EUROPEAN COMMISSION. Programme of Inspections 2006 by the Food and Veterinary Office July to December

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1 EUROPEAN COMMISSION Programme of Inspections 2006 by the Food and Veterinary Office July to December

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS: page 1. Introduction 3 2. Balance of inspections 3 3. Inspections in Member States and EFTA 4 4. Inspections in Acceding and Candidate Countries 6 5. Inspections in Third Countries 7 Annex 1: Inspection Programme July to December 2006 Member States and EFTA 9 Annex 2: Inspection Programme July to December 2006 Acceding and Candidate Countries 12 Annex 3: Inspection Programme July to December 2006 Third Countries 13 Document Reference Number DG(SANCO)660071/2006 2

3 1 Introduction This document sets out the inspection programme of DG Health and Consumer Protection for the second half of It updates the outline presented in the initial annual programme and introduces a detailed inspection programme for July to December. There is always a degree of uncertainty in any SANCO inspection plan. Of necessity, it must remain flexible to enable it to respond to emergencies and unforeseen circumstances (e.g. suspected irregularities, infringement procedures). As in previous years, adjustments to the plan will be required as the year progresses. Inspections in response to emergencies can only be made by cancelling or postponing planned missions. 2 Balance of inspections 2.1 Balance of inspections on food safety, animal health, animal welfare and plant health A total of 121 inspections are planned for the second half of Inspections in the food safety area make up the majority of the programme. Following the farm to fork approach outlined in the White Paper on Food Safety, a large number of food safety inspections also cover animal health and welfare elements. Table 1: Breakdown of inspections 2006 second half - by main areas: AREA NO. OF INSPECTIONS % Food safety Animal health Animal welfare 9 7 Plant health 8 7 General review 10 8 Total 121¹ 100 ¹) This figure contains a number of provisionally planned inspections in third countries. 3

4 2.2 Geographical balance Around half of the inspections will take place in the European Union and EFTA (51 %). 15 % of inspections are planned in the acceding and candidate countries, while 34 % of inspections will be in third countries. Table 2: Geographical breakdown of inspections second half - by region: COUNTRY NO. OF INSPECTIONS EU Acceding and candidate countries Third countries % EFTA countries 1 1 Total ¹) This figure contains a number of provisionally planned inspections in third countries. 3 Inspections in Member States and EFTA As stated, 50 % of the planned missions will be in Member States. The FVO will also join one mission by the EFTA surveillance agency to Norway. An overview of these inspections categorised by product/sector is given in Table 3 below. A full list of inspections categorised by country and subject, is shown in Annex I. Table 3: Inspection Programme second half - in Member States and EFTA AREA/SECTOR FOOD HYGIENE / FOOD PRODUCTS Official controls on products of animal origin Salmonella in table eggs COUNTRY/REGION PL,EL, ES, HU, MT, AT, EE, CY, IT FR, NL, PL, ES, UK IMPORT CONTROLS Products of animal origin and live animals Products of animal origin and live animals/ Approval of new Border Inspection Posts Food of plant origin / Contaminants (aflatoxins) / Import controls Feed PT, UK* IT*, PL (Hrebenne), NORWAY *UK or IT BE, IT, ES, PL, LU, UK 4

5 AREA/SECTOR COUNTRY/REGION FEED SAFETY Feed controls/ Feed hygiene DK, BE, NL, PT TSEs ANIMAL BY- PRODUCTS ANIMAL HEALTH ANIMAL WELFARE PLANT HEALTH TSEs (BSE) ABP Intra-community trade of live animals Sheep identification Bluetongue Bovine Brucellosis Farm transport slaughter Farms (pigs, calves and laying hens) Plant passports Potato sector Scientific imports Pest outbreaks (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, Anoplophora chinensis, Dryocosmus kuriphilus) AT, IE, UK AT DE, NL, BE EL, FR, ES, IT, DE, CY, SK PT PT Sl DE, HU, LT, AT, IE SK, LV LV UK IT* * 3 reports GENERAL REVIEWS General review missions UK, LT, CY, LV, FR DESK ANALYSES Food Safety - infant/baby milk and baby food Residues Dioxins in fish oil All Member States. Preparation of mission series as deskexercise for all 25 MS. Actual visits commencing 2007 to selected MS. UK 5

