Policy, practise and regulation Flashcards
1
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What is the FAO?
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- Food and Agriculture Organisation of UN
2
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How many member nations does the FAO have? where is it?
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- 194 member nations, 2 associated, and EU
- set up in 1945
- Rome
3
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What is FAOs main effort?
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- food security for all
- regular access to high-quality food
- to lead active and healthy lives
4
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What are FAOs main goals?
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- eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition
- elimination of poverty, and the driving of social progress and economic progress for all
- sustainable management and utilisation of natural resources for the benefit of current and future generations
5
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What is FAOs contribution?
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- info - collects, analyses and disseminates
- advice - independent to agricultural organisations
- forum
- assistance - to developing countries - technical
6
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What is WHO?
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- World Health Organisation
- 194 member states
- 7 April 1948
- international public health
7
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WHO objective?
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- is the attainment by all people of the highest possible level of health
8
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WHOs role in public health?
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- setting research agenda
- monitoring world public health
- articulating policy options
- leadership
- setting norms and standards
9
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What is the Codex Alimentarius?
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- international body
- set up in 1961
- subsidary body of FAO/ WHO
- policies, regulations for food, food production and food safety
- protect the health of the consumers and ensure fair international trade
- not law
10
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What are the EU institutions?
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- Council of EU
- represents gov of M-S
- presidency - rotated
- MoH
- MoA
- Commision
- represents EU as a whole
- commissioners appointed by M-S
- Ag Sanco
- Ag Agri
- Parliament
- EU citizens
- ENVI committee
11
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What is the Ordinary Legislative Procedure?
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- 2009 Lisbon Treaty
- Commission
- community interests
- Parliament
- EU citizens
- Council
- national interests
- first - commission sends in proposal - 2 readings
- if parliament and coucil cant reach decision - Consiliation committee
- joint text decided
- sent back to parliament and council for 3rd reading
- parliament can still reject it - votes
12
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EU legislative acts: Regulation, directive, decision?
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- reg - Binding leg act - manditory across the EU
- directive - All M-S must achieve, but their choice how to do it, must transpose to national leg
- decision- binding to whom it is addressed
13
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How did the EU Food safety evolve?
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- 1996/7 - BSE (mad cow) - restructure of EU Food Safety Bodies
- 2000 - White paper on Food Safety - more integrated approace - food to fork
- 2002 - Reg 178/2002 - FBOs, EFSA. streamlined approach
- 2004 - Hygiene Pack
14
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What is Reg 2073/2005?
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- microbiological requirements
15
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What is Reg 1881/2006?
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- max contaminant levels in food
16
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What is Reg 931/2011?
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- traceability of food
17
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What is Reg 1169/2011?
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- food info to consumers
18
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What are EU food laws general and specific rules?
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- general
- info to consumers
- GMO
- contaminants
- hygiene
- additives
- specific
- nutrition claims
- milk
- choc
- honey
- juice
- eggs
19
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3 steps to reach the WHite paper on food safety?
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- EFSA
- integrated approach - food to fork
- FBOs responsibility for food safety
- national authorites must set up control systems to inspect ability of FBOs
- audits by EU of the National Authorities
20
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What is Reg 178/2002? Importance?
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- fundamental text on food safety law
- common basis for all MS
- framework
- includes Hygiene package
- streamlines food safety policy
- EFSA
- responsibilities of FBOs
- principles of the policy
21
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Under Reg 178/2002 - what are the requirements of FBOs?
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- safety - no unsafe food sold
- responsibility
- traceability
- transparency - immediaetly inform authorities
- emergency - withdraw
- prevention - control points
22
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Traceability- what is the 1 up 1 down concept?
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- that producers must be able to follow their product from raw materials to finished product
23
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Name and describe the most important EU food legislation
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- Reg 852/2002 - hygiene of foodstuffs - based on HACCP req- need to show evidence
- Reg 853/2002 - hygiene of food of animal origin - ID, approved sites etc
- Reg 854/2002 - control methods put in place for food of animal origin - audits and inspection by OV
- Reg 2073/2005 - limits on microbiological contents - take sample, studies - verification purposes
- Reg 2074/2005 - contamination limits - salmonella, listeria, fish products, testing methods, biotixin testing etc
24
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What is the National Legislation?
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- General Food Law ref 178/2002
- Food Safety Act - UK
- General Food red - Wales and Scotland
- Food safety and hygiene reg 2013
25
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What is DEFRA and why was it formed?
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- department of environmental, food and rural affairs
- formed in June 2001
- after MAFF failed to deal with FMD
- 9,000 members
26
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Which policy areas are DEFRA responsible for?
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- animal health, welfare
- fisheries
- food
27
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What is APHA and what is it responsible for?
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- Animal and plant health agency
- Oct 2014 - Surrey
- resposibile for research, controlling exotic and endemic diseases, surveillance, protection of endangered species, international ref lab, disposing of by products, research
28
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What is FSA?
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- food standards agency
- public health in relation to food - england, wales, NI
- meat inspections - england, wales, scotland
- audits on local authorities
- training
- funding for inspections
- Food alerts issued
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