food safety systems in some member states of the european union dieter arnold berlin

Food Safety Systems in some Member States of

the European UnionDieter Arnold

Berlin

Dieter Arnold [email protected]

International Food Safety System

JECFA

Pool of Experts

JMPR

Pool of Experts

Joint Secretariats

FAO

Codex Secretariat

WHO

Codex Alimentarius Commission

Codex Committee on Residues of

Veterinary Drugs in Foods

Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues

Codex Committee on Food Additives and

Contaminants

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committees

Codex

EMEA

CVMP

EFSA

Scientific Committee

Panel

Panel

Panel

Panel

Panel

Panel

Council of Ministers

Standing Committee

Council of Ministers

Standing Committee

Permanent Repres-entation

SPS Contact

Point

Codex Contact

Point

Member StateEuropean

Commission

EU

Ministerial Conference

WTO General Council

Appellate Body

Dispute Settlement

Panels

Council for Trade in Goods

Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

European Food Safety Authority - EFSA

Scientific Committee

ParliamentCouncilCommissionMember States

"Stakeholders"

Management Board

Staff, In-house experts

Executive Director Advisory Forum

National competent

bodies

Independent scientific experts

Food additives, flavourings, processing aids, materials in contact with foods

chairpersonchair

personAdditives and substances or products

used in animal feedchair

personPlant Health, Plant protection products

and their residueschair

personGenetically modified organisms

chairperson

Dietetic products, nutrition and allergies

chairperson

Biological Hazards

chairperson

Contaminants in the food chain

chairperson

Animal Health and Welfare

Scientific Panels

Food Safety System in Hungary(simplified scheme)

County Plant Protection and

Soil Conservation

ServicesCounty Plant Protection and

Soil Conservation

Services

A A

A

Ministry of Youth, Family,

Social Affairs and Equal Opportunity

SamplesCounty

Inspectorates for Consumer

Protection

Ministry of Health

Samples

Samples

Samples

Central Service for Plant Protection and

Soil Conservation

County Animal Health

and Food Control Stations

National Public Health and Medical

Oficer Service

County Institutes of the NPHMOS

General Inspectorate for Consumer

ProtectionLaboratory of

Foodstuffs and Chemicals

Data

National Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition

Data

Ministry of Agriculture and

Rural Development

National Food Investigation

Institute

Data

Regional Laboratories


Data Regional

Laboratories

Data


Regional LaboratoriesData Regional

LaboratoriesData

County Inspectorates for Consumer

Protection


County Plant Animal Health

and Food Control StationsCounty Plant

Animal Health and Food Control Stations

Coordination of Food Safety in Hungary

County Plant Protection and

Soil Conservation

ServicesCounty Plant

Protection and Soil

Conservation Services

A

A

A

HungarianPublic

EuropeanCommission

Ministry of Youth, Family,

Social Affairs and Equal Opportunity

SamplesCounty

Inspectorates for Consumer

Protection

Ministry of Health

Samples

Samples

Samples

Central Service for Plant Protection and

Soil Conservation

County Animal Health and Food Control Stations

National Public Health and Medical

Officer Service


General Inspectorate for Consumer

ProtectionLaboratory of

Foodstuffs and Chemicals

Data

National Institute of Food Safety and

NutritionData

Ministry of Agriculture and

Rural Development

National Food Investigation

Institute

DataLiaison Body



Data Regional

Laboratories

Data


Regional LaboratoriesData Regional

LaboratoriesData

Report

Member States

DraftMulti-annual

PlanMulti-annual

Plan

County Inspectorates for Consumer

Protection


County Animal Health

and Food Control Stations County

Animal Health and Food Control Stations

Hungarian Food Safety

Office

Scheme of coordinated food control - chemical hazards

?