6 4 Inspections in acceding and candidate countries In anticipation of further accession to the EU in 2007 and beyond, the FVO works steadily to contribute to the readiness of acceding and candidate countries. Inspections will take place in particular in the two acceding countries Bulgaria and Romania but also in the candidates Croatia and Turkey. Table 4: Inspection Programme second half - in acceding and candidate countries AREA/SECTOR COUNTRY/REGION Hygiene, pesticides and contaminants Bulgaria, Croatia FOOD HYGIENE / FOOD PRODUCTS Fresh meat, prod., preparations, minced meat, farmed and wild game meat, milk, milk products. Animal health (e.g. CSF) Animal health (e.g. CSF), red meat, milk Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia Turkey* *export related inspection Residues (in live animals and animal RESIDUES, Bulgaria products) PESTICIDES AND CONTAMINANTS Pesticides Bulgaria, Romania IMPORT CONTROLS GMOs ANIMAL WELFARE Products of animal origin and live animals/ Approval of new Border Inspection Posts Genetically modified Food and Feed Farm transport slaughter Bulgaria, Romania Romania Romania Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia GENERAL REVIEWS General accession assessment General review Turkey Romania A list of inspections, categorised by country in alphabetical order, is shown in Annex 2. 6

7 5 Inspections in third countries Table 5 below gives an overview of the inspections in third countries. The majority of audits and inspections will focus on the assessment of eligibility/approvals for export. While the main part of these inspections is targeted at a review of existing approvals of major trade partners and follow-up to previous missions, there are also a number of new requests for approval which will need to be evaluated. The readiness of application files (such as, for example, timely replies by competent authorities to pre-mission questionnaires), but also certain specific regional circumstances (e.g. security considerations), are major factors for the completion of the inspection programme. Therefore, a number of third country inspections can only be programmed provisionally at this stage. Table 5: Inspection Programme second half - in third countries AREA/SECTOR COUNTRY/REGION PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN ANIMAL HEALTH (Fish/)Fishery Products/ (Live) bivalve molluscs [Review of List I countries] Fishery Products [Specific follow-up] Fresh meat, meat products, minced meat, meat preparations, farmed game meat, wild game meat, milk and milk products, casings. General animal health Fresh meat and/or meat products/preparation s and/or minced meat, and/or farmed and wild game meat, and/or milk and milk products, and/or casings. Ivory Coast, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua*, Cuba, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, Canada, Madagascar*, Suriname, Oman, Philippines* (Where appropriate, also animal health aspects) Mauritania* India Senegal* Brazil* Argentina* Uruguay* Paraguay* (including evaluation of residue controls as appropriate) China Swaziland*, South Africa* Horses Iran, Azerbaijan* TSEs BSE New Zealand, Australia 7

8 AREA/SECTOR COUNTRY/REGION PESTICIDES CONTAMINANTS FOOD CONTACT MATERIALS Residues (in live animals and animal products) Pesticides Contaminants (aflatoxins) Food contact materials India, New Zealand, Thailand Morocco, South Africa China, USA China GMOs GM Food and Feed Argentina PLANT HEALTH General monitoring Thailand GENERAL REVIEWS Western Balkans [First assessment] European Neighbouring Partners [First assessment] Serbia, Montenegro Moldova* * dependent on readiness of file A list of inspections, categorised by country in alphabetical order, is shown in Annex 3. 8

9 Annex 1: Inspections in Member States and EFTA, by country alphabetically MEMBER STATE SUBJECT Belgique/België (Belgium) Intra-community trade of live animals Import controls - food of plant origin, contaminants (aflatoxins) & feed Feed safety Česká Rep (Czech Republic) Danmark (Denmark) Feed safety Deutschland (Germany) Intra-community trade of live animals Sheep identification Animal welfare - farms (pigs, calves & laying hens) Eesti (Estonia) Official controls on products of animal origin Elláda (Greece) Official controls on products of animal origin Sheep identification España (Spain) Official controls on products of animal origin Salmonella in table eggs Import controls - food of plant origin, contaminants (aflatoxins) & feed Sheep identification France Salmonella in table eggs Sheep identification General review Ireland TSEs (BSE) Animal welfare - farms (pigs, calves & laying hens) Italia/Italy Official controls on products of animal origin Import controls-approval of new Border Inspections Posts (or UK) Import controls-food of plant origin, contaminants (aflatoxins) and feed Sheep identification Plant pest outbreaks (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, Anoplophora chinensis, Drycocosmos kuriphilus) 9

