Food Authority

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Food Authority

• COUNTRY PROFILE
• General Review
• 30. 3. 2006

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Czech Republic (CR) Statistical Data
Area 78.866 km2 Inhabitants 10,2
millions Prague 1,2 million Share 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
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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

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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

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Position of the Food Authority within MoA
M I N I S T E R Jan Mládek
1st Deputy Minister, State Secretary Miroslav
Toman
ECONOMIC and ADMINISTRATION SECTION Karel Venera
COMMODITIES SECTIONS Stanislav Kozák
STRUCTURAL POLICIES AND EXTERNAL RELATION
SECTIONS Hana Heidlerová
FORESTRY AND WATER MANAGEMENT SECTIONS Pavel
Puncochár
Agricultural Agencies and Land Managenment
Offices Section
Structural Section
Forest management Section
Agricultural Commodities Section
External relatios Section
Water management Section
Food Production Section Food Authority Mr.
Frantiek Sládek
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Organization chart
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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 Jindrich Fialka
Food Legislation and Standardization Division
Food Safety Division
Environment Development and Pollution
Prevention Division
Food Production Division
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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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)

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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 GMOs )
• National programme of subsidies for food business
  operators

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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Co-ordination of food safety

• Food 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 Accession
• to 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

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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

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Food Safety Co-ordination in the Czech Republic
Government
Minister of Health
Minister of Agriculture
Section of Chief Hygienic Officer
Secretariat of theCU (Ministry of Agriculture)
Bodies of Public Health Protection
Co-ordination Unit (CU)
State Veterinary Administration
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority
Ministry of the Environment
State Phytosanitary Administration
Ministry of Interior
Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in
Agriculture
Ministry of Transport
State Office for Nuclear Safety

• Scientific Committees
• on Food
• Veterinary SC
• on animal nutrition
• on phytosanitary and Environment
• on GM food and feed

Ministry of Justice
Food Safety Information Centre
Ministry of Defense
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Positioning ofthe Executive committee
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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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