Legal permit
Food Product Registration — Federal Law No. (10) of 2015
Food Product Registration — Federal Law No. (10) of 2015 — legal permit, United Arab Emirates. It binds businesses importing food or fodder into the UAE for the first time, and businesses trading food or fodder in the UAE.
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- United Arab Emirates
- Record class
- Legal permit
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Where this applies
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Instrument
Federal Law No. 10 of 2015 Concerning the Food Safety (Articles 7, 8 and 14)
Who it binds
Businesses importing food or fodder into the UAE for the first time, and businesses trading food or fodder in the UAE
What it requires
Under Federal Law No. 10 of 2015 Concerning the Food Safety, no food or fodder may be imported into the UAE for the first time unless approved by the Ministry within a national system for approval and registration (Art. 8(1)), and no commercial, industrial or professional food or fodder activity may be practised before obtaining the required licence (Art. 7). The competent local authorities verify food throughout the food chain, while the Ministry standardises and supervises the procedures (Art. 4). The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) states that it implements the law, including a national food accreditation and registration system; in 2018 it launched ZAD with Dubai Municipality as the online platform to approve and register food products. Penalties under Art. 14 include: for trading without a licence food containing pork or its products, alcoholic substances or other material against Islamic Sharia, imprisonment of at least one month and/or a fine of AED 50,000–500,000; for trading, circulating or publishing a false description of food to mislead the consumer, a fine of AED 10,000–100,000; for trading food or fodder against the technical regulations issued under the law, a fine of AED 10,000–100,000; and for trading adulterated, harmful or spoiled food, imprisonment of at least three months and/or a fine of AED 100,000–2,000,000.
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