Ukrainian Journal of Veterinary Sciences

The urgency of this work is that to date, the issues of quality control and safety and veterinary and sanitary assessment of snails used for the purpose of human nutrition and the production of medicinal products are not fully resolved in the country. Regrettably, in today's Ukraine, there are no Gosstandards in this direction. Therefore, we examined the world regulatory framework for veterinary and sanitary examination of meat of edible species of snails. Material and methods. Processed materials of the following normative documents: The rules for the human consumption are defined in paragraph 6.2 of Annex I of Regulation (EC) No. 853 as Muller, Helix lucorum and species of the family Achatinidae, Regulation (EC) No 854 of the Еuropean Рarliament and of the council; Regulation on veterinary and sanitary requirements, general and special requirements for hygiene of food products of animal origin and hygienic requirements for food products of animal origin. №25/11 Republic of Serbia; Veterinary and sanitary rules for the production of meat and other food products from grape snails and other mollusks, harvesting, transportation of grape snails. Resolution of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus on 7 March, 13 No. 13; Philippine National Pns/Bafps 89:2011 Standard ICS 67.120.30 Live and raw bivalve mollusks. In the normative documents considered by us, only the requirements for the territory, domestic, industrial and auxiliary premises, technological processes, equipment, inventory, raw materials, auxiliary materials, packing, transportation of snails, labeling, storage conditions, disinsection, disinfection, disinfection, organization of production control. The prospect of our research will justify a set of indicators of veterinary and sanitary expertise and develop a system for controlling the safety and quality of snail meat. In Ukraine, there is an urgent need to develop rules for veterinary and sanitary examination of meat of edible snails.

legal framework, meat snails, quality, safety