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Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety GmbH www.ages.at
AGES – Austrian Agency for Health and
Food Safety
Health. Nutrition. Safety.
Our Concern.
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AGES – a short presentation
AGES - movie
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Traceability of Food
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Form Farm to Fork and From Fork to Farm
Food Chain
Primary Production
Processing Storage & Distribution
Retail Consumer Handling
From Farm … .. … ..To Fork Food Chain
Primary Production
Processing Storage & Distribution
Retail Consumer Handling
From Farm … .. … ..To Fork Food Chain
Primary Production
Processing Storage & Distribution
Retail Consumer Handling
From Farm … .. … ..To Fork Food Chain
Primary Production
Processing Storage & Distribution
Retail Consumer Handling
From Farm … .. … ..To Fork
Traceability Tracing Tracking
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Objectives and Benefits
Consumer Trust
Gaining Trust
Unique Selling Point
Anonymous product gets a face (added info)
Consumer Health
Food Safety
Public Health
Riskmanagement
Traceability (Tracking and Tracing)
Primary objective
of the legislator
Benefit for food businesses
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Reaction and Proaction
Consumer Trust
Gaining Trust
Unique Selling Point
Anonymous product gets a face (added info)
Consumer Health
Food Safety
Public Health
Riskmanagement
Traceability (Tracking and Tracing)
REACTIVE ! PROACTIVE !
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Reaction – Legal Aspects
Legal Framework (EU and A)
• Art. 18 and 19 Reg. (EC) 178/2002 „General Food Law“
• Art. 17 Reg. (EC) 1935/2004 „Food Contact Materials and Articles“
• § 22 LMSVG (Food Safety and Consumer Protection Act), BGBl. I 13/2006 idgF
Guidelines and Recomendations (EU and A)
• http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/foodlaw/guidance/index_en.htm (Guidance on the Implementation of Art. 11, 12, 14, 18, 19 and 20 of Regulation (EV) No. 178/2002 on General Food Law)
• http://bmg.gv.at/cms/home/attachments/3/5/2/CH1252/CMS1167208341459/rueckverfolgbarkeit.pdf (Recomendation to traceability in meatprocessing plants, small and medium sized companies, bulk goods, retail and primary production)
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Reaction – Legal Aspects
Reg. (EC) 178/2002, Art. 3 Z 15:
„‘traceability’ means the ability to trace and follow a food, feed, food-producing animal or substance intended to be, or expected to be incorporated into a food or feed, through all stages of production, processing and distribution;“
Reg. (EC) 178/2002, Art. 18:
FBO shall be able to identify any person from whom they have been supplied… and shall have systems and procedures in place to identify other business to which their products have been supplied…
one step back (trace) – one step forward (track)
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Reaction – Legal Aspects
Specific requirements
ο Sector specific
– Fruit and vegetables
– Beef
– Fish
– Honey
– Olive oil
ο GMOs
ο …
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Reaction – A Practical View
When are the systems and procedures needed?
• Investigations triggered by an alert of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF)
• Investigations related to an foodborne outbreak
• Investigations (measures taken) linked to unsafe food (product recall, withdrawals, information of the public)
• Food Inspections – integral part of the checklist
• Country of Origin Labelling – tool to prove the claim
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Proaction - Food Safety in Europe
• Food Business Operators have the primary legal responsibility
for food safety
(= self control systems!)
• Member States national authorities monitor and verify, wether the food business operators meet their responsibility regarding food safety (= official control system!)
• European Commission controls the official control system of the national authorities by the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO)
(= cummunity control!)
EC
Member States
Food Business Operators
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In case of not following a
measure and it is necessary
for reasons of health protection
or prevention of fraud
Federal Minister of Health
Head of Government of federal province
(9 federal provinces)
AGES – Business Area Food (5)
Institutes for food testing of the federal provinces (3)
Food Control Authority
Control of food businesses
Enforcement of food law
Sampling of foodstuffs,
cosmetics, food contact mat.
measures
Administrative ticket Provisional confiscation
complaint
prosecution
Administrative penal
authorities
Control reports
Refrain from punishment confiscation In case of health risks and
No activities according to art.
19. Reg. (EC) Nr. 178/2002
Testing results and
appraisals
Proaction - Food Control in A
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Reaction and Proaction
Consumer Trust
Gaining Trust
Unique Selling Point
Anonymous product gets a face (added info)
Consumer Health
Food Safety
Public Health
Riskmanagement
Traceability (Tracking and Tracing)
REACTIVE ! PROACTIVE !
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Thank you for your attention