CODEX ALIMENTARIUS IN ROMANIA

1. CODEX ALIMENTARIUSIN ROMANIA National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (NSVFSA)

2. CODEX ALIMENTARIUS IN ROMANIA National Contact Point on Codex Alimentarius is within National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority Mrs. Monica NEAGU -National Contact Point Contact details: National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority General Department for Food Safety e-mail: neagu@ansv.ro Phone: +40-21-3078568

3. Operational Codex Alimentarius Secretariat consists in specialists in food safety, animal health, animal welfare from NSVFSA National Codex Alimentarius Committee (NCAC) – producers and processors associations, traders, scientific experts and authorities involved in food sector CODEX ALIMENTARIUS IN ROMANIA

4. National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority – coordinator on the food safety field including Codex Alimentarius activities Other institutions with competences in Codex Alimentarius - Ministry of Public Health - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development - National Authority for Consumer Protection CODEX ALIMENTARIUS IN ROMANIA

5. ¦ is the regulatory authority in the veterinary and food safety field, public central administration specialised institution, with legal personality, under Government subordination, in Prime Minister’s coordination, through it Chancellery. ¦ has responsibilities for the functioning of the whole single veterinary and food safety system (from technical point of view) ¦ the purposes of the Authority are: ? the protection of animal health, the protection of animals, the prevention of transmitting diseases from animals to humans, the safety of foods of animal origin intended for human consumption, the sanitation of feedstuffs for animals and the protection of the environment, relevant to the breeding of animals; ? the fulfillment of food safety, starting with the production of raw materials to the distribution of food to the consumers. NATIONAL SANITARY VETERINARY AND FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY

6. The National Codex Alimentarius Committee for Romania decided that in initial stage, the activity is carried out under following 5 subcommittees: Subcommittee for labeling; Subcommittee for sampling and analyzing methods; Subcommittee for food hygiene; Subcommittee for Inspection of import/export and Certification System; Subcommittee for Additives, Contaminants and residues of Pesticides. CODEX ALIMENTARIUS IN ROMANIA

7. Second session at NCAC FAO presentations points of view of the NCAC experts on enlargement Codex Alimentarius activity at the national level Scientific Council - Discussions on the development of the Codex activities through the scientific expertise contribution CODEX ALIMENTARIUS IN ROMANIA

8. Other activities at national level: county contact point for Codex Alimentarius activities was nominated such as: call for experts, official documents dissemination also at local level work was initiate to obtain a national point of view such as establishing contact with involved institutions procedural manual under set up process CODEX ALIMENTARIUS IN ROMANIA

9. Meetings attend by Romanian representatives (2005 - 2007) - Codex Alimentarius Commission– Rome, Italy, (2005, 2007) - Codex Alimentarius Committee: On food hygiene – Buenos Aires, Argentine (2005) On general principles – Paris, France (2005) On pesticides residues – Hague, Holland(2005) On certification and inspection system at food import and export – Melbourne, Australia (2005) On general principles – Paris, France (2006) On Food Additives and Contaminants – Hague, Holland (2006) On inspections system and certification at food import and export – Mar del Plata, Argentine (2006) On methods for analysis and sampling– Budapest, Hungary (2007) On general principles – Paris, France (2007) On pesticides residues – Beijing, China (2007) CODEX ALIMENTARIUS IN ROMANIA