OFFICIAL FOOD CONTROL IN AUSTRIA

Franz VOJIR

Federal Ministry of Health and

WomenVienna, Austria

LEGAL BASIS FOR OFFICIAL FOOD CONTROL - legal framework of the European community

- Austrian Food Act

RESPONSIBILITY FOR OFFICIAL FOOD CONTROL - federal responsibility

(Federal Ministry of Health and Women) - governors of the federal provinces (9 provinces) - laboratories analysing official samples (Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety laboratories for food testing of 3 provinces)

RESPONSIBILITES FOR OFFICIAL FOOD CONTROL IN AUSTRIA

Federal Ministry of Health and Women

Governor of theprovince

in 3 provincesInstitutes for food testing

Austrian Agencyfor Health and

Food Safetyfood laboratories

Food inspectorateof the

province

written order

Federal Ministry ofHealth and Women

Division IVlegislation, control and sample plan

Federal Ministry ofHealth and Women

Division IVlegislation, control and sample plan

governments of the 9 federal provinces

implementation of the food actand of the control and sample plan

governments of the 9 federal provinces

implementation of the food actand of the control and sample plan

supervisory organs (food inspectors)

samplingsampling

control of enterprisescontrol of enterprises

transmission of samples totransmission of samples to

delivery of testing results and expertise

delivery of testing results and expertise

Austrian Agency for Healthand Food Safety;

Institutes for food-testing of the federal provinces Carinthia,

Vorarlberg and Vienna

Austrian Agency for Healthand Food Safety;

Institutes for food-testing of the federal provinces Carinthia,

Vorarlberg and Vienna

district administration authoritiesdistrict administration authorities

penal courtspenal courts

in case of a violation oflegal provisions

report by thesupervisory organs to

in case of a violation oflegal provisions

report by thesupervisory organs to

A U S T R I A

STRUCTURE OF THE OFFICIAL FOOD CONTROL

after provisional seizureby food inspectors:

formal seizure by

after provisional seizureby food inspectors:

formal seizure by

in case of a violation oflegal provisions

in case of a violation oflegal provisions

administrative measurespunitive actions

administrative measurespunitive actions

LUA Vorarlberg

ILMU Innsbruck

Vbg. Tirol Salzburg

Kärnten

Steiermark

Oberösterreich

Niederösterreich

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LUA Kärnten ILMU Graz

ILMU Wien + LUA Wien

ILMU Linz

ILMU Salzburg

Wien

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REGIONAL COMPETENCE OF THE OFFICIAL LABORATORIES

LABORATORIES

accredited for EN ISO/IEC 17025

for groups of tests or single tests

minimum requirements for accreditation for agroup of tests

- six analytical instructions

- full validation (inhouse validation)

- group must be routinely applied

otherwise accreditation for single tests