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1 Raymond Ellard June 2003 Working Group Managing on Effects

2 Raymond Ellard June 2003 Objective “To inventarise possibilities to develop methods for managing on effects”

3 Raymond Ellard June 2003 WG Members Miroslava DundelovaCzech Republic Raymond EllardIreland (Chair) Marijn Colijn Netherlands Sarita Stensrud Norway Aud NergaardNorway

4 Raymond Ellard June 2003

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6 Raymond Ellard June 2003 FLEP Discussions and Activities –Microbiology –Biotechnology –Chemistry –Toxicology –Surveillance and Monitoring –Food Law

7 Raymond Ellard June 2003 Seldom Discuss Enforcement

8 Raymond Ellard June 2003 “Chicken” Fillets??? New Variety of Chicken New Variety of Chicken

9 Raymond Ellard June 2003 Irish people love law enforcers!

10 Raymond Ellard June 2003 Social needs / regulation from E.U. Effect of (governmental) policy Effect of (governmental) policy Justification Enforcement Effect of enforcement Effect of enforcement Regulation by Law Regulation by Law (Governmental) policy Other Measures. Other Measures. Other

11 Raymond Ellard June 2003 Food Safety Strategies Food quality assurance schemes Food Hygiene Award schemes Restaurant hygiene rating schemes Training programmes for the food industry Campaigns aimed at empowering consumers Supply chain control Self regulation by the food industry Guidance notes Codes of Practice

12 Raymond Ellard June 2003 OECD `…Yet implementation – consisting of strategies such as education, assistance, persuasion, promotion, economic incentives, monitoring enforcement and sanctions – is often a very weak phase in the regulatory process in OECD countries, which tend to rely too much on ineffective punitive threats and too little on other kinds of incentive”

13 Raymond Ellard June 2003 Netherlands Measuring Compliance Measuring compliance of rules on preparing food gain insight into motives for non compliance gain insight in effectiveness of law enforcement develop strategy to improve law enforcement involved 592 cafeterias selected from >8000

14 Raymond Ellard June 2003 Expert Estimate of Compliance Ignorant Compliers Spontaneous Compliers Conscious Compliers Deliberate Breakers Ignorant Breakers

15 Raymond Ellard June 2003 Dimensions for Compliance Table of 11 Spontaneous Compliance Sanction Dimensions Control Dimensions Knowledge of the rulesSanction ProbabilityControl Probability Cost BenefitSanction severityDetection Probability Level of AcceptanceQuality of the rulesSelectivity Loyalty of the target group Informal Control No or minimal InfluenceIndirect InfluenceDirect Influence

16 Raymond Ellard June 2003 Operational Criteria Impartial and free from conflict of interest Ensure effectiveness and appropriateness of controls Access to laboratories and qualified & experienced staff Facilities and equipment Legal powers Contingency plans Prepared to operate contingency plans

17 Raymond Ellard June 2003 Target Groups Closed target groups – all potential offenders are known Semi–open target groups – majority of potential offenders are known Open target groups – any persons can be a potential offender How would the target group act without informal control? Does food control agencies measure compliance/non compliance? If people do not comply, what are the risks?

18 Raymond Ellard June 2003 Enforcement Policies Is there an enforcement policy within the food control services in the MS? Is it prescriptive? Does it use prosecution or fines? In defined circumstances? Is the choice of when and where to enforce left to enforcement agencies or dictated by the policy makers? What are the best or most appropriate instruments for enforcement? What are the appropriate penalties?

19 Raymond Ellard June 2003 Other Issues An Acceptable Level of Compliance?

20 Raymond Ellard June 2003 Examples of Enforcement Norway Czech Republic

21 Raymond Ellard June 2003 What’s Happening? SpainEN45004 Switzerland EN45004 Ireland ISO9001:2000 UK ISO9000 :1994 Czech Republic ISO9001:2000 ? BIPs – ISO9000

22 Raymond Ellard June 2003 Which Direction?

23 Raymond Ellard June 2003 Recommendations 1.Members begin to share experiences on the organisation of food control programmes, specifically with the aim of ensuring legal compliance. 2.Members participate in the working group 3.The Forum provides the working group with some guidance on future activities e.g., –Develop a document with some examples from several Member States. –Make an inventory of the ways Member States make their Annual plans, combined with the methods and instruments they use. –Set up a pilot project with FLEP Members as an information and experience exchange using workshops


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