State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection

State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection is the central executive body under the jurisdiction of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine whose operation is directed by the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and which implements state policy in the field of veterinary medicine, safety and quality of foodstuffs, quarantine and plant protection, animal identification and registration, sanitary legislation, protection of public health, certification of seeds and planting material, state supervision in the sphere of agro-industrial complex, state control over compliance with legislation on consumer protection and implementation of radiation control over the level of radioactive contamination of agricultural commodities and foodstuffs. State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection shall perform the following functions: (a) implementation of state policy in the sphere of quality and safety of foodstuffs and consumer protection; (b) state supervision over compliance with sanitary legislation; (c) state supervision over compliance with phytosanitary legislation; and (d) supervision over the factors of human living environment. State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection shall perform supervision related to: (a) quality and safety indicators of foodstuffs and agricultural commodities; (b) compliance with sanitary legislation; (c) animal health and animal welfare; (d) application of phytosanitary measures, circulation of pesticides and agrochemicals, and use of biological agents; (e) preventive and exterminating arrangements for pest control in storage facilities for products of plant origin; (f) provisions for identification of livestock; (g) control of foodstuffs of animal origin; and (h) control of veterinary drugs.