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Procedure Name

Registration Procedure for importing an Organic Food

Description

Category	Registration
Responsible Agency	Name: Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Light Industry Address: Government Building IXb, Bayanzurkh District, Ulaanbaatar 13381, Enkhtaivnii avenue 16a, E-mail: mofa.gov.mn Web: mofa@mofa.gov.mn Phone: +(976) 11 261908 Fax: +(976) 11 452554
Legal base of the Procedure	Procedure For Registration Of Organic Food And Publication For Public Use Production and export of organic food
Fee
Processing Time	Within 7 working days

Required Documents

No.	Type of information	Note
1	Application
2	A copy of the valid certification certificate issued for the organic food by the certification body accredited by the competent authority of the exporting country and a member organization of the international accreditation body, and its certified translation	Documents necessary for the application
3	Product drawings that fully show the signs, markings, notices and registration numbers indicating that they are organic
4	Introduction of organic food importer
5	Introduction of imported organic food and quantity to be imported
6	Translation of packaging label information into Mongolian

Process Steps

Step 1	The Applicant submits the application with all required documents ellectronically to the database
Step 2	The Ministry of food, agrilculture and light industry reviews the application
Step 3	If application meets the requirements, it shall register the imported organic food and assign a number
Step 4	The organic food importer shall place the registration number recieved at the bottom of the label indicating that the product is organic on the packaging label.
Step 5	Release the product for public consumption

NOTE:

1. The database shall be configured to inform the Ministry, specialized inspection agency, certification body and organic food importer 45 days prior to the expiration date of the registration of imported organic food

2. The importer shall update the information using the registration number within 30 days after receiving the above notification

3. The Ministry shall review the updated information and make a decision to extend or cancel the validity of the registration of imported organic food

4.The letters of the registration number indicate the origin and condition of the product as follows;

FOF - Foreign organic food = Foreign or imported organic food

Category

Import

The following form/s are used in this procedure

Title	Description	Created Date	Updated Date	Issued By
Registration Form to import an Organic Food, 2018 А/108	This application form applies to the procedure to import and registration of Organic Food	16-08-2020	19-08-2020	Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Light Industry

This procedure applies to the following measures

Name	Measure Type	Agency	Description	Comments	Legal Document	Validity To	Measure Class
Registration requirement for importing organic food, 2018	Registration Requirement	Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Light Industry	A business entity wishing to import organic food shall submit an application for registration of imported organic food electronically to the Organic food registration database	The organic food importer shall place the registration number received at the bottom of the label indicating that the product is organic on the packaging label.	On Approval of Procedure/Registration of Importing an Organic Food And Publication For Public Use/, 2018 А/180	31-12-9999	Good