CODEX ALIMENTARIUS IN ROMANIA

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CODEX ALIMENTARIUSIN ROMANIA

• National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety
  Authority (NSVFSA)

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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_at_ansv.ro
• Phone [phone]

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CODEX ALIMENTARIUS IN ROMANIA

• 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

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CODEX ALIMENTARIUS IN ROMANIA

• 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

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NATIONAL SANITARY VETERINARY AND FOOD SAFETY
AUTHORITY

• is the regulatory authority in the veterinary
  and food safety field, public central
  administration specialised institution, with
  legal personality, under Government
  subordination, in Prime Ministers 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.

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CODEX ALIMENTARIUS IN ROMANIA

• 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.

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CODEX ALIMENTARIUS IN ROMANIA

• 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

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CODEX ALIMENTARIUS IN ROMANIA

• 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

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CODEX ALIMENTARIUS IN ROMANIA

• 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)