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    Food Control System Assessment Tool: Dimension B – Control Functions
    Food Control System Assessment Tool: Dimension B – Control Functions
    Food Control System Assessment Tool: Dimension B – Control Functions
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    Food Control System Assessment Tool: Dimension B – Control Functions

    By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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    The main objective of the Food control system assessment tool is to propose a harmonized, objective and consensual basis to analyse the performance of a national food control system. It is intended to be used by countries as a supporting basis for self-assessment to identify priority areas of improvement and plan sequential and coordinated activities to reach expected outcomes, and by repeating the assessment on a regular basis, countries can monitor their progresses. The Tool is based on Codex principles and Guidelines for National Food Control Systems as well as other relevant Codex guidance for food control systems, which are referenced throughout the document. Its scope is given by the dual objectives quoted in Codex guidance for these systems: protect health of consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade.

    Dimension B is part of the Food control system assessment tool and focuses on the processes and the outputs of the control activities inherent to a national food control system. It reviews the control functions exercised by CAs over Food Business Operators (FBOs), be it at domestic, import or export level, to guarantee food safety and quality for national consumers along the food chain and fair trade practices. It also maps the control functions and mechanisms at the overall food supply level, necessary to identify, monitor, predict and handle food safety hazards and emerging risks and to deal with food emergencies. The main mechanisms that should be in place include data collection programmes on food products (also referred to as monitoring programmes), data collection programmes on food-borne diseases (also referred to as surveillance programmes), as well as programmes aiming at managing food safety emergencies.

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    Food control system assessment tool: Introduction and glossary
    Food control system assessment tool: Dimension A – Inputs and resources
    Food control system assessment tool: Dimension C – Interaction with stakeholders
    Food control system assessment tool: Dimension D – Science/knowledge base and continuous improvement

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    Release dateJun 14, 2020
    ISBN9789251324592
    Food Control System Assessment Tool: Dimension B – Control Functions
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    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

    An intergovernmental organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has 194 Member Nations, two associate members and one member organization, the European Union. Its employees come from various cultural backgrounds and are experts in the multiple fields of activity FAO engages in. FAO’s staff capacity allows it to support improved governance inter alia, generate, develop and adapt existing tools and guidelines and provide targeted governance support as a resource to country and regional level FAO offices. Headquartered in Rome, Italy, FAO is present in over 130 countries.Founded in 1945, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO provides a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. The Organization publishes authoritative publications on agriculture, fisheries, forestry and nutrition.

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      Food Control System Assessment Tool - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

      B.1

      ROUTINE CONTROL ACTIVITIES OVER FOOD PRODUCTS

      B.1.1

      DOMESTIC CONTROLS

      Routine controls performed at the level of FBOs are planned, managed and implemented in a way that ensures safety and quality of the products placed on the market.

      B.1.1.1

      ASSESSMENT CRITERION: All principal FBOs are registered for inspection and official control purposes.

      GUIDANCE

      Ideally, all FBOs should be registered, to facilitate oversight by CAs. They are then known and can be factored into the risk categorization models, inspection visit planning, etc. However, it is recognized that for some governments it is difficult to ensure that all FBOs are actually registered. Registration includes licensing, authorizations, approval, notification or any process that officially links FBOs with the CAs.

      In that case, CAs should ensure that at least all principal FBOs are registered for inspection and official control purposes. Each country can define the term principal as needed. The criterion to determine what constitutes a principal FBO will be unique to the country’s circumstances and should be documented. To this end, there should be a system in place for prioritizing principal FBOs based on sound evidence, or possibly on risk. The legal requirement for being registered should preferably be under the food law. It might happen that this is to be found under other laws (e.g. trade) but in that case, CAs dealing with food control should have access to that registration information, or to those parts that are required for food control purposes.

      Note: AC B.1.1.1 and AC B.1.1.2 are both exploring the notion of registration of FBOs along the food chain – B.1.1.1 in a more basic manner and B.1.1.2 in a more comprehensive manner.

      POSSIBLE OUTCOME

      The principal FBOs are within the regulatory control of the CAs.

      POSSIBLE INDICATORS

      >Total number of registered FBOs versus total number of FBOs.

      >Criteria/rationale used to determine what defines principal FBOs in the context of the country – if this concept is used in the country.

      >System in place for prioritizing which FBOs are officially linked with the CAs.

      SOURCES OF EVIDENCE

      >List of registered FBOs.

      SEE ALSO

      A.1.3.7 [Legislation includes a mechanism that enables CAs to identify all FBOs throughout the food chain]

      B.1.1.2

      ASSESSMENT CRITERION: All FBOs, including primary production establishments, are registered for inspection and official control purposes.

      GUIDANCE

      To enable oversight by CAs, all FBOs, including primary production establishments (e.g. farms), should be registered by CAs. This is the basis for subsequent risk categorization of establishments as well as for inspection planning. It is recognized that at initial stages of development not all countries are in a positon to demonstrate that all FBOs along the entire food chain continuum are under the regulatory control of CAs. Nevertheless, more advanced systems should be able to demonstrate, through registration, that the FBO community in its entirety, as defined in the law, is known and accessible by

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