2017/625/EC Regulation covers:
- designation of competent authority
- definition of official control
- official controls at the field of the whole agri-food chain
- FBO primary responsibility
- enforcement measure in case of non-compliances
- RASFF system
- Organization of official controls – risk based planning
- Food fraud
178/2002/EC Regulation:
Short version:
A food operators primary responsibility is to ensure that the food it supplies is safe.
Long:
„A food business operator is best placed to devise a safe system for supplying food and ensuring that the food it supplies is safe; thus, it should have primary legal responsibility for ensuring food safety. Although this principle exists in some Member States and areas of food law, in other areas this is either not explicit or else responsibility is assumed by the competent authorities of the Member State through the control activities they carry out. Such disparities are liable to create barriers to trade and distort competition between food business operators in different Member States.”
Regulation (EU) 931/2011
Implementing Regulation (EU) 931/2011
Enhancing the traceability requirements in Regulation 178/2002/EC, specifically for products of animal origin
REGULATION (EC) NO 853/2004
Food of animal origin - These establishments must be registered or approved
Registered (only) • Primary production • Transport operation • Storage of products not requiring temperature control • Retail operators
Approved
• The other businesses handling products of animal origin
REGULATION (EC) NO 625/2017
Applies to the authorities
Official controls performed to ensure the compliance with:
- Feed and food law
- Animal health and welfare rules
- Plant health and plant protection products
- Risk-based approach
REGULATION (EC) NO 2073/2005
- Microbiological criteria of foodstuffs
- Should be free of microbes (Salmonella etc.)
I. Food safety
II. Technological hygiene criteria
Competent Authorities must verify that the FBOs are compliant with these requirements:
- Documentation check
- Official sampling
853/2004 EC
Food establishments that require approval according to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004
