Food Safety Research Programming in Bulgaria organization and financing

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Food Safety Research Programming inBulgaria -
organization and financing

• TSVETAN TSVETKOV

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Food SafetyinBulgaria
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Legislation

• Framework legislation
• Law on Food
• Special legislation
• - Law on Veterinary Activities
• - Law on Feed
• - Law on Plant Protection
• - Law on Genetically Modified Organisms
• Secondary legislation ordinances

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Legislation

• Law on Food introducing partially
• - Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 laying down the
  general principles and requirements of food law,
  establishing the European Food Safety Authority
  and laying down procedures in matters of food
  safety

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Framework LegislationLaw on food

• Amendment of the Law on Food
• The draft will introduce
• Regulation 178/2002 - full
• Regulation 852/2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs
  - principles
• Regulation 882/2004 on official controls
  performed to ensure the verification of
  compliance with feed and food law, animal health
  and animal welfare rules - principles

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Basic legislation

• Law on Veterinary Activities
• A new LVA will introduce the principles of
• - Regulation 852/2004
• - Regulation 853/2004 laying down specific
• hygiene rules for food of animal origin
• - Regulation 854/2004 laying down specific rules
• for the organization of official controls
  on
• products of animal origin intended for
  human
• consumption
• - Regulation 882/2004

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Basic Legislation

• Law on Feed
• After amendment of the Law on Feed it will
  introduce the principles of
• - Regulation 183/2005 laying down
• requirements for feed hygiene
• - Regulation 178/2002
• - Regulation 882/2004

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Basic Legislation

• Law on Plant Protection concerning
• Food Safety introducing
• - Requirements on the products for plant
  protection and on the fertilizers
• - Applying of the fertilizing methods and
  requirements on the special techniques
• - Control on contaminants in raw plant
  materials, soil and water intended for irrigation
• Principles on control of primary production of
  plant origin
• After amendment of the Law it will introduce
• principles of the Regulation 852/2004

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Basic Legislation

• Law on Genetically Modified Organisms
  introducing
• - Directive 2001/18 on the deliberate release
  into
• the environment of genetically modified
• organisms
• - Directive 90/219 on the contained use of
  genetically modified micro-organisms
• - Regulation 1946/2003 on transboundary
  movements of genetically modified organisms
• - Regulation 65/2004 establishing a system for
  the development and assignment of unique
  identifiers for genetically modified organisms

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INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY

• A National Council on Food Safety
• has been established within
• the Council of Ministers as provided in
• the Law on Food
• Main task to co-ordinate the state
• policy on food safety

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National Council on Food Safety

• Competences
• to propose to the Council of Ministers
  modifications in the food safety legislation in
  accordance with EU principles
• to propose to the Council of Ministers structural
  and administrative changes in the food control
  system
• to co-ordinate the activities of the competent
  authorities and public organisations with respect
  to food control
• to co-ordinate the participation at expert level
  in the work of international organisations on
  matters related to food safety.

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Governmental authorities

• The Ministry of Health
• The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

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NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRARIAN SCIENCES(NCAS)

• Carried out fundamental scientific
  investigations and applied extential activities
  in the field of agriculture and food industry.
• The NCAS consists of 22 institutes,
  agrotechparks and regional centers for scientific
  service in the area of agriculture

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Financial sources for implementation of the
scientific research programmes
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ( Budgetary
fund)
National Centre for Agrarian Sciences
Institutes within the system of National Centre
for Agrarian Sciences (including the Institute of
Cryobiology and Food Technology)
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INSTITUTE OF CRYOBIOLOGY AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY
SOFIA (ICFT)

• The ICFT is a unique institute in the system of
  the National Centre for Agrarian Sciences, the
  only one of its kind in the country, which
  resolves at high scientific and technological
  level the problems for the branch and the
  populations security in extreme or critical
  situations.
• ICFT was created on the basis of the founded 1973
  Institute of Cryobiology and Lyophilization,
  since 2001 were incorporated
• - the part of the Institute for Grain Food
  and Fodder
• Products
• - the Institute of Brewing and Hop industry
• - the Facility for Development and
  Implementation of
• Biologically Active Substances
• - The Laboratory for Radioecology and
  Radioisotops
• Investigation was included to the ICFT 2003

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INSTITUTE OF CRYOBIOLOGY AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY
SOFIA (ICFT)

• The main Research priorities of ICFT are
• 1.Cryobiology and cryobiotechnology
• 2.Quality of life,prophilaxis and healthy
• foods and bioproducts
• 3.Resources -saving, environment-friendly
• and waste-less technology
• 4.Quality,preservation,security and safety
• foods and bioproducts

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INSTITUTE OF CRYOBIOLOGY AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY
SOFIA (ICFT)

• ICFT conducts scientific investigations and
  extension service activity in the field of
  cryobiotechnology, nutrition, food and beverage
  technology.
• The management of the scientific programmes is
  carried out by highly - qualified scientific
  researchers and highly competent staff.

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INSTITUTE OF CRYOBIOLOGY AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY
SOFIA (ICFT)

• The investigation are carried out in the
  following directions
• Conductance of fundamental scientific and
  applied studies in the field of cryobiology and
  lyophilization
• Development and implementation of lyophilized
  foods based on different raw materials, products
  for prevantive-curative nutrition or nutrition
  under extreme conditions.

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INSTITUTE OF CRYOBIOLOGY AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY
SOFIA (ICFT)

• - Wine and spirituous beverages technology,
  organic grape and wine, sensory evaluation,
  functional beverages and foods
• -Grain storage technology special wheat, maize,
  rye, triticale and soya flour, special mixed
  breads foods on cereal basis, HACCP.

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INSTITUTE OF CRYOBIOLOGY AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY
SOFIA (ICFT)

• - Biochemical, toxicological and
  microbiological studies of raw materials and food
  products, HACCP, yeast and lactic acid bacteria
• - Technology and utilization of biologically
  active substances, usage for overcoming the
  stress factors influence on the different
  cultures
• - Studies in the field of application of
  ionizing emissions (?-rays) and laser emissions
  (helio-neon) for stimulation and prolonging
  foods shell-life.

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CONCLUSION

• Through its top scientific achievements
  embodying a lot of scientific knowledge, the
  Research Institute of Cryobiology and Food
  Technology complies with the modern requirements
  for effectiveness and competitiveness of the new
  market realities and successful adaptation to the
  EU standards.

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