The RASFF Tasks and Responsibilities of the National Contact Point and the Federal State Contact Points

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1 The RASFF Tasks and Responsibilities of the National Contact Point and the Federal State Contact Points Dr. Jan Hoffbauer (BVL) Dr. Peter Wallner (LGL Bavaria) RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 1

2 Organisation of Department 1 / BVL Department 1 Food, Feed and Commodities Unit 101 Unit 102 Unit 103 Unit 104 General Affairs of Food, Food of Non-Animal Origin Feed Committees Office, Surveillance Programmes, Food Monitoring Prevention, Crisis Management, Rapid Alert Systems Unit 105 Commodities, Prevention of Infections Unit 106 Food of Animal Origin and Food Hygiene, National Contact Point for Inspections Unit 107 Data Management and Data Analysis RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 2

Crisis Management, Rapid Alert Systems Unit 105 Commodities, Prevention of Infections Unit 106 Food of Animal Origin and Food

3 RASFF Legal Bases EU Article 50 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 Commission Regulation.. Implementing Measures.. and Guidelines for the RASFF (Art. 51 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002) - Drafts National BVL-Übertragungsverordnung AVV Schnellwarnsystem Definitions Authorities / Responsibilities Notification criteria Notification channels RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 3

51 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002) - Drafts National BVL-Übertragungsverordnung AVV Schnellwarnsystem Definitions

4 RASFF Notification channels: Upstream European Commission DG SANCO Scientific checking according to notification criteria Checking for conclusiveness and completeness National Contact Point B V L BMELV BMU Federal State Contact Points, BMVg RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 4

conclusiveness and completeness National Contact Point B V L BMELV BMU

5 RASFF Notification channels: Downstream European Commission DG SANCO Federal Ministries/ Authorities National Contact Point B V L BfR BVL-homepage: Daily updated anonymised summary Federal State Contact Points, BMVg Investigations and measures by local surveillance authorities RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 5

updated anonymised summary Federal State Contact Points, BMVg Investigations and

6 RASFF Content of notifications / Documents Content of Notifications - Type of hazard, Risk - Product description - Concerned batches, Tracking and Tracing (lot, BBD, Origin of the product, etc.) - Legal bases, Limits - Measures taken (Withdrawal from market, Recall, Border rejection, Public warning, Destruction, Redispatching, Monitoring of recall, etc.) - Distribution (EU, Third Countries) Documents Notification form Analytical report Picture(s) Delivery document(s) Distribution lists(n) Invoic(es) Recall, Letter of withdrawal, press release Other documents (Health certificate, CVED/CED, etc.) RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 6

) - Legal bases, Limits - Measures taken (Withdrawal from market, Recall, Border rejection, Public warning, Destruction, Redispatching, Monitoring of recall, etc.

7 RASFF Daily summary Anonymised daily summary at The complete database is retrievable for authorities at the information system FIS-VL (password protected) RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 7

de The complete database is retrievable for

8 RASFF Notifications Germany RASFF notifications from Germany Original notifications: 376 Follow-up notifications: Original notifications : 437 Follow-up notifications: Original notifications : 418 Follow-up notifications: Alert Information Border Rejection Follow-up RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 8

notifications: 359 2009 Original notifications : 418 Follow-up notifications: 419 194 177 142 154 141 128

9 RASFF 2009 Notifications by Federal States Baden-Württemberg Hamburg Bayern Nordrhein-Westfalen Hessen Schleswig-Holstein Niedersachsen Sachsen Rheinland-Pfalz Berlin Bremen Saarland Brandenburg Thüringen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Sachsen-Anhalt Total number of notifications Original notifications RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 9

Bremen Saarland Brandenburg Thüringen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Sachsen-Anhalt 0 20 40 60 80 100

10 RASFF 2009: Border Rejections Border Rejections RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 10

1211 1000 800 600 400 200 0 2007 2008 2009

71,5% of all notifications 53% of all market notifications concern

11 RASFF Products from Third Countries 3322 original notifications 2372 notifications on products originating from outside the EEA 71,5% of all notifications 53% of all market notifications concern third country products RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 11

12 RASFF Challenges 2011 RASFF: Challenges 2011 Implementation and launching of the irasff system in Germany Internet trade Cooperation of rapid alert systems in the field of consumer protection RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 12

trade Cooperation of rapid alert systems in the field of

13 Bavarian RASFF Contact Point and Food Safety Task Force RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 13

14 Official control of foodstuffs in Bavaria Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Public Health Supreme State Authority District Governments (7) Executive and supervisory authority Offices of the County Executive (71) and County-free towns (25) Executive authority Bavarian Health and Food Safety Agency (LGL) Sectoral agency with executive competencies (SE) - Sample analyses (Food, feed, consumer products, cosmetics ) - Food Safety Task Force (SE) RASFF Contact Point General food control Approval of establishments / control of approved establishments Food establishment Specific controls (in cooperation with District Governments and County Administration Authorities) RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 14

