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EU provisions on meat inspection and flexibility. SANCO Roundtable on the revision of meat inspection Brussels, 18 May 2010 Koen Van Dyck Head of Unit (acting) European Commission Health & Consumers Directorate General Directorate E - Safety of the food chain - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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EU provisions on meat
inspection and flexibility
SANCO Roundtable on the revision of meat inspectionBrussels, 18 May 2010
Koen Van DyckHead of Unit (acting) European Commission
Health & Consumers Directorate General Directorate E - Safety of the food chain
Unit E2 – Food Hygiene, Alert System and Training
food safety policy
Built around a pillar= General Food law
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Objective: to create a general frame aiming at ensuring global consistency of all legal acts on food safety
General Food Law
General principles/requirements
Integrated approach Risk analysis and scientific basis Precautionary principle Transparency Shared responsibilities Traceability
Responsibilities
Ensuring that all stages for which they are responsible are carried out hygienically
Traceability
Withdrawal of non compliant food + info consumer
Information to competent authorities + collaboration
Enforcement of food law and Official controls
Public communication on food safety and risk
Operators Member States
Hygiene legislation• Hygiene package: a living legislation• Horizontal approach for all food• Taking into account specific risks linked to certain foods
• Consolidation and elimination of certain detailed requirements
• Separate texts for hygiene, official controls and animal health aspects
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 Food law
Competent authorities Food business operators
Regulation (EC) No 882/2004
General rules for official controls
Regulation (EC) No 854/2004
Specific rules for official controls on products of animal origin
Regulation (EC) No 852/2004
General rules on hygiene
Regulation (EC) No 853/2004
Specific hygiene rules for products of animal origin
Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005
Microbiological criteria
Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005
Trichinella
Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005
Other implementing rules
Hygiene Package= a living legal act
Changes
Comitology
Co-decision
ReviewCommission Report to the EP and the Council
Amendments Hygiene package Changes of the Hygiene Package (7)Changes of the Implementing measures (13)Regulation 1162/2009: prolongation of certain transitional measures relevant for Regulations 853/2004, 854/2004 and 882/2004
EU provisions meat inspectionLegal basis
Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 Regulation (EC ) No 882/2004 for activities excluded from the scope of the Hygiene package
Certain derogations provided
Flexibility – Regulation (EC) No 853/2004
Considered as the FBO activity (not part of EU rules for official controls): initial examination of wild game bodies by trained persons
Flexibility – Regulation (EC) No 854/2004
Role of official auxiliariesUse of slaughterhouse staffRules for AMI and PMI more flexible for certain speciesVisual inspection of pigsThe official veterinarian is a key person
Flexibility – Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005
Establishments carrying out discontinuous slaughter or slaughterhouses and game-handling establishments with discontinuous slaughter or game handling activities
Visual inspection provisions – Annex VI b (amended in 2007)
Flexibility – Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005
DerogationsTrichinella-free holdings (IE, IT)Regions with negligible risk of Trichinella (DK)
Review of meat inspectionReview should not serve to solve non-compliances with Regulation (EC) No 854/2004Review should help to:
Inspection to cover relevant risksImprovement of methods currently used EU market, mutual recognition with free circulation of goodsInternational trade – equivalence, recognition of rules
Pilot projects
Regulation (EC) No 854/2004
Limited in time and the scope
Notification procedure applies
Poultry sector - FR notified
History review of meat inspection
Elements incorporated in the Hygiene Package applicable since 1/1/2006, further amendments
Reinitiated by the Lyon Seminar 7-11 July 2008 and Council CVO Conclusions on 6 November 2008 with request for concrete proposals
Referred to in the Report from the Commission on the experiences gained from the application of the Hygiene Package, adopted on 28.7.2009
review of meat inspection
Outcome of consultation on the need for a review of meat inspection
Increasing public health importance of hazards, not discovered by conventional meat inspection
Driven by human resources problems
Enhanced role of off. auxiliaries?Clarification on responsibility FBO – CA?Additional delegation to slaughterhouse staff
Next StepsConsultations:
SANCO Round table on the revision of meat inspection 18 May 2010Follow-up meetings
• EFSA mandates– Requests for scientific opinions on the hazards to be covered by meat inspection
– Requests for technical assistance defining harmonised human health epidemiological criteria to carry out risk analysis within the scope of meat inspection
Thank you for your attention