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Risk based sampling and coordinated programmes
Risk management structure in Germany
Georg SchreiberBVL - Federal Office of Consumer
Protection and Food Safety
Organisational chart on food safety in Germany
Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL)
• Coordination• Risk management
The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
• Scientific risk assessment • Risk communication
Cooperation
Data
DataScientific counsel
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
• Competent national authority for food safety• Cooperation with the European Commission• Risk communication• Legislation
Scientific counsel
Federal research institutes
• Counsel
16 Federal States
Organisation of competent authorities
BVL: Coordination at national level, authorisations,
reports
European Commission coordination,
legislation
Inspections of FBOs,sampling, food law enforcement
Official expertise,
assessment of compliance
16 Federal States16 Federal States
> 400 supervision
authorities
> 400 supervision
authorities
35 official laboratories35 official laboratories
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BraunschweigBundesallee Head Office, Central Services (Legal Affairs, Administration)
Messeweg Plant Protection Products, Central Services (Information Technology)
BerlinMauerstraßePress Office, Food Safety
MittelstraßeVeterinary Drugs, Genetic Engineering
Diedersdorfer WegReference Laboratories
• approximately 500 employees
Basic Facts about the BVL
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Quality Manager
Gender Equality Officer
ZCentral
Services
Head Office President
BVL – Organisational structure
1Food Safety
2Plant
Protection Products
3Veterinary
Drugs
4Genetic
Engineering
5Analyses
1.1
Crisis Manage
ment
1.2
Safety of the Food
Chain
BVL - Risk Management in Food Safety
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“From Farm to Fork”Actions of BVL
(examples)
farms of origin plant protection products
veterinary drugsgenetically modified organism
manufacturers
coordination of control programsi.e. federal control program
wholesalers
Rapid Alert System in Food and Feed
retailerspress/public information
reports (i.e. about pesticide residues)
consumers
BVLFederal Ministry
(BMEL) BfR
16 FederalState Ministries
Ministerial Conferences
LAV
risk management risk assessment
communication
communicationconsultations on legislation and risk management
regional councils,regional authorities
official laboratories
food or feed companies
municipal and local
authorities
complaints of consumers
audits coordination
assignment
communication
experts‘ opinions
request for analysis
auditscoordination
registrationauthorisationofficial controls
regi
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auth
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Coordination among authorities
General Administrative Procedures (AVV)
- Legal norms directed towards the administration (not to citizens or companies).
- Govern the competencies of Federal Government and Federal States in questions concerning food, feed, veterinary supervision and plant protection,
Examples for current AVVs:- AVV “Framework of food control“- AVV “Rapid alert system”- AVV “Data exchange”
- Substantiates demands of the European legislation for the German food control system where necessary.
Aims at a harmonised enforcement of food control throughout Germany,
Examples for the content of this AVV:- minimum number of samples to be analysed (5/1000
inhabitants/year),- criteria and model for the risk based control of establishments,- criteria for the risk based control of products,- risk based import controls of products of non-animal origin,- coordinated control programs,- measures in case of non-compliance,- crisis management,- information and communication system for food safety (FIS-VL)
AVV on principles for the enforcement of the official controls in the field of food and feed
AVV “Framework of Food Control“
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Coordinated Federal control plan
Aims• Survey of compliance with legal requirements including the
protection of consumers’ interests• Collection of data for the review of current questions as
well as for the specification of new regulation limits
It consists of• Programs for control of products and establishments,• Programs concerning food, cosmetics and commodities,• Programs covering the analyses of chemical and
microbiological parameters, the application of specific treatment (radiation e.g.), labelling of products
AVV “Framework of Food Control“
Examples
• Labelling of azo-colours in food (Annex V of Reg 1333/2008)
• Dioxin in beef meat from extensively held cattle
• Microbiological status of … near “best before date”
• Sole fish in restaurants labelled as “sole”
• Labelling of “joghurt” made of oils of plant origin in restaurants
• Traceability in SMEs
• Nickel in toys made of metal
• Cosmetics labelled as “free of parfum”
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Coordinated Federal control plan (cont.)
AVV “Framework of Food Control“
Registered users may upload, download, print or edit documents via web platform (according to their rights).
Working groups, committees etc. have their own work spaces.
