Other accessories
National legislation
Regulation on Health Suitability of Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Direct Contact with Food
Official Gazette, No. 125/2009 and 31/2011
Act on General Use Good (see Article 49, point 2.)
Official Gazette, No. 39/2013, 47/2014, 114/2018 and 53/2022
Competent authority
Ministry of Health
Email: helpdesk_sigurnost_hrane@miz.hr
Phone: +385 1 46 07 555
Web: https://zdravlje.gov.hr/
Scope of application
- Food suction tubes
- Layer of material which is used as thermal insulation in refrigerators and refrigeration devices
- Synthetic materials used to clad the inside of the refrigerators and refrigeration devices
Main requirements that the business user needs to know about
Article 75
Food suction tubes can be made using synthetic materials or straw.
Tubes from paragraph 1 of this article made from synthetic materials must be made of material which meets the requirements set out in articles 32 through 71 of this Regulation.
Tubes from paragraph 1 of this article made from straw must not be contaminated with moulds and spores and must also meet other hygienic requirements.
Tubes from paragraph 1 of this article must be packaged so that they cannot be contaminated.
Article 76
Layer of material which is used as thermal insulation in refrigerators and refrigeration devices used for transports of refrigerated and deep-frozen food must be completely protected with impermeable material.
Synthetic materials used to clad the inside of the refrigerators and refrigeration devices from paragraph 1 of these articles must be odourless and must conform with the requirements set out by provisions of articles 32 to 71 of this Regulation.
Market Surveillance Authority
State Inspectorate
Link to the TRIS database
In the TRIS database you can look up the notification of the technical rule