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

3. Czech Republic (CR) Statistical Data Area78.866 km 2 Inhabitants 10,2 millions Prague 1,2 million Share of agricultural production on GDP 4 % Total import57 milliards € Total export56 milliards € Agriculture import 1 milliard € Agriculture export 0,4 milliard € Employment in agriculture 4 %

4. 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

5. 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

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

7. Organization chart Food Production Section = Food Authority Division for the Control over the food market Food safety, Environment Development and Pollution Prevention Dpt. Food Production and Legislation Department Executive committee of national control bodies

8. 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 Environment Development and Pollution Prevention Division Food Safety Division Food Production Division Food Legislation and Standardization Division

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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)

13. 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)

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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)

19. 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

20. 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

21. Government Minister of Agriculture Co- ordination Unit (CU) Secretariat of theCU (Ministry of Agriculture) Section of Chief Hygienic Officer Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Transport State Office for Nuclear Safety Ministry of Industry and Trade Bodies of Public Health Protection State Veterinary Administration Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority State Phytosanitary Administration Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture Scientific Committees 1.on Food 2.Veterinary SC 3.on animal nutrition 4.on phytosanitary and Environment 5.on GM food and feed Food Safety Information Centre Ministry of Interior Minister of Health FoodSafety Co-ordination in the Czech Republic Food Safety Co-ordination in the Czech Republic Ministry of Defense Ministry of Justice

22. Positioning of the Executive committee Food Production Section = Food Authority Control Division over the market with food Food safety, Environment Development and Poll. Prev. Dep. Food Production and Legislation Department Executive committee of national control bodies

23. 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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