Information and Communication System (FIS-VL)
Report to
BMELV
Report to
BMELV
queriesqueries
formats
BVL
assessment, queries,
evaluation, report on results
Request for supportRequest
for support
EU intends to define a new exposure limit for fumonisins
datadata
addendaaddenda
Enquiry to memberstates
Enquiry to memberstates
Request for details
data format
Request for details
data format
Report to EU
Report to EU
16 Federal States
evaluation of Federal States‘ databases
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) asks BVL and Federal States for support
AVV „Data management“
National contact point of RASFF in BVL
• Upstream- Contact point for Commission. Member States and Third
countries
• Downstream- Contact point for 16 German Federal States
AVV „Rapid alert system“
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VSMK decision 09/2012:
Crisis coordination (federal government and Länder)
Crisis council (political level)Coordination of communication
Crisis task force (operative level)Data-
management
Task Force
Situationroom
Scientificrisk
assessment
Government and Länder authorities
Crisis coordination
Fight against food fraud
• Interdisciplinary approach (participation of experts in the fields of food and feed safety, economy, statistics, customs and police services and public prosecutor‘s offices)
• Analyses of incidences in the past, evaluation of websites
• Coordination of activities on national level (coordinated programs)
• Publication of official methods for tests on authenticity
Development of early warning system
Early warning system
Possible elements
• Issue monitoring
• Data analyses on international level
• Monitoring of new technologies
• Interviews with experts from industry, trade and control bodies
• Support of whistle blowers
• Evaluation of facts on a scientific basis
Coordinated control programmes (1)
Fight against food fraud
Jahr Title of the programmes
2006 Carbon monoxide treatment of salmon and tuna
2006 Increased water content in boiled ham - improper addition of foreign protein
2007 Use of cheese imitations without labeling
2008 Labelling of vanilla in vanilla ice cream, vanilla pudding and custard
2008 "Low in sugar", "sugar free" and "no sugar added" in accordance with the Health Claim Regulation
2009 Use of starch in boiled sausages
2009 Quality of boiled ham and ham imitations in the catering
Fight against food fraud
Coordinated control programmes (2)
Jahr Title of the programmes
2011 Fish species identification in fish portions labelled as sole in gastronomy
2012 Boiled sausage without labelling the use of poultry meat
2012 Imitated yogurt in gastronomy (yogurt with vegetable fat)
2014 Analysis of meat, meat products and ready meals which are labelled as "beef" on other, non-declared species (except for horse meat)
2014 Use of MSM (mechanically seperated meat) in finely minced boiled sausage with emphasizing indication of quality
Special task forces (example: Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority Bavaria, LGL)
• Established as a result of the rotten meat scandal in 2006
• Team of experts: Food inspectors, butchers, layers, computer specialists, food technologists, agriculture engineers, administration officers etc.
• Joint controls of food establishments together with the local food control authorities
• Competence for supraregional measures, enforcement competence
• In five years more than 1630 inspections, disclosure of more than 170 cases of serious deficiencies like food fraud
Fight against food fraud
G@ZIELT Central unit “Control of e-commerce of food, feed, cosmetics, commodities and tobacco” since 1 July 2013
• Decision by all Länder Ministers of Consumer Protection– Online research conducted by a central unit (6 member staff)– Financed by the Länder– Administrative agreement between federal government and
Länder
• Objective:
Create an internet marketplace with a similar level of product safety as on conventional markets
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Control of e-commerce
Actions and measures of G@ZIELT
Identification of risky products
Search of products offered in German language
Identification of online traders situated in Germany
Subject them to official risk based control
Allowing consumers to make well-informed choices
Trust marks, information material
Information of merchants about their responsibilities/obligations
Information material
European cooperation
FLEP WG e-commerce
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Control of e-commerce
Actions and measures of G@ZIELT
EU &
Third countries
Requests by Länder
Annual plan (Länder/BVL)
Product searches
Other requests
Transfer acc. to §38a LFGB
Xpider (BZSt)
Product searches
Company dataG@ZIELT
Data transfer
(Länder/BVL)
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Control of e-commerce
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Annual plan
• Elaborated in the run-up to the following year – Researches concerning vendors of specific product groups– Products which may have a certain risk
• Annual plan 2014:– Fresh meat/fish (focus: transport to the consumer)– Tattoo ink sellers– Products containing algea– Tooth bleaching agents
Control of e-commerce
Annual plan
Examples for fresh meat products sold online
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Cooling packs do not always ensure sufficient temperature control
(Source: Task Force Lebensmittelsicherheit Hessen)
Control of e-commerce
Annual plan
Examples for fresh meat products sold online
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no cooling packs cold chain interrupted
(Source: Task Force Lebensmittelsicherheit Hessen)
Control of e-commerce
Annual plan
Examples for fresh meat products sold online
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Hygiene?
(Source: Task Force Lebensmittelsicherheit Hessen)
Control of e-commerce
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Information
• Online merchants are responsible for the safety of their products
– BVL: http://www.bvl.bund.de/internethandel– Information for companies/sellers on eBay,
amazon.de and seal providers
• Consumers can minimise risks– Buying from shops with seals– Check contacts– Be careful with unrealistic promises– Be careful with purely online products– Flyer with online shopping advice:
www.bvl.bund.de/flyer_internethandel
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Control of e-commerce
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The spirit of freedom of information acts
from
Professional confidentiality
Principle of official secrecy
Principle of restricted file access
to
Freedom of information
Transparent administration
Access to files for every citizen
Development
Information of consumers
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Public warnings on food products
• Authorities shall inform consumers
• risk to public health, misleading or disgusting
• Entrepreneur has to inform the public
• If food may have reached the consumer
Information of consumers
10th December 2013 Page 33Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
• Latest warnings: ten most recent warnings• All warnings: all relevant warnings• Warnings in Federal States: all warnings of a Federal State
www.lebensmittelwarnung.de
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For each warning details with all relevant information are given on a subpage
(Batch no, expiry date, ect).
Information allows consumer to easily identify the product and its health hazard
www.lebensmittelwarnung.de
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Information on pesticide residues
• Exceeding legal maximum residue levels of pesticides– Pressure of NGO towards retailers and authorities– Increased official controls– Action of retailers
• Task Force in BVL– Dialogue with all stakeholders to identify problems– Find solutions
• Regular publication of control results– Exceedance rate for German and EU products below 1 %
Information of consumers
10th December 2013 Page 36Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
Clarity and truth about food products www.lebensmittelklarheit.de
• Consumers can complain about specific products
• Producer is allowed to respond to complain
Consumer organisation
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Thank you for your attention!
Contact:Dr. Georg SchreiberBVL - Safety of the Food [email protected]