Food Regulation Flashcards
What 4 sectors are in the Food science & standards group?
Biological safety
Chemical safety
Public Health Nutrition
Food science & tech
Whats covered in food science & tech?
Novel food
GM food
Irradiated food
Food enzymes
Does the FSAI have labs?
No
What 4 aspects are part of data monitoring?
Monitor emerging risks
Machine Learning
Blockchain
Data centric
What is the EFSA in charge of?
Risk benefit analysis
What does the Joint research centre provide?
Independent evidence based knowledge & science
support EU policies
Give out funding
What do Sante F do?
Directory general of commisiion
Go around member states & globally to check business premise
What are 2 things in EU legislation?
Binding legal instruments
Non-binding instruments
What are 3 things in national legislations?
Acts
Statutory instruments (used for transponsing)
Orders
What are green papers?
Documents to stimulate discussion on given topics at EU level
What are white papers?
Proposals for EU action in a specific area
What is the Windsor Framework for?
Northern Ireland
Whatdo horizonatl legislation control
official controls
Food hygiene
General principles of food law
FIC
What is vertical legislation?
Specific labelling requirements
Compositional requirements
Mandatory origin labelling
Certain ingrediants require additonal statements
Define GM food
genetically modified food
Define food additive
any substance not normally consumed as food
Define food supplement
supplement normal diet & are concentrated
Define food enzyme
product obtained from food, plants, m/o that have enzymes that catalyse specific biochem reactions or for tech purpose
Is there a definition of vegan in law?
No
What 5 food definition are unclear/not in law?
Vegan
Vegetarian
Functional food
plant based
PALS
Define novel food
Food or ingredient that has not been consumed to a significant degree within EU prior to 15th may 1997
Food produced by a process not used before 1977
What are 6 characteristics of novel food regulation?
Electronic application process
Centralised safety assessment by EFSA
Generic product authorization
5 year protection
Notification option for traditional foods from 3rd countries
Formal process for determining NF status
What are FSAI’s role in novel food reg/
Represent IE
Manage article 4 requests
carry out novel food risk assessments
Provide legislative/tech advice to DoH/stakeholders
Answer queries
What is ice structuring protein?
Used in ‘edible ices’ from puffer fish that reduced fat ice cream
