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June 28th. Official controls. 2. Table of content. 1. Introduction2. Organisation of official controls in Belgium3. The Belgian Control Plan4. Structure of the Belgian Control Plan5. Plan with sampling6. Plan without sampling7. Other factors, influencing the Control Plan8. Conclusions. June 28th.
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1. June 28th Official controls 1 Belgium’s national control plan
Jean-Philippe Maudoux & Geert De Poorter
Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain
DG Control Policy
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3. June 28th Official controls 3 1. Introduction Several legislations organising official controls
Different approaches
Since 2003 : Harmonisation of official controls
Annual, integrated and harmonised Control Plan
Regulation EC N° 882/2004 (1st January 2007)
Harmonised European approach to organise and implement official controls
Multi-annual National Control Plan (NCP)
4. June 28th Official controls 4 2. Organisation of official controls in Belgium FASFC
DG Control Policy
Conception of the integrated Control Plan
DG Control
Implementation and executing of the Control Plan
DG Laboratories
Dispatching of samples
Organisation of tests
5. June 28th Official controls 5 2. Organisation of official controls in Belgium: objectives Verification of compliance with feed and food law, as well as animal health and animal welfare rules :
to prevent or eliminate risks for human beings and animals, or reduce these risks to an acceptable level;
to ensure the fairness of commercial transactions;
to protect the consumers’ interests.
6. June 28th Official controls 6 2. Organisation of official controls in Belgium: what is inspected ? Products
Establishments
Documents
7. June 28th Official controls 7 2. Organisation of official controls in Belgium: Which products are concerned ? Raw materials
feed, pesticides, fertilisers, …
Vegetables and animals
sanitary aspects, welfare rules
Products intended for human consumption
food
8. June 28th Official controls 8 2. Organisation of official controls in Belgium: Where are controls carried out ? Producers
Manufacturers
Processers
Traders
Catering, retail
9. June 28th Official controls 9 3. THE BELGIAN CONTROL PLAN SINCE 2004 : ONE ANNUAL CONTROL PLAN
INTEGRATED AND SCIENTIFICALLY BASED
RAW MATERIALS : FEED - PESTICIDES - FERTILIZERS
VEGETABLES : PLANT HEALTH - QUALITY - SAFETY
ANIMALS : SANITARY ASPECTS /WELFARE RULES
FOOD
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12. June 28th Official controls 12 4. Structure of the Belgian Control Plan Plan with sampling
Planning of analyses
Access application
Plan without sampling (establishments, documents)
Planning of inspections/audits
Excel application
13. June 28th Official controls 13 4. Structure of the Belgian control plan: Input
14. June 28th Official controls 14 4. Structure of the Belgian Control plan: specific controls Controls of prohibited substances
Controls of undesirable substances
Contaminants
Residues;
Controls on the use of additives ;
Controls on animals and vegetables diseases ;
Controls on GMO (labelling) ;
Controls of garantees and standards ;
Documentary checks
Controls of the establishments
…
15. June 28th Official controls 15 5. Plan with sampling
16. June 28th Official controls 16 5. Plan with sampling : year 2005: Statistical approach Statistical approach :
description of populations
determination of prevalence
Observed
Estimated
Fixed
determination of the confidence level
Danger
Exposure
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25. June 28th Official controls 25 6. Plan without sampling Inspections and audits Plan :
Any stage from primary production to distribution
Inspection of documents
Labelling
Packaging
Register (traceability)
Inspections and audits of establishments
verification of approval or registration
verification of implementation of quality control
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27. June 28th Official controls 27 8. Conclusions
1. Integrated approach between inspections/audits and sampling is necessary.
2. Multi-annual control plans: how to update them while on the way?
3. Objective criteria for trade off: science based.
4. Reporting results in a swift way is of the outmost importance.