Bulgaria´s next steps to accession concerning food

safety
-The stable to table concept regarding food safety-

Dr. Hinrich Meyer-Gerbaulet

European Commission – DG Enlargement – Bulgaria Team
Sofia, 4/5.11.2005
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 Public health aspects
EU OIE
Harmonize systems Food safety new area of work since
for the collection, 2002
production & control of
feed and food of animal Goal to reduce food borne
and non animal origin risks to humans

Introduce the EU Issues: safety on food of animal

farm/stable to table origin covering pre-slaughter &
concept (White book prior first transformation of
2000) products

Focus on measures applicable at

farm level

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Main EU principles for the production of food
• Based on a common legislative framework

• Safe for the consumer & welfare of food producing animals

• Environmentally friendly and sustainable
• Traceable throughout the whole feed & food chain
• Self - supervised and self - control by the feed & food producers
• Inspected, monitored and controlled by the State Authorities
• Assessed, managed and communicated risks for feed & food safety
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EU risk analysis covers all aspects of:

 Environment & chemistry

 Animal health & hygiene
 Animal welfare
 Animal nutrition, husbandry & zootechnics
 Collection, proccessing & marketing of feed & food

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EU risk analysis is supported by:

 Annual sampling and monitoring plan for the food chain

 Network of monitoring institutions & testing laboratories
 Modern electronic monitoring & communication network

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The EU-Veterinary System on the Protection of Consumers, Animals and Environment

A. Placing on the market / Intracommunity trade = Stable to table concept

Zootechnics /
Breeding Standards
Animal Health Animal Welfare Veterinary Public
Standards Standards Health Standards
Standards on Feeding
Stuff / Water
EU EU
Animals Consumer
Pharmazeutical /
Biological Standards Chain of Production and Processing Food ready for use

Environmental
Standards

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The EU-Veterinary System on the Protection of Consumers, Animals and Environment

C. Export to Non Member States = EU Principle and Bilateral Agreements

EU Animals
& Non EU
Veterinary Export checks
Animal Consumer
Products

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The EU-Veterinary System on the Protection of Consumers, Animals and Environment

B. Import / Transit from Nom Member States = EU-Veterinary Import / Transit Policy

Non-EU
EU Hygiene & Veterinary Import / Transit Internal
Animals & EU
Technical checks at BIP’s on Veterinary
Animal checks Consumer
Standards Outer Border
Products

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The EU-Veterinary System on the Protection of Consumers, Animals and Environment
A. Placing on the market / Intracommunity trade = Stable to table concept

Zootechnics /
Breeding Standards
Animal Health Animal Welfare Veterinary Public
Standards Standards Health Standards
Standards on Feeding
Stuff / Water
EU EU
Animals Consumer
Pharmazeutical /
Biological Standards Chain of Production and Processing Food ready for use

Environmental
Standards

B. Import / Transit from Nom Member States = EU-Veterinary Import / Transit Policy
Non-EU
EU Hygiene & Veterinary Import / Transit Internal
Animals & EU
Technical checks at BIP’s on Veterinary
Animal checks Consumer
Standards Outer Border
Products

C. Export to Non Member States = EU principle and Bilateral Agreements

EU Animals
& Non EU
Veterinary Export checks
Animal Consumer
Products
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Results of BG´s negotiations on EU membership
concerning food safety

 EU acquis transposed, implemented & enforced at accession

 No transitional measures except for processing of raw milk

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 Enforcing the EU food safety
acquis

Institutions involved:
1. Universities/schools
2. State & private veterinary sector
3. Feed & food collection & processing industry
4. Farmers & lifestock industry

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 Universities/schools

Teaching & training of

 Undergraduates (Dir. 78/1027/EEC, 05/36/EC)

 Official Veterinarian (Reg. (EC) 854/2004)
 Control staff of feed & feed chain (Reg. (EC) 882/2004)

on the „farm/stable to table“ concept regrding food safety

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 State & private veterinary sector
1. Establish the administrative structures and
capacity within HQ, regional & local services,
laboratories & BIPs
2. Enforce the tasks regarding approval,
registration of establishments, monitoring,
surveillance, inspection & control, sampling &
testing, health marking & certification,
collection of fees

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Feed & food collection & processing
industry
 Structures for collection, processing of feed &
food including disposal
 Operation of structures according to technical
norms & standards, hygiene & quality
requirements
 Own checks, self supervision & HACCP
 Labelling
 Traceability
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 Farmers & lifestock industry
1. Animal identification & traceability
2. Application of technical, hygienic standards &
norms
3. Registration of establishments
4. Animal health trust fund

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Common*) Aspects of agri-environmental
standards:
• Pharmaceuticals from herd treatment
• Chemicals from industrial pollution, fertilizers, herbicides,
pesticides
• Environmental microbiology & parasitology

