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Organising of the Official Food Control in Finland Jorma Hirn Director General

Organising of the Official Food Control in Finland Jorma Hirn Director General National Food Agency. Food control in Finland The National Food Agency (NFA) directs, plans and develops the food control; activities cover the control of all foodstuffs from field to table.

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Organising of the Official Food Control in Finland Jorma Hirn Director General

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  1. Organising of the Official Food Control in Finland • Jorma Hirn • Director General • National Food Agency

  2. Food control in Finland • The National Food Agency (NFA) directs, plans and develops the food control; activities cover the control of all foodstuffs from field to table. • Five Provincial Governments co-ordinate and develop the local food control • Municipalities carry out the local food control • The FVO checks it all!

  3. Food control authorities and other related institutions Ministry of Trade and Industry ** Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry * Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Ministry of Finance NationalFood AgencyNFA National Agency for Medicines National Board of Customs Plant Production Inspection Centre National Public Health Institute Customs Laboratory National Veterinary and Food ResearchInstitute EELA Provincial Governments * Coordinating Working Group for Food Control - Coordination of management by result - Working group From Field To Table: NFA, EELA, and Plant Production Inspection Centre Municipal Food Control Authorities ** Advisory Committee on Foodstuffs - Cooperative body for authorities and interest groups

  4. Organization of the National Food Agency Director General Management Group Meat and Fish Hygiene Milk and Egg Hygiene Health Protection Food Control Administrative Unit

  5. National Food Control Programme • NFA issues annually a NFCP • National Salmonella Control Programme • Control Programme for Contaminants in Foodstuffs of Animal Origin • Pesticide Residue Control Programme • Dioxin Control Programme • EU Co-ordinated Control Programmes • National Projects Planned by NFA

  6. Organising of Local Food Control • Instructions given by NFA (2003) • Risk assessment based food control • Ensuring systematic food control • Improved quality, consistency and conformity • Written annual food control plans

  7. Local Food Control Plan • Updated files of all food establishments • Risk assessment of establishments • Inspection, sampling and testing plan • Readiness for food related health hazards and for investigation of food poisoning outbreaks • Sufficient resources • Follow-up of the control plan

  8. Is the NFA Instruction followed? Starting in 2005 there will be carried out assessments of conformity Activities of the municipal food control authorities will be audited against the food legislation and the instructions and recommendations issued by NFA Criteria for the assessment are listed in the NFA Instruction

  9. Safe food - in everyone’s interest • info@nfa.fi • www.nfa.fi/english

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