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the manner, established by the legislation of the
Republic of Kazakhstan.
4. A subject shall be obliged to export the food products, recognized as hazardous by the
results of relevant expertize, outside the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan during three
days.
If the hazardous food products is not exported outside the Republic of Kazakhstan in the
term, established by first part of this paragraph, it shall be utilized or destructed in accordance
with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the food products safety.
Footnote. Article 20 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
06.01.2011 № 378-IV (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first
official publication).

1. A subject from the date of detention of nonconformity of food products to the
requirements of safety, established by this Law, or on the basis of instruction of authorized
body shall be obliged to terminate one or several processes (stages) of production (
manufacturing), circulation or utilization of dangerous food products.
2. Non-adoption of measures, provided by paragraph 1 of this Article shall bear
responsibility in accordance with the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Staff of subjects, participating in the processes (at the stages) of production (
manufacturing), circulation and utilization of food products shall be obliged to pass
preliminary and periodic medical examinations, as well as hygiene training in the manner
established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Shall be prohibited an access to the processes (stages) of development (creation),
production (manufacturing), circulation and utilization of food products of the staff of
subjects, not passed preliminary and periodic medical examinations, as well as patients with
infectious diseases, being the carriers of various sources of disease, to negative results of
laboratory tests.

1. Engines and equipment, materials and articles, used in the processes (at the stages) of
development (creation, production (manufacturing) and circulation of food products shall:
1) comply with requirements, established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan
on food products safety;
2) used only for the purpose intended.
Materials and products, contacting with food products must be accompanied by a
document certifying safety, issued by a state body in the field of sanitary and epidemiological
welfare of the population.
2. All parts of transport capacity (tank cisterns, tankers and other), pipelines, pumps,
hoses, engines, transport vehicles, equipment and apparatus in contact with the food products
shall be produced from the materials, permitted to application in accordance with the
legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
3. A document certifying the safety of materials and articles in contact with the food
products shall contain the details necessary for identification and risk assessment, including:
1) chemical, biological and physical characteristics;
2) application, the method of use;
3) origin and method of production;
4) method of delivery, packaging and storage conditions;
5) preparation before the use;
6) acceptance criterion.
Footnote. Article 23 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
21.04.2016 № 504-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after the day its first
official publication).

1. Traceability of food products shall be ensured in all processes (at the stages) of its
development (creation), production (manufacturing), circulation, utilization and destruction.
2. Traceability of food products shall be ensured by:
1) identification;
2) collection and record of details;
3) information on interaction between the subjects;
4) data exchange.
3. Traceability of food products shall be ensured by the subjects during development (
creation), production (manufacturing), circulation, utilization and destruction of food products
by execution of technological passports, in which the mark on conducting of necessary
technological and inspection operations is made, specified detected defects and adopted
measures on their elimination.
Execution of these documents shall be conducted by the subjects with application of the
relevant stamps and signatures.
A data record on traceability of food products shall be stored during one year from the
date of expiration of the period of validity.
4. Food products, subjected to the sale shall be identified for the further traceability and
have marking.

1. Industrial control of the food products safety shall be conducted in the manner
developed by the subjects in accordance with requirements established by the legislation of
the Republic of Kazakhstan on the food products safety.
2. Production safety control of food products shall be carried out in accordance with the
requirements of technical regulations.
Footnote. Article 25 - in the wording of the Law of the RK dated 30.12.2020 № 397-VI (
shall enter into force upon expiry of six months after the day of its first official publication).

1. Drinking water shall comply with requirements, established by the legislation of the
Republic of Kazakhstan on the safety of drinking water.
2. Requirements to the technical devices of water intake facilities, water treatment
structures, pumping stations, carrier networks, water storage container, facilities for water
recycling in terms of drinking water safety shall be established by the legislation of the
Republic of Kazakhstan on sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population.
3. Water supply sources and water-retaining constructions, supplying water for drinking
and sanitary needs from surface and underground sources shall have the sanitary protection
zone in accordance with the requirements, established by the legislation of the Republic of
Kazakhstan.
4. Requirements to the choice of the site for water treatment, pumping stations of the first
lifting and pumping of untreated water, site for construction of underground and surface water
, facilities of utility and drinking water supply, placed on the territory of organizations,
reservoirs and water towers, adjoining to the fencing structures shall be established by the
legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the
population.
5. The use of natural mineral waters is allowed after receiving a balneological conclusion
on them from scientific centers of balneology in the manner determined by a state body in the
field of sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population.
Footnote. Article 27 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
21.04.2016 № 504-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after the day its first
official publication).