(SE) - Sample analyses (Food, feed, consumer products, cosmetics ) - Food Safety Task Force (SE) RASFF Contact Point General food control Approval of establishments / control of

15 The Food Safety Task Force (SE) The Food Safety Task Force within the LGL In 2006 newly established unit (ca. 75 staff members) Multidisciplinary Executive competencies (exercised only subsidiarily) Control of food establishments in serious and complex cases Development of concepts for official food control Close cooperation with police, customs and public prosecution RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 15

food establishments in serious and complex cases Development of concepts for official food control Close

16 The RASFF Contact Point within the Food Safety Task Force RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 16

Ministry Bayerisches Staatsministerium für für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz Umwelt und Gesundheit Information LGL

17 upstream LGL Laboratory Federal States EU D 5 LM-Sich. BVL National Contact Point downstream Analysis reports Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit Bavarian Ministry Bayerisches Staatsministerium für für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz Umwelt und Gesundheit Information LGL Bavarian Contact Point Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit Reg. 7 District Governments KVB 96 County Administration Authorities RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 17

18 The RASFF Contact Point within the LGL RASFF Contact Point within the LGL advantages Directly disposable expert knowledge Laboratories Toxicological and legal assessment Close cooperation with control staff of the Task Force Direct implementation of the information gained via RASFF RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 18

legal assessment Close cooperation with control staff of the Task Force Direct

19 The RASFF Contact Point within the Task Force 1 st case: RASFF-notification (downstream) 2 nd case: Analysis report (LGL) (upstream) Control by Task Force Close cooperation between control staff and RASFF Contact Point Support of competent authorities to collect the necessary information in the context of RASFF notifications Investigation of the cause of the unfavourable analysis result Determination of the batch(es) involved Analyses of commodity flows (e.g. origin of the raw material, distribution) Determination of measures RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 19

in the context of RASFF notifications Investigation of the cause of the unfavourable analysis result Determination of the batch(es) involved

20 The RASFF Contact Point within the Task Force Implementation of the information gained from RASFF Analysis focus Control focus e.g. o Manufacturers and importers of spices and herbs o Manufacturers of processed cheese o Slaughterhouses Training of Control Staff in Bavaria Discussions with representatives of food industries RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 20

o Manufacturers and importers of spices and herbs o Manufacturers of processed cheese o

21 Critical food incidents Kollmer incident (capacious cold store in Bavaria) Meat unfit for human consumption from Italy Processing to Corned Beef, Beef-Tuschonka and further tinned food Distribution of the meat and the products thereof in the EU and to Russia and Serbia RASFF notification (Original notification from France) 27 Follow ups, thereof 10 from Bavaria Management of the Kollmer incident Control of food establishments by the Food Safety Task Force Numerous food analyses Analyses of commodity flows (by computer scientists of the Food Safety Task Force) Investigation of public prosecution service and Court proceedings (conviction of M. Kollmer) Further consequences of the Kollmer incident Control focus on slaughterhouses Control programme on food safety RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 21

22 2831kg Proc. meat Remains.: 1145kg Company E Germany, Bavaria Remains: 1109kg kg 7187kg 983kg 996kg Kofl 15955kg Processing meat 20/12/06 11/12/ kg Kofl 5306kg 1238kg Kofl 27/06/ kg Flf 28/06/ kg Flf 907kg 06/10/ kg FlF. 01/03/ kg 869kg 12994kg 4769kg 12/05/06 869kg 1051kg 1137kg 04/09/06 988kg 1045kg 989kg 3283kg 4681kg 3159kg (a) (b) (b) RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 22 Company B Italy Company A Italy Company C Italy Company N Russia Company M France Company O Germany, Bavaria Delivery 11/12/06 and 20/12/06 France 24/10/ kg Trito bovino 09/11/ kg Carn. bov. 01/08/05 Carn. bov kg Papilli 989kg ohne Datum Carn. bov. 5521kg Papilli 959kg Company D Italy 24/10/ kg Carn. Bov. Adulti 14/11/ kg Carn. Bov. Adulti 22/09/ kg Trito bovino Company H Germany/ BW 18/12/ kg R-Meat Company I und J Russia (09/06) 27/06/ kg R-Meat 17/8/05 Company K Feed Germany (NW) 08/12/ kg Proc. meat 18/12/ kg Proc. meat Company F Serbia 22/08.06 Company G NL Company L France

23 Food safety alerts on LGL homepage Food Safety: Alerts and Public Information RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 23

24 Thank you for your attention! RASFF Hoffbauer / Wallner November 2010 Seite 24

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