Food Laws and Food Control Management Structures – the Polish Perspective

Aleksandra Wesołowska

Polish Consumers Association

Polish Food Legislation

•Act of December 21, 2000 on commercial quality of agricultural and food products, Journal of Laws Nº 5, item 45 with amendments

•Act of May 11, 2001 on health conditions of food and nutrition, Journal of Laws Nº 63, item 634 with amendments

Regulation 178/2002/WE on the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and on procedures in matters of food safety

EU directives - the latest amendments of the Act on health conditions of

food and nutrition

Polish Food Control Management Structures

•State Sanitary Inspection - health conditions of food and nutrition

•General Veterinary Inspectorate - protection of animal health and safety of food products of animal origin in order to protect the public health

•State Plant Health and Seed Inspection Service - primary production

•Agriculture and Food Quality Inspection- commercial quality of agriculture and food products in production, distribution, import and

export; conditions of storage and transportation •Trade Inspection- consumers’ rights; commercial quality of food in retail

Rapid Alert System for Food Feed

•Country Contact Point - Chief Sanitary Inspectorate data from: Country Contact Point Subsection, State Sanitary Inspection

and Trade Inspection the EU

•Country Contact Point Subsection - Veterinary Inspection

information from: local bodies of Veterinary Inspection, Trade Inspection, State Plant Health and Seed Inspection Service and Agriculture and Food Quality Inspection Country Contact Point

Polish Consumers Association involvement

•Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

•Agriculture and Food Quality Inspection Codex Alimentarius Country Contact Point

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•Chef Sanitary Inspectorate

•Trade Inspection

•Office for Competition and Consumer Protection

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•Ministry of Health

•State Sanitary Inspection

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