1. Veterinary Border Control
Vilnius,
Helen Christiansen
Export and Import Section
Head office – Fish and Seafood Department

2. Norwegian Food Safety Authority
Director General: Harald Gjein
CVO: Kristina Landsverk
Yearly FTE:
Established:
Head office (6 office sites)
5 regional offices with 32 local departments (70 office sites)
Answers to three ministries:
Ministry of Agriculture and Food (administrative responsibility)
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
Ministry of Health and Care Services
Full time equivilent

3. The mission of NFSA is to promote:
Safe, healthy food
Safe drinking water
Healthy plants, fish and animals
Excellence in animal welfare and respect for fish and animals
Environmentally friendly production
Health, quality and consumer interests throughout the food production chain
In addition:
A far-sighted and efficient organisation
Within the framework of these goals, to contribute to value creation in the food sector

4. Legislation administered by NFSA
The Food Safety Act:
is designed to guarantee healthy, safe food and safe drinking water for consumers, promote health, regulate environmentally friendly production and prevent the spread of animal and plant diseases
Act concerning the welfare of animals:
is designed to ensure ethical keeping of animals and fish
Act relating to cosmetic products and other body care products, etc.:
is designed to ensure that cosmetics and body care products safeguard human and animal health
We also administer:
Act relating to veterinarians and other animal health personnel
Act relating to the plant breeder's right
Act relating to livestock breeding
Regulations appurtenant to these acts lay down more detailed provisions.
The majority of the Norwegian acts and regulations are included in the EEA Agreement and constitute common European rules.

5. The core tasks of the NFSA
Gathering information and analysing current conditions
Regulatory and legislative work
Supervision, control and inspections
Communication and guidance
1. We procure information regarding current conditions, do analysis of macro-economic benefit and costs, and through expert opinions inform of the NFSA’s public relations and priorities.
2. The majority of the regulations are based on legislation acts which Norway is bound by under the EEA Agreement – continues developing – user friendly – seek input from our stakeholders - transparency
3. The NFSA is required to supervise compliance with national regulations and international directives. Inspections are planned so as to have the greatest possible general preventive effect.
4. Information and communication are important means by which the NFSA achieves its goals. - Our communication should be characterised by openness and dialogue with citizens, business and industry, organisations and other national bodies.

6. Who do we supervise and inspect?
Primary producers
Food industry and small-scale producers
Importers
Food retailers
Catering establishments
We also supervise:
Vets and other animal health personnel
People who keep animals (farmers and private individuals)
Cosmetics and body care products
Sales of medicinal products outside pharmacies

7. Contingency plan The NFSA has contingency for: its own area of control
civil protection and defence
nuclear and radiation protection
other agencies' preparedness (participant/advisor)
Founded on government principles of subsidiarity, equivalency and responsibility
Operates a standing emergency response function and deploys stand-by staff in the event of outbreaks and incidents
Operates the national emergency response service
Media response office (08-22 hrs daily)

8. Veterinary Border Control
Structure and organisation of import control in Norway

9. 1. January 1999 – extended European Economic Area (EEA) agreement with the European Union.
Part of the inner trade market, and commodities flow freely across the borders.
Norway has adopted the EU legislation concerning border inspection control. Just like the baltic countries become one of EU’s outer borders.
15 Border Inspection Posts (BIPs)

10. Norwegian Border Inspection Posts
Red – airport/road
Black - harbours
Products to be examined:
Live animals
Animal products and food containing animal products (including fish and fishery products)
For human consumption (HC) or non Human Consumption (NHC)
Administration:
Head Office,
Fish and Seafood Department, Export and Import Section – Bergen

11. Process of Import controll -1
Regulated in the EEA agreemnt
Main rules in Council Directiv 97/78/(EC) (products) and 91/496/(EC) (live animals)
Give additional details concerning:
Reporting systems
Lists containing approved countries
Lists with approved plants and vessels
How third countries are approved for export
How veterinary border control is to be carried out

12. Process of import control -2
BIPs are approved by ESA/FVO
ESA is responsible for the approved list of BIPs
Listed officially on the commisions homepage
Border inspection post is a physical unit consisting of five elements:
Office
Social facilites
Inspection room
Unloading area
Storage facilities
How control is carried out:
Document control
ID-control
Physical control

13. Process of import control -3
Must be carried out by an official veterinary
BIPs approved only for fish and fishery products – control can be carried out by a fishery inspector
Information of import must be sent to BIP in advance CVED (common veterinary entry document)
Page 1 must be filled in. After checking documents - offical veterinary fills in page 2.
Stamp and signature of official veterinary decides if the consigment is approved for import and free circulation in the EU/EEA area or if the consignment is rejected

14. Process of import control -4
If a consignment is rejected – it is destroyed or returned to a country outside of EU/EEA within 60 days
The consigment is locked up under supervision of the official veterinarian at BIP untill it leaves the BIP
Cost of storage of detained consignments is to be paid by importer
Norway, Sweden and Finland – better salmonella status than rest of EU/EEA and therefore have a salmonella garanti for all imported bovine and poultry products.
Special garanties -salmonellagaranti
Other regulations:
Salmonella garanti - All import must be documentet with extra salmonella test.

15. Questions ………..?
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