Transcript NATIONAL SAMPLING PLAN

OFFICIAL CONTROL OF FOOD
LABELLING AND FOOD QUALITY
CONTROL
Dr. Pirjo-Liisa Penttilä
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Finland
LEGISLATION
• Regulation (EC) No 882/2004
Official controls performed to ensure the
verification of compliance with feed and
food law, animal health and welfare rules
• Covers: food safety, other consumer
protection (food labelling)
• Came into force on 11th January 2006
WHY NEW LEGISLATION ?
• Earlier legislation: sectoral, overlapping and
loopholes
• Problems with national control systems
• Harmonised Community approach needed
• Role of the Commission´s own control
services not clear
FOOD SAFETY POLICY
• Must be based on a comprehensive ,
integrated approach
• Business operators have the prime
responsibility for safety
• Competent authorities monitor and enforce
this responsibility
• Must be risk-based
• Covering food chain ”farm to table”
MAIN TARGETS
• Community framework of national control
systems
• General requirements for competent
authorities
• Their responsibilities to check that business
comply with legislation
• Also role of Commissions Food and
Veterinary Office defined
NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT
• Member States should establish and implement
multiannual national control plans
• Annual reports are needed:
- how multiannual control plans are
implemented, results, (indicators)
- corrections to plans if needed
• Commission control services verifies control
activities and results
FINNISH NATIONAL
PROGRAMME
• Instructs officials in Finland how arrange food
control which covers:
Basic and special legislation
Whole food and feed chain
All type of products
quality andlabelling
Imports /Exports
Laboratories, inspections, sampling
PLANNING OF
PROGRAMME
• Planning is based on domestic co-operation
-different ministries
-district authorities
-local authorities
PLANNING OF
PROGRAMME 2
• Timing of planning is important
• Activities for the next year should be ready
as early as possible (Multiannual/Annual
Progarams)
• EU has schedules for specific control
programs
PLANNING OF
PROGRAMME 3
• Financing must be planned:
- sampling and laboratory analysis
• Reserving laboratory capasity
• Sampling officers should be available
• Good knowledge of the item is needed
- training programs
PLANNING OF PROGRAMME 4
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National plan can be based on:
Legislation (EU or national)
Recommendations (EU or national)
Earlier activities
Found violations
Risk evaluation
Consumer or other interests
PLANNING OF PROGRAMME 5
• National Food Agency is responsible for
co-ordination of national programme
• NFA expects local authorities to prepare
their own food control plans, taking into
consideration the contents of the national
food control programme
PLANNING OF PROGRAMME 6
• Local plans should be submitted to
provincial state offices by the end of
February
• They should be based on up-to-date
information concerning all local food
establishments, risk assessment, available
resources and statuory requirements
EU MONITORING
PROGRAMMES
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EU legislation
national salmonella programme
foreign subtances in products of animal
origin
pesticide residues
dioxins in fish
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EU co-ordinated annual programmes
Examples from national
programmes
• Evaluations of local food control
• HACCP systems: development and training
continued
• Effects of new food legislation
• Import Control
• Control programmes:
Products from nature
Yersinia
etc.
Annex
LIST OF LEGISLATION
GUIDELINES FOR FOOD CONTROL
- responsibilities of different authorities
- planning of control
- registration of establishments
- monitoring of in-house control
- sampling and laboratory analyses
CHANGES NEEDED IN FINLAND
• Multiannual plans / Annual plans: How to
implement?
• Examples from other EU countries
• More public information of official food control ,
Campaignes
• How to take into consideration in-house control
• Development of indicators and information
systems