Kazakhstan

Competent authorities

Name of authority:
Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Mandate/competence:
Competence on certain issues in the field of food safety is vested in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On food safety” No. 307, dated July 21, 2007, and the Regulation of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, approved by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 71 dated February 17, 2017 /

The Ministry controls the turnover of finished food products, including packaged products, beverages, food additives, etc., as well as the processes associated with their production, storage, sale, disposal and other stages /

http://dsm.gov.kz/ru

Name of authority:
Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Mandate/competence:
Competence on certain issues in the field of food safety is vested in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On food safety” No. 307, dated July 21, 2007, as well as the Provision on the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, approved by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan № 310 dated April 6, 2005 /

The Ministry exercises control over the safety of unprocessed food products of animal and plant origin, including raw materials and live animals, as well as the processes associated with their production, storage, disposal, sale and other stages.


https://moa.gov.kz/ru

INFOSAN Emergency Contact Point

Food safety and consumer protection – laws and regulations

The national Codex programme

National Codex consultative mechanism

Providers of scientific and technical input to national consultation on Codex

Risk Assessments and Scientific Data

National bodies providing risk assessment and scientific advice

Risk assessment, risk profiles, scientific opinions

Official Laboratories

Official Laboratory:
National center of expertise
Official Competence:
conducting sanitary and epidemiological expertise in terms of laboratory research and measurements of human environmental factors

performance of sanitary-chemical, biological, virological, immunological, molecular genetic, radiological, toxicological laboratory studies, measurements of noise and vibration, electromagnetic fields, the efficiency of the ventilation system and other factors of the human environment;

carrying out focal and preventive disinfection, deratization and disinsection

-participation in the sanitary and epidemiological monitoring;
- participation in the diagnosis of infectious and parasitic diseases
-participation on a contractual basis or at the request of individuals and legal entities in the examination, as well as work on the elimination of risk factors of the human environment
-implementation of transportation, storage and sale of prophylactic (diagnostic, disinfectant) drugs, consumables
-investigation of the causes and conditions of the emergence of infectious, parasitic, non-communicable diseases and poisoning of the population
-Training on the short-term and long-term programs of medical specialists of the sanitary-epidemiological profile, specialists of other industries on the sanitary-epidemiological well-being of the population and the protection of consumer rights
-participation in a complex of preventive, antiepizootic measures to ensure sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population; hygienic training of decreed groups
-carrying out laboratory studies of products, goods for the determination of indicators stipulated by the technical regulations of the Customs Union
-production and sale of disinfection, disinfestation, disinsection
-providing consulting services for laboratory research and instrumental measurements, as well as services for disinfection, disinsection, disinfestation
-- conducting certification of workplaces;
- carrying out verification and certification of laboratory equipment and measuring instruments;
- performance of work in the field of qualification confirmation;
-conducting sanitary and epidemiological audit:
- sampling for sanitary-epidemiological examination;
- sampling and laboratory tests of biomaterials

Official Laboratory:
The Branch
Official Competence:
-providing organizational, methodological and advisory assistance to bodies, laboratories and organizations in the fields of public health,
-interaction and cooperation with organizations, including international ones, on issues of sanitary and epidemiological well-being
-scientific research on current problems of epidemiology, infectious and non-communicable diseases, incl. molecular biology and genetics, prevention of bacterial diseases and viral infections, parasitic diseases, hygiene, toxicology, microbiology, virology;
-participation in the development of regulatory legal acts and the introduction of a scientifically based methodology for epidemiological monitoring and prevention of infectious and non-infectious and parasitic diseases
--participation in the development and manufacture of information and educational materials in order to promote the latest achievements of medical science and practical health care;
-conducting courses on advanced training, training and retraining of medical and non-medical personnel
-- organization and conduct of hygienic training for the decreed population;
- conducting sanitary and epidemiological expertise in terms of laboratory research;
- storage of prophylactic and therapeutic drugs
-development, preparation, adaptation and introduction of new methods of laboratory research and instrumental measurements, new instruments and equipment, application programs in the field of ensuring the sanitary and hygienic well-being of the population
-- sampling of biological, pathological materials for laboratory research
-examination of healthcare organizations and laboratories working with microorganisms of II, II, and IV pathogenicity groups
-testing of immunobiological preparations, means of disinfection, disinsection and disinfestation, means of personal protection
-statistical accounting and reporting on the dynamics of infectious, nosocomial, parasitic and occupational morbidity, immunoprophylaxis of the population, non-infectious morbidity
-analysis and evaluation of non-infectious, infectious, nosocomial, parasitic and occupational morbidity, identification of risks of morbidity among the population and the development of preventive measures
-organization and monitoring of the sanitary and epidemiological situation and the formation of a unified database at the national level
-- participation in measures for sanitary protection of borders and territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan against the importation and spread of especially dangerous infections
-the provision of services for the establishment of sanitary protection zones and health risk assessment of the population
-analysis of the situation, identification of a causal relationship, assessment of risk factors, prediction of morbidity, development of risk management systems

Official Laboratory:
Republican veterinary laboratory
Official Competence:
- diagnostics of especially dangerous diseases of animals included in the list approved by the authorized body;
- diagnosis of enzootic animal diseases included in the list approved by the local executive body of the region, the city of republican significance, the capital
-- conducting laboratory studies and veterinary-sanitary examination;
- verification of measuring instruments and certification of test equipment;
- bacteriological examination of the quality of disinfection;
- utilization and destruction of biological waste.

Official Laboratory:
National Reference center for veterinary medicine;
Official Competence:
- reference functions for the diagnosis of animal diseases
-epizootic monitoring
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- maintenance of the National Collection of deposited strains of microorganisms;
- registration tests, approbations of veterinary drugs, feed additives, as well as control of a series (lots) of drugs upon their complaint;
- state monitoring, reference to ensure food safety;
- monitoring the safety of veterinary drugs, feed and feed additives

Surveillance of foodborne diseases and monitoring of food contamination

National surveillance systems – foodborne disease in humans

National monitoring systems – foodborne hazards in the food chain