SYMPOSIUM PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATION EC n 1782002 Brussels Nov' 30th 2004 THE BELGIAN AP

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SYMPOSIUMPRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF
REGULATION(EC) n 178/2002Brussels Nov. 30th
2004THE BELGIAN APPROACH
G. HOUINS Director generalControl Policy
FASFCBelgium
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EVENTS FOOD/FEED SAFETY AND ANIMAL HEALTH
1986 ? 1997 / 2004 ? BSE (UK) 1999 PCB
Dioxin (B) 2001 Foot and mouth disease (UK, F,
NL) Classical swine fever (SP) Bluetongue
(south-east Europe, GR) 2002 MPA (IR) Nitrofen
(G) Avian influenza (IT) Classical swine fever
(LUX, G, F, B) 2003 Avian influenza (NL, G, B)
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THE WHITE PAPER ON FOOD SAFETY (January 2000)

• 84 actions
• E.F.S.A.
• Coherent safety rules
• Integrated approach farm to table
• Rapid safeguard measures
• Harmonised and updated EU rules
• Transparency and information for the consumers

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AND IN BELGIUM ?

• Integration control authorities
• Public health 2 departments
• Agriculture 4 departments

Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain
(FASFC)
Law 4th/02/2000
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AND IN BELGIUM ?
2. SPLIT - Risk assessment - Risk management
FASFC
Scientific Committee (January 2001)
3. TRANSPARENCY ? communication ? advisory
committee
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MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Crisis prevention and management
Communication
C.E.O. Agency (P. Vanthemsche)
Advisory Committee
Audit and QA
DG Control Policy (G. Houins)
DG Control (JM. Dochy)
DG Corporate services (H. Diricks)
DG Labs (W. Smedts acting)
11 regional services
Scientific committee
5 labs
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INTEGRATED CONTROL PLANS ALONG THE FOOD
CHAIN SCIENTIFICALLY BASED ON RISK EVALUATION
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CORE PROCESS FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT
Programmation function of risk and self checking
Inspections sampling analyses
Scientific advice
Plan ? Regional services
Risk assessment
Input publications
Execution by regional services
Input RASFF
Input stakeholders
Reports analysis findings
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APPLICATION OF THE GENERAL FOOD LAW EC 178/2002
(JAN 28th 2002)
THE BELGIAN APPROACH Royal Decree of November
14th 2003 on self-checking, notification
requirement and traceability in the food chain.
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THE BELGIAN APPROACH

• Large consultation of the stakeholders
• Notified to the European commission
• - Has started on January 1th 2004 for
  notification requirement
• - Starts from January 1th 2005 on self- checking
  and traceability

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THE BELGIAN APPROACH
The scope FEED, Fertilizers, Pesticides
suppliers Primary production Transformation Who
lesale Retail Exception private production
TRANSPORT
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THE BELGIAN APPROACH
Pyramid of responsibilities
Inspection member states (and third countries)
FVO
National authorities
Inspection audits on self-checking sanctions
Quality assurance systems gt self-checking (art.
17)
Individual business operator
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THE BELGIAN APPROACH

• Self-checking
• On safety of products obligatory
• On quality of products encouraged
• HACCP for food business
• Exception primary production
• - good practices
• - records
• (see H1)

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THE BELGIAN APPROACH
TRACEABILITY

• Dr. Jean-Marie ROBIJNS
• Intern traceability is a must !

RAW MATERIAL
MANUFACTURE
BUSINESS
UNIT

CUSTOMERS
CONSUMERS
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THE BELGIAN APPROACH

• Special attention for very small business units
  and traditional production
• Agreement between Minister of public health and
  Minister of small enterprises
• HACCP ? GHP (safety !)
• Records invoice IN/OUT
• EC definition very small operator ?

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THE BELGIAN APPROACH

• Self-checking
• Preferably based on sectorial guide
• why ?
• Efficient tool for implementing a scs
• Will help the audit on scs
• How ?
• To be developped by professional associations
• Only 1 guide/sector
• Evaluated and approved by FASFC
• Notified to EC and Belac

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THE BELGIAN APPROACH

• Guides wich are introduced !
• GMP Feed
• Diary products
• Butchers
• Brewery
• Ice cream
• Slaughterhouses and cutting plants for poultry
• Retail of food
• Primary production of raw milk
• Transport and storage of raw milk
• Pesticides
• Nutritional supplements
• Primary production of plants
• Primary production of broilers
• Introduced or intended to 45/60 sectors

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THE BELGIAN APPROACH

• Evaluation (audit) of self-checking systems
• By inspection - and certification bodies
• Accredited by Belac
• ISO-17020, EN-45011 or EN-45012
• AND
• Recognized by FASFC
• OR
• By the Agency

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Competent authorities
Inspection
Audit
Information
Officially recognised and accredited Audit
organizations
Inspection
Operators without CSS
Operators with CSS
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THE BELGIAN APPROACH

• All operators will be identified
• By approval or
• By registration
• In a unique central database
• 200.000 operators

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THE BELGIAN APPROACH

• Notification requirement
• Who ?
• every operator
• labs, inspection and certification bodies
• veterinary surgeons
• Which products
• - all products that can present a risk for human,
  plant and animal health
• When ?
• after risk assessment or
• exceeding notification limits
• http//www.favv-afsca.fgov.be
• secteurs professionnels-notification obligatoire

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THE BELGIAN APPROACH

• What has to be done ?
• Contact regional control unit (phone, mail, fax)
• Form with identification of
• Product
• Origin and situation
• Info about
• Danger and risk assessment
• Action already taken
• Advice to consumers
• Form for press release

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THE BELGIAN APPROACH

• The financial incentive for operators with a
  certified self-checking system
• 2006 - 15 cotisation to the FASFC
• if certified by certification body
• 2008 - 15 if validated by the FASFC
• 2008 100 if no validated self-checking
  system
• ? The smiley

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MOOD OF THE SPEAKER

• ? ? ?
• Urgency for EU guidelines about traceability and
  limits of notification
• Role of the European commission in the RASFF
• Absence of harmonization of fees to pay the
  controls

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