Strengthening of food safety and consumer protection in the Russian Federation

The German-Russian project has the objective to provide technical assistance and advice to Russian Ministeries and Institutions who are responsible for food safety and consumer protection. The main beneficiary on the Russian side is the Federal Service for Consumer Protection and Human well-being (Rospotrebnadzor). Further partners in the implementation of the project are the working group on technical regulation of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation,the National Institute for Technical Regulation (NITR), the Federal Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology (FGUS) and the Institute for Food of the Russian Academy for Medicine. In addition, the project is collaborating with the territorial administration of Rospotrebnadzor in the region Perm and the municipality of Togliatti in Oblast Samara on the development of consumer advice offices. The project programme focuses on the advice on Food Safety legislation in conjunction with the Law for Technical Regulation, on food inspection and the improvement of consumer protection by enlargement of consumer information and consultation.