Coordination of Food Safety in the Czech Republic

Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister

Transport



Finance Foreign AffairsIndustry and

TradeEducation, Youth

and SportsRegional

Development


Labour and Social Affairs Defence Agriculture Environment Informatics


Justice Interior Culture Chair, Government Legislative Council

Chief Public Health Officer

Health

Bodies of Public Health Protection

Coordination Unit(CU) State Office for

Nuclear Safety

Central Institute for Supervising and

Testing in Agriculture

Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection

AuthorityRASFF

Contact Point

State Veterinary Administration

State Phytosanitary Administration

Secretariat CU

Institute for Agricultural and Food Information

Information Centre

Scientific Committee on Food

Scientific Committee on Phytosanitary and Environment

Scientific Committee on on Animal Nutrition

Veterinary Scientific Committee

Coordination of Food Safety in Austria

Advice,Test Results

Austrian Agency for Health and

Food Safety

Institute of Food Testing of

Carinthia


Vorarlberg


Vienna

Federal Ministry for Health and Women

Legislation, control and sampling plans

Supervisory Organs (food inspectors)

control of enterprises, administrative measures,

samplingBurgenland

Carinthia

Lower Austria

Upper Austria

Salzburg

Styria

Tyrol

Vorarlberg

Vienna

Governments of the the Provinces

Implementation of food law, control and sampling plans

District Administrative

Authorities

Penal Courts


Authorities

Penal Courts


Authorities

Penal Courts

in case of violations

Samples

Advice

Advice

Germany – A Federal Republic

Constitutional FrameworkThe Five „Constitutional Bodies“

Distribution of Government Powers

Legislative Branch

Bundestag

Bundesrat

Judicial Branch

Federal Constitutional

Court

ExecutiveBranch

Federal President

Federal CabinetFederal Ministers

Chancelor

Division of Authority Between the Federation and the “Länder” (1)

• Article 30 of the Basic Law: Except as otherwise provided or permitted by this Basic Law, the exercise of state powers and the discharge of state functions is a matter for the Länder.

• Article 83 of the Basic Law: The Länder shall execute federal laws in their own right insofar as this Basic Law does not otherwise provide or permit.

Division of Authority Between the Federation and the Länder (2)

From Article 84 of the Basic Law:

(1) Where the Länder execute federal laws in their own right, they shall regulate the establishment of the authorities and their administrative procedure insofar as federal laws enacted with the consent of the Bundesrat do not otherwise provide.

(2) The Federal Government, with the consent of the Bundesrat, may issue general administrative rules.

(3) The Federal Government shall exercise oversight to ensure that the Länder execute federal laws in accordance with the law……

Legislation and Control

Legislation and Uniform Execution

Federal President

Federal Law

Bundestag

Federal CabinetFederal Ministry for Nutrition, Agriculture

and Consumer Protection

Federal Institute for Risk

Assessment

Federal Office for Consumer

Protection and Food Safety

Bundesrat

NL Ä D E R

General Administrative Rule

The Federal Ministry of Nutrition, Agriculture and Consumer

Protection

• The Ministry supervises more than 15 institutions including ten research institutes and the newly established Federal Institute for Risk Assessment and Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Foods Safety.

• These latter two institutions play prominent roles in food safety risk analysis.

Federal Institute for Risk Assessment

• It is the scientific risk assessment body of the Federal Republic of Germany.

• It provides scientific opinions and expert reports on questions directly or indirectly related to food safety and consumer health protection using internationally recognized methodologies.

• It particularly advices the competent Federal Ministries and the Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety.

Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety

The Office has risk management functions, suchas:• Operation of an early warning system of

hazardous foods and feeding stuffs;• Crisis management;• Co-ordination of national food contamination

monitoring and residue control;• Co-operation with the Food and Veterinary Office

of the European Commission;• Support to the “Länder“ in their surveillance

activities of foods, feeding stuffs, cosmetics, tobacco products, and other consumer products.

• Marketing authorization of pesticides;• Marketing authorization of veterinary drugs and

pharmacovigilance.

Coordination of Food Control between the „Länder“

Joint Working Group "Health Protection of

Consumers"

Food-chemical experts of the "Länder" and the BVL

Conference of the Agricultural Ministers

Conference of the Health Ministers

Expert Group "Foods, Consumer Products, Wine

and Cosmetic Products"

Expert Group "Meat Hygiene and specific questions of foods of

animal origin"

Expert Group "Feeding Stuffs"

Official Food Control in Baden-Württemberg (Germany)

10, 000, 000 Citizens

1 Highest Authority (Ministry) 4 Higher Authorities44 Lower Authorities

4 Laboratories>55000 Samples/year

Official Food Control in Northrhine-Westfalia (Germany)

18, 000, 000 Citizens


3 + 17 Laboratories>100 000 Samples/year(Trend: reduce the number to have only 3 integrated laboratories)

Official Food Control in Hesse (Germany)

6, 000, 000 Citizens


1 Laboratory>28 000 Samples/year

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