„COUNTRY PROFILE“ General Review 30. 3. 2006 Food Authority „COUNTRY PROFILE“ General Review 30. 3. 2006

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Czech Republic (CR) Statistical Data Area 78.866 km2 Inhabitants 10,2 millions Prague 1,2 million Share of agricultural production on GDP 4 % Total import 57 milliards € Total export 56 milliards € Agriculture import 1 milliard € Agriculture export 0,4 milliard € Employment in agriculture 4 % Tento snímek ukazuje polohu České republiky v srdci Evropy. Jak můžete sami vidět, snaha o plnou integraci do EU je vcelku logická.

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE Legal basis – Act. No. 2/1969 Coll. Central competent authority for agriculture and food industry Management of CAFIA, SVA, CISTA and CBI (for details see lide n.18) Central competent authority for issues of veterinary care, phytosanitary care, foodstuffs, animal protection

FOOD AUTHORITY March 2005 – establishment of the Food Authority was agreed The Food Authority started to operate in April 2005 Part of the Ministry of Agriculture 2 departments and 1 division = 33 employees

Position of the Food Authority within MoA M I N I S T E R Jan Mládek 1st Deputy Minister, State Secretary Miroslav Toman ECONOMIC and ADMINISTRATION SECTION Karel Venera STRUCTURAL POLICIES AND EXTERNAL RELATION SECTIONS Hana Heidlerová FORESTRY AND WATER MANAGEMENT SECTIONS Pavel Punčochář COMMODITIES SECTIONS Stanislav Kozák Agricultural Agencies and Land Managenment Offices Section Structural Section Forest management Section Agricultural Commodities Section External relatios Section Water management Section Food Production Section – Food Authority Mr. František Sládek

Organization chart

Food Authority Organisation Chart Division for the Control over the food market Food safety, Environment Development and Pollution Prevention Department Mrs. Milena Vicenová Food Production and Legislation Department Jindřich Fialka Food Legislation and Standardization Division Food Safety Division Environment Development and Pollution Prevention Division Food Production Division

Food Safety, Environmental Development and Pollution Prevention Department assures risk assessment and risk communication is the contact point for EFSA in the CR elaborates Food Safety Strategy of the CR

Food Safety, Environmental Development and Pollution Prevention Department responsible for monitoring of contaminants in the food chain national competent authority for receiving applications on GM products according Reg. 1829/2003 Coordination of RASFF in the Czech Republic

Food Safety, Environmental Development and Pollution Prevention Department co-ordinates activities in the IPPC area monitors the Integrated Register of Pollution in Food and Feed Industry and Agriculture deals with exploitation of agricultural waste and by-products

Food production and legislation department Risk management Policy development and analysis of trends in food industry and tobacco industry including conceptions for these industries (focused on the production and promotion activities) Legislation: Foodstuffs, Tobacco Products and Ethyl-alcohol (full responsibility)

Food production and legislation department Harmonization of Czech legislation with EU law (full responsibility) Contact point for the European Commission in the field of food law (in general as well as in the field of food standardization) Food quality (coordination) Standardization (coordination) – national and international level (Codex Alimentarius, UNECE)

Food production and legislation department Good Hygiene Practice + Good Manufacturing Practice (coordination) Consumer protection (coordination) Labelling of foodstuffs (incl. novel foods and foodstuffs containing the GMO´s ) National programme of subsidies for food business operators

Division for the control over the food market Management and supervision of the state administration in the area of state official controls Responsible for strategy, coordination and methodical management of the controls over the market with food Unification of methodical procedures for good practice in official controls

Division for the control over the food market Establishment and management of carcass evaluation system following the rules SEUROP Participation in coordination activities of the FVO missions in food area

Division for the control over the food market Coordination of the staff training system for the use of Czech competent authorities (CA) Participates in elaboration of methods having for purpose to evaluate activities of the competent authorities Periodical evaluation of the CA activities

Competent Authorities for Official Controls Czech Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority (MoA) State Veterinary Administration of the CR (MoA) State Phytosanitary Administration (MoA) Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture (MoA) Bodies of Public Health Protection (MoH)

Co-ordination of food safety Food Safety Strategy in the CR Adopted by Decree of the Government in December 2001 - No. 1320 Laid down key requirements for the pre-accession period Food Safety Strategy in the CR after Accession to the EU Adopted by Decree of the Government in December 2004 - No. 1277, review in 2006 Emphasis on improved communication within the CR, EU Member States, EU bodies and third countries

Co-ordination of food safety Co –ordination Unit (CU) Established in 2002 Consists of representatives of central state administration bodies relevant state control bodies consumer and industry organisations

Food Safety Co-ordination in the Czech Republic Government Minister of Agriculture Minister of Health Secretariat of theCU (Ministry of Agriculture) Section of Chief Hygienic Officer Bodies of Public Health Protection Co-ordination Unit (CU) State Veterinary Administration Ministry of Industry and Trade Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority Ministry of the Environment State Phytosanitary Administration Ministry of Interior Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture Ministry of Transport Scientific Committees on Food Veterinary SC on animal nutrition on phytosanitary and Environment on GM food and feed State Office for Nuclear Safety Ministry of Justice Food Safety Information Centre Ministry of Defense

Positioning of the Executive committee

Executive committee Role of Advisory body for the head of Food Authority Participants – heads of CAFIA, SVA, CISTA, SPA Meets once or twice a month

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