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Food Authority. „COUNTRY PROFILE“ General Review 30. 3. 2006. Czech Republic (CR) Statistical Data. Area 78.866 km 2 Inhabitants 10,2 millions Prague 1,2 million Share of agricultural production on GDP 4 % Total import 57 milliards € - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Food Authority
„COUNTRY PROFILE“General Review
30. 3. 2006
Czech Republic (CR) Statistical Data
Area 78.866 km2 Inhabitants 10,2 millionsPrague 1,2 millionShare of agricultural production on GDP 4 %Total import 57 milliards €Total export 56 milliards €Agriculture import 1 milliard €Agriculture export 0,4 milliard €Employment in agriculture 4 %
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
• Legal basis – Act. No. 2/1969 Coll.
• Central competent authority for agriculture and food industry• Management of CAFIA, SVA, CISTA and CBI (for details see lide n.18)• Central competent authority for issues of veterinary care,
phytosanitary care, foodstuffs, animal protection
FOOD AUTHORITY
• March 2005 – establishment of the Food Authority
was agreed
• The Food Authority started to operate in April 2005
• Part of the Ministry of Agriculture
• 2 departments and 1 division = 33 employees
Position of the Food Authority within MoAM I N I S T E R
Jan Mládek
1st Deputy Minister, State SecretaryMiroslav Toman
ECONOMIC and ADMINISTRATION
SECTIONKarel Venera
Structural Section
External relatios Section
COMMODITIES SECTIONSStanislav Kozák
Agricultural Agencies and
Land Managenment Offices Section
Food Production Section –
Food AuthorityMr. František Sládek
Agricultural Commodities Section
STRUCTURAL POLICIES AND EXTERNAL RELATION
SECTIONSHana Heidlerová
FORESTRY AND WATER MANAGEMENT SECTIONS
Pavel Punčochář
Forest management Section
Water management Section
Organization chartFood Production Section
= Food Authority
Division for the Control
over the food market
Food safety, Environment Development and
Pollution Prevention Dpt.
Food Production and Legislation
Department
Executive committee of national
control bodies
Food Authority Organisation Chart
Division for the Control over the food
market
Food safety, Environment Development and Pollution Prevention
Department
Mrs. Milena Vicenová
Food Production and Legislation
Department
Jindřich Fialka
Environment Development and
Pollution Prevention
Division
Food Safety
Division
Food Production
Division
Food Legislation and Standardization
Division
Food Safety, Environmental Development
and Pollution Prevention Department
• assures risk assessment and risk communication
• is the contact point for EFSA in the CR
• elaborates Food Safety Strategy of the CR
Food Safety, Environmental Development
and Pollution Prevention Department
• responsible for monitoring of contaminants in the food chain
• national competent authority for receiving applications on GM products according Reg. 1829/2003
• Coordination of RASFF in the Czech Republic
Food Safety, Environmental Development
and Pollution Prevention Department
• co-ordinates activities in the IPPC area
• monitors the Integrated Register of Pollution in Food and Feed Industry and Agriculture
• deals with exploitation of agricultural waste and by-products
Food production and legislation department
• Risk management• Policy development and analysis of trends in food
industry and tobacco industry including conceptions for these industries (focused on the production and promotion activities)
• Legislation: Foodstuffs, Tobacco Products and Ethyl-alcohol (full responsibility)
Food production and legislation department
• Harmonization of Czech legislation with EU law (full responsibility)
• Contact point for the European Commission in the field of food law (in general as well as in the field of food standardization)
• Food quality (coordination)• Standardization (coordination) – national and
international level (Codex Alimentarius, UNECE)
Food production and legislation department
Good Hygiene Practice + Good Manufacturing Practice (coordination)
Consumer protection (coordination)
Labelling of foodstuffs (incl. novel foods and foodstuffs containing the GMO´s )
National programme of subsidies for food business operators
Division for the control over the food market
• Management and supervision of the state administration in the area of state official controls
• Responsible for strategy, coordination and methodical management of the controls over the market with food
• Unification of methodical procedures for good practice in official controls
Division for the control over the food market
• Establishment and management of carcass evaluation system following the rules SEUROP
• Participation in coordination activities of the FVO missions in food area
Division for the control over the food market
• Coordination of the staff training system for the use of Czech competent authorities (CA)
• Participates in elaboration of methods having for purpose to evaluate activities of the competent authorities
• Periodical evaluation of the CA activities
Competent Authorities for Official Controls
• Czech Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority (MoA)• State Veterinary Administration of the CR (MoA)• State Phytosanitary Administration (MoA)• Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in
Agriculture (MoA)
• Bodies of Public Health Protection (MoH)
Co-ordination of food safetyFood Safety Strategy in the CR • Adopted by Decree of the Government in December
2001 - No. 1320 • Laid down key requirements for the pre-accession
period Food Safety Strategy in the CR after Accessionto the EU• Adopted by Decree of the Government in December
2004 - No. 1277, review in 2006• Emphasis on improved communication within the CR, EU Member States, EU bodies and third countries
Co-ordination of food safety
Co –ordination Unit (CU)
Established in 2002 Consists of
• representatives of central state administration bodies• relevant state control bodies• consumer and industry organisations
Government
Minister of Agriculture
Co-ordination Unit (CU)
Secretariat of theCU(Ministry of Agriculture)
Section of Chief Hygienic Officer
Ministry of the Environment
Ministry of Transport
State Office for Nuclear Safety
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Bodies of Public Health Protection
State Veterinary Administration
Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority
State Phytosanitary Administration
Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture
Scientific Committees1. on Food2. Veterinary SC3. on animal nutrition4. on phytosanitary and
Environment5. on GM food and feed
Food Safety Information
Centre
Ministry of Interior
Minister of Health
FoodFood Safety CoSafety Co--ordination in theordination in the Czech Republic Czech Republic
Ministry of Defense
Ministry of Justice
Positioning ofthe Executive committee
Food Production Section= Food Authority
Control Division over the market
with food
Food safety, Environment Development
and Poll. Prev. Dep.
Food Production and Legislation
Department
Executive committee of national
control bodies
Executive committee
• Role of Advisory body for the head of Food Authority
• Participants – heads of CAFIA, SVA, CISTA, SPA
• Meets once or twice a month
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