Ukraine: FAIRS Country Report
There have been significant changes affecting agricultural product quality, safety, and sanitary regulations since the submission of the last report. In 2015-16, Ukraine deregulated some food safety import procedures and significantly modified its food safety legislation, introducing HACCP principles. Ukraine also introduced new international certificate requirements for food products and reinforced its legislation related to the approval of foreign exporting facilities. Created in 2014, the State Service on Safety of Foodstuffs and Consumer Protection has become the national competent authority for all food products in 2016.