10 Kypros/Kibris (Cyprus) Sheep identification General review Official controls products of animal origin Latvija (Latvia) Plant health - plant passports Plant health - potato sector General review Lietuva (Lithuania) Animal welfare farms (pigs, calves & laying hens) General review Luxembourg Import controls - food of plant origin, contaminants (aflatoxins) and feed Malta Official controls on products of animal origin (incl. animal by - products) Mazgyarország (Hungary) Official controls on products of animal origin Animal welfare farms (pigs, calves & laying hens) Nederland (Netherlands) Salmonella in table eggs Feed safety Intra-community trade of live animals Österreich (Austria) Official controls on products of animal origin TSEs (BSE) Animal by-products Animal welfare - farms (pigs, calves & laying hens) Polska (Poland) Official controls on products of animal origin Salmonella in table eggs Import controls - approval of new Border Inspections Posts Import controls - food of plant origin, contaminants (aflatoxins) & feed Portugal Import controls - products of animal origin and live animals Feed safety Bluetongue Bovine Brucellosis 10

11 Slovenija (Slovenia) Animal welfare - farm - transport - slaughter Slovensko (Slovakia) Sheep identification Plant health - plant passports Sverige (Sweden) United Kingdom Salmonella in table eggs Import controls - products of animal origin and live animals (or Italy) Import controls - food of plant origin, contaminants (aflatoxins) & feed General review Plant health - Scientific imports TSEs (BSE) EFTA SUBJECT Norway Import controls - products of animal origin and live animals 11

12 Annex 2: Inspections in acceding and candidate countries, by country alphabetically CANDIDATE COUNTRY SUBJECT Bulgaria Import controls - products of animal origin and live animals Residues (live animals/animal products) Food hygiene, pesticides and contaminants Pesticides Red meat, milk, establishments, animal health Animal welfare - farm, transport, slaughter Croatia Food hygiene, pesticides and contaminants Red meat, milk, establishments, animal health Animal welfare - farm, transport, slaughter Romania Import controls - products of animal origin and live animals Pesticides Red meat, milk, establishments, animal health GM food and feed (2 missions) Animal welfare - farm, transport, slaughter General review Turkey First general assessment Animal products, animal health ¹) 1) export- related inspection 12

13 Annex 3: Inspections in third countries, by country alphabetically THIRD COUNTRY SUBJECT Argentina Fresh meat, meat products, minced meat, meat preparations, farmed game meat, wild game meat, milk and milk products, casings* ¹ GM food and feed Australia TSEs (BSE) Azerbaijan Horses* Brazil Fresh meat, meat products, minced meat, meat preparations, farmed game meat, wild game meat, milk and milk products, casings* ¹ Canada (Fish/)fishery products/(live) bivalve molluscs - List I Cuba (Fish/)fishery products/(live) bivalve molluscs - List I China Contaminants/aflatoxins Food contact materials General animal health Honduras (Fish/)fishery products/(live) bivalve molluscs - List I India Fishery products - follow-up Residues (live animals/animal products) Iran Horses Ivory Coast (Fish/)fishery products/(live) bivalve molluscs - List I Jamaica (Fish/)fishery products/(live) bivalve molluscs - List I Madagascar (Fish/)fishery products/(live) bivalve molluscs - List I* Mauritania Fishery products - follow-up * Moldova First assessment (European neighbouring partners) Montenegro First assessment (Western Balkans) 13

14 Morocco Pesticides New Zealand Residues (live animals/animal products) TSEs (BSE) Nicaragua (Fish/)fishery products/(live) bivalve molluscs - List I * Oman (Fish/)fishery products/(live) bivalve molluscs - List I Paraguay Fresh meat, meat products, minced meat, meat preparations, farmed game meat, wild game meat, milk and milk products, casings* ¹ Philippines (Fish/)fishery products/(live) bivalve molluscs - List I* Senegal Fishery products follow-up Serbia First assessment (Western Balkans) South Africa Pesticides Fresh meat/products/preparations* Suriname (Fish/)fishery products/(live) bivalve molluscs - List I Swaziland Fresh meat/prod./prep. minced meat, farmed/wild game meat, milk/prod., casings* Tanzania (Fish/)fishery products/(live) bivalve molluscs - List I Thailand Residues (live animals/animal products) General plant health monitoring Tunisia (Fish/)fishery products/(live) bivalve molluscs - List I Uganda (Fish/)fishery products/(live) bivalve molluscs - List I Uruguay Fresh meat, meat products, minced meat, meat preparations, farmed game meat, wild game meat, milk and milk products, casings* ¹ USA Contaminants/ aflatoxins (incl. application for pre-export approval) ¹) including evaluation of residues controls as appropriate * dependent on readiness of file 14