• Pollutions from animal holdings in soil, water & air

*) OIE working group on Animal Production Food Safety 2004

*) EU New legislation package on Food Safety 20002 - 2005

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Aspects of pharmaceutical & biological standards:

• Microbiological resistance
• Residues
• Development of new efficient pharmaceuticals
• Use of GMOs

• Identification & traceability systems

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Aspects of feeding stuffs and water standards:

• Additives
• GM feeds
• Contamination (physical, chemicals, microbiology,
parasitology)
• Traceability regarding animals receiving on GM feed

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Aspects of zootechnical & husbandry standards:

• Disease resistance & genetic resources

• GM animals
• Keeping, housing & production systems, equipment
• Managment of farming

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Aspects of animal health & hygiene standards:

• Disease prevention & control programmes

• EU non vaccination policy
• GMO vaccines
• Identification & traceability systems

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Aspects of animal welfare standards:

• Keeping, housing & production systems, equipment

• Stunning of animals
• Transport of animals
• Breeding of certain animals

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 Conclusions (1):
• Approach of EU & OIE
• Challenges:
Food collection & processing technology & HACCP
Examination & sampling of food
Additives & other substances
Residues & contamination
Production technology norms & hygiene standards
Zoo – anthroponosis / biological hazards

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 Conclusions (2):
Healthy animals and products of animal origin,
properly handled, monitored, checked & tested

a) Keep the food industry running safely, efficiently

& profitably
b) Guaranty the highest level of protection of the
consumers and their trust in the system
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 Conclusions (final)
Next steps of Bulgaria to EUmembership regarding
the farm/stable to table concept
 Institutions involved
 Tasks ahead indentified

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 EU Basic veterinary legislation and related measures regarding ‘the stable to table’ concept last update 08.07.2004
 HORIZONTAL LEGISLATION
Dec 92/438/EEC Informatics system for veterinary control of Imports from T/C (SHIFT) Dir. 89/662/EEC Veterinary control of I/C / products
Dec. 91/398/EEC Animo Net Dec. 90/424/EEC Veterinary fund-Expenditure
Dir. 92/102/EEC Identification and registration of animals Dir. 89/608/EEC Veterinary service Co-op.-Mutual Assistance
Reg. 1760/00 Bovine identification system Reg. 178/02 Standing Committee on the Food Chain & Animal Health
Reg. 21/04 Ovine/Caprine Identification system Dec. 98/235/EC Advisory Veterinary Committee
Dir. 91/496/EEC Veterinary control of T/C / live animals Reg. 178/02 European Food Safety Authority
Dir. 97/78/EC Veterinary control of T/C / products Dir. 85/73/EEC Financing of Veterinary controls (repealed on 1.1.2008)
Dir. 90/425/EEC Veterinary control of I/C / live animals Reg. 882/2004 Official controls on feed, food, AH & AW (applicable on 1.1.2006)
Dir. 96/93/EC Veterinary certification
a) Standards for animals & products regarding AH & PH b) Health protection & disease control e) Feeding stuffs
Dir. 64/432/EEC Bovines, Porcines - I/C-AH Dec. 73/053/EEC S.V.D. - AH Dir. 70/373/EEC Sampling and Analysis of FS (repealed on 1.1.2006)
Dir. 64/433/EEC Fresh meat - I/C-PH (repealed on 1.1.2006) Dir. 77/391/EEC TB, Brucellosis (BRUC), E.B.L. - AH Dir. 70/524/EEC
Dir. 89/362/EEC Hygiene in milk holdings (repealed on 1.1.2006) Dir. 78/052/EEC Eradication plans for TB, BRUC., E.B.L. - AH 02/C/329/01 Additives in FS
Dir. 71/118/EEC Poultry meat - I/C-PH (repealed on 1.1.2006) Dir 80/1095/EEC C.S.F. - Eradication - AH Dir. 02/032/EC Undesirable substances in animal nutrition
Dir. 72/461/EEC Fresh meat I/C-AH (repealed on 1.1.2006) Dir. 82/400/EEC TB, BRUC., E.B.L- Eradication-AH Dir. 79/373/EEC Compound FS
Dir. 72/462/EEC Live Bov, OV, Cap, Porc; fresh meat, meat products of cloven hoofed and Dir. 82/894/EEC ADNS-Notification system - AH Dir. 82/471/EEC Certain products in FS
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equidae animals - T/C-AH-PH Dir. 90/423/EEC F.M.D. - AH Dir. 93/113/EEC Encyms, microorganisms in FS
(completely repealed on 1.1.2006) Dir. 92/035/EEC A.H.S. - AH Dir. 95/053/EC FS control (repealed on 1.1.2006)
Dir. 77/99/EEC Meat products - I/C-PH (repealed on 1.1.2006) Dir. 92/040/EEC Avian Influenza - AH Dir. 95/069/EC Approval of FS plants
Dir. 80/215/EEC Meat products - I/C-AH (repealed on 1.1.2006) Dir. 92/066/EEC Newcastle Disease - AH Dir. 96/025/EC Straight FS
Dir. 88/407/EEC Bovine semen - I/C-T/C-AH Dir. 92/119/EEC Exotic diseases + S.V.D. - AH Reg. 1829/03 GMO Food & Feed
Dir. 89/437/EEC Egg products - P/M-PH (repealed on 1.1.2006) Dir. 93/053/EEC Fish diseases - AH Reg. 1831/03 Additives in Animal Nutrition
Dir. 89/556/EEC Bovine embryos - I/C-T/C-AH Dec 93/140/EEC Parasites in fishery products -PH f) Food stuffs
VERTICAL LEGISLATION

