Technical Assistance for Food Safety Standards and Disease Crisis Preparedness
This project focuses on improving the implementation of food safety standards and disease crisis preparedness through official controls. Regulations and methods for official inspections and controls are highlighted to ensure the safety and quality of food products in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 2017/625. Competent authorities are required to perform official controls regularly and effectively, taking into account risks and operational disruptions for operators. The emphasis is on assessing procedures related to good manufacturing practices, hygiene practices, and farming practices for optimal food safety measures.
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Project: Technical assistance to improve implementation of food safety standards and disease crisis preparedness Planning, organisation and implementation of official controls - Methods and techniques of official controls Lecturer: Dr. Bulcsu Herenyi, DVM Date: 17/01/2022 Place: Nicosia, Cyprus Project funded by the European Union Aid Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community, implemented by NSF Euro Consultants Consortium Disclaimer: This presentation has been produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of NSF Euro Consultants Consortium Contractor, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union. NSF Confidential
CONTENT General rules regardig official inspection Methods and techniques for official controls Methods and techniques listed Methods and techniques in details NSF Confidential
Regulation (EC) No 2017/625 General rules regardig official inspection Competent authorities shall perform official controls on all operators regularly, on a risk basis and with appropriate frequency Due to identification of the appropriate frequencies of the official inspections the determined risks have to be taken into account. Official controls shall be performed without prior notice, except where such notice is necessary and duly justified for the official control to be carried out. Official controls shall be performed as much as possible in such a manner that the administrative burden and operational disruption for operators are kept to the minimum necessary, but without this negatively affecting the effectiveness of those controls. Competent authorities shall perform official controls in accordance with documented procedures NSF Confidential
Regulation (EC) No 2017/625 Methods and techniques for official controls Examination of the controls that operators have put in place and of the results obtained Inspection of: equipment, means of transport, premises and other places under their control and their surroundings animals and goods, including semi-finished goods, raw materials, ingredients, processing aids and other products used for the preparation and production of goods or for feeding or treating animals cleaning and maintenance products and processes traceability, labelling, presentation, advertising and relevant packaging materials including materials intended to come into contact with food Controls on the hygiene conditions in the operators premises NSF Confidential
Regulation (EC) No 2017/625 Methods and techniques for official controls Assessment of procedures on good manufacturing practices, good hygiene practices, good farming practices, and of procedures based on the principles of hazard analysis critical control points (HACCP) Examination of documents, traceability records and other records Interviews with operators and with their staff Verification of measurements taken by the operator and other test results Sampling, analysis, diagnosis and tests Audits of operators Any other activity required to identify cases of non-compliance NSF Confidential
Regulation (EC) No 2017/625 Methods and techniques listed Examination Inspection Control Assessment Interview Verification Sampling Analysis Diagnosis Test Audit NSF Confidential
Regulation (EC) No 2017/625 Methods and techniques in details Examination: the act of looking at or considering something carefully in order to discover something the process of checking something carefully in order to discover new information or prove particular facts Inspection: the act of looking at something carefully in order to discover information the act of looking at something carefully to check its quality or condition Control: to be in charge of something or someone and have the power to make decisions relating to them NSF Confidential
Regulation (EC) No 2017/625 Methods and techniques in details Assesment: the act of judging or deciding the amount, value, quality, or importance of something the process of considering all the information about a situation or a person and making a judgement Interview: to ask questions of someone to get information Verification: the act of verifying something = proving or checking that it exists, or is true or correct the act of checking and proving that something is correct or true, or the proof that something is correct or true Analysis: the process of studying or examining something in an organized way to learn more about it, or a particular study of something NSF Confidential
Regulation (EC) No 2017/625 Methods and techniques in details Diagnosis: the making of a judgment about the exact character of a disease or other problem, esp. after an examination, or such a judgment Test: a way of discovering, by questions or practical activities, what someone knows, or what someone or something can do or is like a medical examination of part of your body in order to find out how healthy it is or what is happening with it Audit: to make an official examination of the accounts of a business and produce a report an official examination of the quality or condition of something ( We conduct an annual audit to ensure that we comply with standards. ) NSF Confidential
CONTACT Project e-mail: foodsafetyprojectTCc@gmail.com THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION Project funded by the European Union Aid Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community, implemented by NSF Euro Consultants Consortium
