Food Laws and Food Control Management Structures

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• Food Laws and Food Control Management Structures
  the Polish Perspective
• Aleksandra Wesolowska
• Polish Consumers Association

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• Polish Food Legislation
• Act of December 21, 2000 on commercial quality
  of agricultural and food products, Journal of
  Laws Nº 5, item 45 with amendments
• Act of May 11, 2001 on health conditions of food
  and nutrition, Journal of Laws Nº 63, item 634
  with amendments
• Regulation 178/2002/WE on the general principles
  and requirements of food law, establishing the
  European Food Safety Authority and on procedures
  in matters of food safety
• EU directives - the latest amendments of the Act
  on health conditions of food and nutrition

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• Polish Food Control Management Structures
• State Sanitary Inspection - health conditions of
  food and nutrition
• General Veterinary Inspectorate - protection of
  animal health and safety of food products of
  animal origin in order to protect the public
  health
• State Plant Health and Seed Inspection Service -
  primary production
• Agriculture and Food Quality Inspection-
  commercial quality of agriculture and food
  products in production, distribution, import and
  export conditions of storage and transportation
• Trade Inspection- consumers rights commercial
  quality of food in retail

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• Rapid Alert System for Food Feed
• Country Contact Point - Chief Sanitary
  Inspectorate
• data from Country Contact Point Subsection,
  State Sanitary Inspection and Trade Inspection ?
  the EU
• Country Contact Point Subsection - Veterinary
  Inspection
• information from local bodies of Veterinary
  Inspection, Trade Inspection, State Plant Health
  and Seed Inspection Service and Agriculture and
  Food Quality Inspection ? Country Contact Point

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• Polish Consumers Association involvement
• Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
• Agriculture and Food Quality Inspection? Codex
  Alimentarius Country Contact Point
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• Chef Sanitary Inspectorate
• Trade Inspection
• Office for Competition and Consumer Protection
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• Ministry of Health
• State Sanitary Inspection

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