Dir. 90/426/EEC Horses - I/C-T/C-AH Dir. 95/070/EC Molluscs diseases - AH-PH Dir 89/108/EEC Quick frozen Food
Dir. 90/429/EEC Porcine semen - I/C-T/C-AH Dec. 90/638/EEC Criteria for eradication & monitoring diseases - AH Dir. 89/396/EEC Marking of Food-lots
Dir. 90/539/EEC Poultry and hatching eggs - I/C-T/C-AH Dir. 77/096/EEC Trichinella – PH (repealed on 1.1.2006) Dir. 85/591/EEC Sampling & analytical monitoring food (repealed on 1.1.2006)
Reg. 1907/90 Marketing standards for eggs Dir. 98/083/EC Water directive - I/C-PH Dir. 86/363/EEC Residues (pesticides) in Food of animal origin
Dir. 91/067/EEC Aquaculture products - P/M-T/C-AH-PH Dec. 99/879/EC B.S.T. - PH Dir. 89/397/EEC Food inspection (repealed on 1.1.2006)
Dir. 91/068/EEC Ovines and caprines - I/C-AH Dir. 88/409/EEC Meat hygiene and Inspection fees -PH Dir. 90/642/EEC Residues of pesticides in Food of plant origin
Dir. 91/492/EEC Molluscs - P/M-T/C-AH (repealed on 1.1.2006) Dir. 91/271/EEC Urban waste water - AH-PH Dir. 92/059/EEC General product safety
Dir. 91/493/EEC Fishery products - P/M-T/C-PH (repealed on 1.1.2006) Dec. 92/188/EEC P.R.S.S. - AH Dir. 93/043/EEC Food hygiene (repealed on 1.1.2006)
Dir. 91/494/EEC Poultry meat - I/C-T/C-AH (repealed on 1.1.2006) Dir. 96/022/EC Prohibition of Thyreostatics, certain hormones and ß-Agonists- PH Dir. 93/099/EEC Control of Food (repealed on 1.1.2006)
Dir. 91/495/EEC Rabbit and game meat - P/M-T/C-PH (repealed on 1.1.2006) Dir. 96/023/EC Control of Residues in live animals and products - PH Dir. 94/036/EC Colours in Food
Dir. 92/045/EEC Wild game meat - P/M-T/C-AH-PH (repealed on 1.1.2006) Dir. 2000/75/EC Blue Tongue (BT) Reg. 944/89 Max. level of radioactive contamination
Dir. 92/046/EEC Raw milk, heat treated milk, milk based products - P/M-T/ C- AH-PH Dir. 2001/089/EC C.S.F. – AH Reg. 737/90 TC Agricultural-product imports following Chernobyl
(repealed on 1.1.2006) Reg. 999/01 TSE – prevention, control & eradication Reg. 2081/92 FS with protected geographical indications & designations of origin
Dir. 92/48/EEC Hygiene on board fishing vessels (repealed on 1.1.2006) Dir. 2002/060/EC African Swine Fever (ASP) Reg. 2082/92 FS with specific character
Dir. 92/065/EEC Rest directive I: Zoo-animals, primates, fur animals, hare, bees, pet, birds, Reg. 2160/03 Salmonella & food borne zoonoses control Reg. 2232/96 Flavouring substances
cats, dogs, other semen and embryos - I/C- T/C-AH Dir. 03/085/EC F.M.D. - AH Reg. 194/97 Contaminates in food
Dir. 92/118/EEC Rest directive II: milk products n.f.h.c.; casings; hides/skins horns, Dir. 03/099/EC Monitoring zoonoses Reg. 258/97 Novel foods
hoofs/products; bones; processed animal protein; blood; products; rendered c) Animal Welfare Reg. 1139/98 Labelling GMO derived food
fat; raw material for feeding stuffs; pharmaceutical/technical products; Dir. 86/609/EEC Laboratory animals Dir. 00/013/EC Labelling Food - ingredients
apiculture products; trophies, wool, hair, bristles; game and wild bird meat Dir. 88/166/EEC Laying hens in battery cages - I/C Dir. 02/062/EC Methods of sampling for the official control pesticide residues
products; reptile meat; manure; snails, frogslegs, egg products, gelatine, honey Dir. 91/629/EEC Keeping of calves - I/C in and on products of plant and animal origin
- I/C-T/C-AH-PH Dir. 91/630/EEC Keeping of pigs - I/C Dir. 02/099/EC Health rules governing the production, processing,
