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JON RATCLIFFFood and Agriculture Consultancy Services Ltd, Stratford-upon-Avon, [email protected]
EU FOOD SAFETY SYSTEMS EU FOOD SAFETY SYSTEMS
Food Quality v Food Safety
Food Safety – a global problem
Globalisation of Trade“The World on your Plate”
Consumer drivers shaping demand
Food Safety Non-Negotiable
European Legislation has been driven by Food Safety
issues
EU Food Safety alerts according to country of origin
EU Food notifications since 2000
WHY CREATION OF EFSA?
• Succession of food scares, e.g. BSE, Dioxins
• Loss of consumer confidence in safety of food chain and public authorities
• Creation of agencies to handle food issues at national levels
• Need to strengthen EU food safety system and policy
EU Response - EFSA
EFSA Risk Assessment Tasks
• Providing scientific opinionsProviding scientific opinions
• Developing risk assessment methodologiesDeveloping risk assessment methodologies
• Identifying and characterising emerging risksIdentifying and characterising emerging risks
• Providing support in food safety crisesProviding support in food safety crises
• Collection, collation and analysis of scientific Collection, collation and analysis of scientific datadata
EFSA Independent of Political Process
•EFSA not part of EFSA not part of European Commission or European Commission or answerable to itanswerable to it
EC Regulation 183/2005
This measure intended to strengthen the controls on • Feed and food safety • Feed and food traceability• operating standards of feed and food
businesses throughout the feed chain, including importers, traders, storage and transport
• from primary production to the placing of feed on the market and the feeding of food-producing animals.
EC Regulation 183/2005
All SUPPLIERS have to comply with specified standards in respect of their facilities, storage, personnel and record-keeping
Minimum requirement for HACCP and GMP
Farmers feeding animals producing food for human consumption have to follow a code of good practice - GAP
In Reality EU Food Safety is driven by Retail and Global
food companies
RETAIL TRENDS – Private Label
•50% of supermarket sales comprise private label products
Customer Expectations..
• Food Safety
– Microbiological • free from harmful pathogens and viruses
– Chemical• free from chemical residues such as pesticides,
antibiotics, heavy metals
– Physical• free from “foreign bodies” such as hair, stone, pieces of
polythene, etc.
THESE ARE MINIMUM EXPECTATIONS – NOT “NICE TO HAVES”!!
The Need for Risk Assessment
• How can we control Food Safety if we do not know what or where are the risks?
• Lack of a systematic Risk Assessment process led to development of HACCP throughout the food chain
FOOD SAFETY PYRAMID
Pre-requisite programme
GMP / GAP
Pre-requisite programme
GMP / GAP
HACCP principles (Codex Alimentarius)
HACCP principles (Codex Alimentarius)
Management Management System elementsSystem elements
TQM, ISO 22000TQM, ISO 22000
Management Management System elementsSystem elements
TQM, ISO 22000TQM, ISO 22000
Food safety system
Food safety management system
Basis
Retail Brand Protection
• Global Audit Standards• Retail Codes of Practice AND AUDITS• National Assurance Schemes• Product testing and surveillance• Supplier Group Benchmarking
Global Audit Standards
• British Retail Consortium BRC
• International Food Standard IFS
• ISO. 22000
Retail/Private Codes of Practice
• Detailed documents covering:
• Health Plans• Medication programmes• Feed & Water• Biosecurity and Waste Management• Welfare• Sick / injured animals• Stocking density• Housing• Lighting programmes / ventilation / Temperature• Stockman training and competence• Catching / Transport / Lairage / Markets (Pigs)• Slaughter
National Assurance Schemes
National schemes introduced tobrand/identify product(s) to an
auditedstandard
Provide confidence from Farm to fork
Examples in all meat and produce sectors…
UK ASSURED FOOD STANDARDS
Consumer Confidence
Thank You
British Lion Code
Supplier Approval and Traceability
Approval process needs to consider :the productthe production process
Requires risk assessment based upon HACCPand GMP audit and inspection or recognised certification
Approved supplier lists based on risk assessment
Concept
Tracking: The ability to trace the destination of a product in a food chain
Tracing: The ability to recreate the history of a product in the food chain
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FarmSmart FreightSmart
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QualitySmart ProductionSmart FreightSmart
Material Receipts Incoming Inspection
Results Supplier Quality
Profiles
Material UsageInformation
CCP Check PointRecords
Daily Feed Production
Feed Shipments - Customer, Date,
Item, Batch, Qty,etc.
Farm Site Details Flock Information Feed Deliveries Medicines/Vaccines Salmonella tests
Egg Shipments - Customer, Date,
Egg, Flock/BatchNo., Qty, etc.
Egg Receipts: Farmof Origin, Flock,Date of Lay, etc.
Farm Quality Profile
Hatchery Records - Date of collection - Qty, F/Batch, etc. CCP Records Salmonella tests
Chick Shipments - Farm, Date, Chick,
Hatchery No, Qty,etc.
Finished ProductShipments
- Customer, Date,Item, Batch, Qty,etc.
Processing Records CCP Records Cut-ups / Finished
Good Receipts
Broiler Receipts Incoming Inspection
Results Farm Quality
Profiles
Broiler Shipments - Slaughter House,
Date, Broiler, Origin,Age, etc.
Contract Farm Mgt Farm Site Details Feed Deliveries Mortality and Cull
records
FarmSmart
ProductionSmart Egg Deliveries Info - Date delivered, Qty - Origin of flock - Etc. CCP Records
TraceItSmart Product ID EAN Code Supplier Shipment No. Batch No.
Traceability
•The ability to identify the source and destination of a product is a critical component of good agricultural and management practices.
Traceability
•It is intended to minimize liability and prevent the occurrence of food safety problems
•Traceability does not make the food safe
Why Traceability?
Conclusion
Food safety cannot be achieved through legislation alone – EU experience
Food safety is a function of risk assessment and risk management and communication
Conclusion
Auditing is an integral part of the assurance process
One of the biggest risks to human health is
posed by the animal feed supply chain
Supplier approval process must be robust
Conclusion
Once satisfactory food safety controls are in place, traceability is the other pre-requisite
Traceability one step back and one step forward for complete chain