Ulaanbaatar
Organic food production to be ruled by specified law
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Law on Organic Foods, Law on Legislation and the new version of the Law Against Domestic Violence, all of which were adopted in 2016, entered into force on January 1, 2017.
The Law on Organic Foods will regulate the relations regarding the production of agricultural products, organic foods, animal fodder and fertilizers as well as their certifications, commercialization and advertisements. The new law covers matters connected to unprocessed food, nutritional products for humans and animals, organic fertilizers and plant seeding.
The Law on Legislation, adopted on May 29 of 2015, was supposed to take effect in February of 2016. The law sets out the criteria for draft laws and amendments to legal documents and control over the implementation of laws and regulations.
The plenary session of the State Great Khural (Parliament) passed the new wording of the Law Against Domestic Violence on December 22. The bill outlines that the first offence for domestic violence will be inflicted administrative responsibility and further offences are subject to criminal punishments.
The scope of the Law Against Domestic Violence has been widened, to concern not only the relations between husband and wife, but also those between siblings and unmarried partners.