Dir. 94/065/EEC Minced meat, meat pieces, meat preparations - I /C-PH (repealed on 1.1.2006) Dir. 1999/22/EC Keeping of wild animals in zoos distribution and introduction of products of animal origin
Reg. 2991/94 Spreadable fats Dir. 98/58/EC Keeping of Farm animals for human consumption
Reg. 2406/96 Marketing standards for fishery products Dir. 93/119/EEC Slaughter of animals - I/C-T/C Reg. 178/02 Establishing the European Food Safety Authority &
Reg. 2772/99 Beef labelling system Dir. 91/628/EEC Transport - general- I/C-T/C laying down procedures in matters of food safety
Dir. 01/110/EC Honey Reg. 1255/97 Transport details Reg. 1829/03 GMO Food & Feed
Reg. 1774/02 Animal by-products not for HC- PM-AH-PH Reg. 411/98 Road transport Reg. 852/04 Hygiene of Foodstuffs-general rules (applicable on
Dir. 02/099/EC Health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and d) Zootechnical aspects 1.1.2006)
introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption Dir. 77/504/EEC Bovines g) Veterinary Medical & Biotechnical Products
Reg. 883/03 Movements of pet animals Dir. 87/328/EEC Bovines Dir. 01/082/EC Vet. med. products (V.M.P)
Dir. 04/041/EC Repealing rules on products of animal origin Dir. 88/661/EEC Pigs Dir. 01/082/EC Testing of V.M.P.
Import & transit of certain ungulates (applicable on 1.1.2006)
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Dir. 04/068/EC Dir. 89/361/EEC Sheep and goats Reg. 2377/90 MRL's of V.M.P in foodstuffs of animal origin
Reg. 852/04 Hygiene of Foodstuffs-general rules (applicable on 1.1.2006) Dir. 90/118/EEC Pure breed pigs Reg. 2309/93 Supervision of V.M.P. & EMEA
Reg. 853/04 Hygiene of Foodstuffs- specific rules (applicable on 1.1.2006) Dir. 90/119/EEC Hybrid pigs Reg. 1255/97 M.P. & EMEA
Reg. 854/04 Specific rules on official controls on products of animal origin (applicable on Dir. 90/427/EEC Equides Dir. 93/041/EEC Biotechnical prod
1.1.2006) Dir. 90/428/EEC Competition Equides Dir. 90/167/EEC Medicated Feeding stuffs
International Vet. Agreements affecting trade Dir. 91/174/EEC Other animals Dec. 99/879/EC B.S.T. - Prohibition
A 90/508/EC EC / Swiss Confederation Dir. 94/28/EC Pedigree requirements on imported live animals Dir. 01/082/EC Vaccine and Sera's production
A 97/229/EC EC / NZ Dir. 91/412/EEC GMP of V.M.P.
Dec. 94/0913/EC EC / San Marino Dir. 88/320/EEC Good laboratory practise (GLP)
A 97/606/EC EC / Andorra Dir. 90/219/EEC Genetically modified organisms (GMO)
A 98/220/EC EC / Lithuania Reg. 1496/03 Transboundary movements of GMOs
A 98/42/EC EC / USA Reg. 1830/03 Traceability & labelling of GMOs
A 98/ EC / CZ Dir. 04/009/EC GLP inspection & verification
A 99/20/EC EC / CA Dir. 04/010/EC GLP – tests on chemicals
A 1999/778/EC EC / Faroe Islands h) Veterinary Qualification
Dir. 78/1026/EEC Formal qualification of the profession
Dir. 78/1027/EEC Veterinary education and training
Dec. 78/1028/EEC Advisory committee on the qualification of profession
Abbreviation
P/M = Placing on the market T/C = Import from non members of the EU AH = Animal Health Dir. = Directive Reg. = Regulation A = Agreements
I/C = Intra Community trade between EU-members AW = Animal welfare PH = Public Health Dec. = Decision Res. = Resolution HC = Human Consumption

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