13 November 2012

Self assessmentby NetherlandsFood and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) and FAVV (Belgium)

Ministry of Economic Affairs,Agriculture and Innovation

by Ron Dwinger

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• benchmark pilot initiated by HoA

• NVWA and FAVV

• assessed agency had to complete assessment form

• 12 Key Performance Indicators (KPI)

• 3 KPI (other KPI as background info)

• questionnaire + additional questions

resulted in findings, conclusions

self assessment

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scope self assessment

The self assessment related only to activities in food safety at CCA level

In the Netherlands specific attention for inspection and sampling at:- hotels, restaurants and catering- retail- processing industry- some approved companies (producing meat products)

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risk based planning of official controls (KPI 1)

• NVWA has 23 different domains• enforcement programme strategy (compliance

pyramid)• FBO: 5 categories based on 11 factors

(behavioural and control) linked with• traffic light system (industrial production):

white, green, orange, red (visit frequency)

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implementation of enforcement strategy (KPI 2)

• 3 types of infringements (severe, medium, mild)• 3 types of measures (sanctions, corr. measures,

other)• enforcement approach (pyramid)• compliance audits + internal audits

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checking self-checking systems (KPI 3)

• 35 guides to good practice (90% of all sectors) listed

• no guidance documents• covenant (industrial production) based on mutual

confidence• covenant (catering, retail, local production) with

private system checking body• no use of third party certification (BRC, etc.)

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contact e-mail: ron.dwinger@vwa.nl

telephone: +31- 652527828

additional information:

http://www.vwa.nl/