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| == Country profiles – how to read the World Almanac ==
| | '''Almanac- What is it about?''' |
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| Each country profile provides an overview of public institutions in the area of food and feed safety
| | With this online World Food Safety Almanac, we hope to reach many people and to provide all of them interesting insights into the world of global food and feed safety. We hope that it helps to learn about the competent institutions and to identify cooperation partners for international projects quickly and precisely. The Almanac describes responsible public institutions and their administrative structures of many different countries. It aims to harmonise existing methods and processes and to avoid duplication of work. |
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| <b>Diagram of national institutions: </b> Each chapter starts
| | '''Why do we believe it is necessary?''' |
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| structures and hierarchies. The main institutions of
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| abbreviations (Chapter 6) contains the full names of
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| all institutions listed in the Almanac (in English as well
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| as the language of each country). Institutions at central/national level are
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| illustrated in blue boxes, regional/local institutions in turquoise ones.
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| <br clear=all><b>Legal foundation:</b> Brief description of national legal foundations in the
| | The food products we commonly consume are so much a part of our daily life that we hardly think about how much of it originates from other countries. The globalisation of food production and food trading allows for more and more consumer choice. However, it complicates consumer health protection because food and feed safety has to be guaranteed along global supply chains that are increasingly complex. Consequently, stricter requirements have to be met with regard to scientific risk assessments, risk management, and risk communication. Food and feed safety today can only be ensured by taking an international approach, amongst others, through close cooperation and collaboration of different countries and organisations with their competent institutions. |
| area of food and feed safety at the beginning of the chapter.
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| <b>Institutions at central level (shown in boxes):</b>
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| |Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
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| |BVL
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| |Risikomanagement, RASFF-Kontaktstelle
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| ! scope="row"| Responsibilities
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| |[[File:Futtermittel.jpg|Feed|link=Feed|25px]] [[File:Pflanzenschutz.jpg|Plant protection products|25px]] [[File:Mineralwasser.jpg|Mineral water|25px]] [[File:Nahrungsmittelerg.jpg|Food supplements|25px]] [[File:NovelFood.jpg|Novel foods|25px]] [[File:Gentechnik.jpg|Genetic engineering|25px]] [[File:Tierarznei.jpg|Residues of veterinary medicinal products|25px]] [[File:Zoonosen.jpg|Zoonoses|25px]]
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| | Braunschweig und Berlin
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| |http://www.bvl.bund.de/
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| Tasks and activities of each institution are described in a separate section for
| | '''A short journey through the Almanac’s history:''' |
| each institution. The blue box at the beginning of each section contains
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| the acronym and the full name of the institution. The grey box below
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| lists the main tasks in the area of food and feed safety, followed by
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| the city in which the institution is based, and the website.
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| <b>Responsibility:</b> Ten pictograms are used to illustrate the areas of responsibility of each respective institution.
| | Since 2009, the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) publishes the EU Food Safety Almanac in several languages as a printed copy and as a digital Pdf. In 2017 a European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Food Safety Almanac and a ‘Food Safety Almanac - Special edition: Community of Portuguese Language Countries’ were also released. The latest edition of the EU Food Safety Almanac was published in August 2021. In order to keep the information up to date and to respond to the dynamics in the field of food and feed safety, the BfR developed the online World Food Safety Almanac in 2021. |
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| <b>Regional and local level:</b> Institutions on a regional and local level are
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| described in a separate section. They are highlighted by turquoise
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| <b>EFSA network:</b> Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 establishing
| | '''How can I contribute?''' |
| the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) states that institutions operating
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| in the fields within the EFSA remit are to form a network. Institutions
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| that fall under this category are listed under the heading “Institutions
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| involved in the EFSA network” and are marked by a yellow box.
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| The institutions involved in the EFSA Network pursuant to Article 36 Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 are
| | If you wish to add your food and feed safety institution(s) to the World Food Safety Almanac, please send a request via this website or contact the BfR directly to request the access data. With the access data you will be able to create your country profile, to update the page at any time and add translations into different languages. The BfR remains the administrator of the World Food Safety Almanac, however, each country/institution/organisation is responsible for the contents of its own profile. |
| listed at the end of each country profile and are subject to changes. An up-to-date list of these institutions
| | We particularly engage all countries and competent organisations to enter and update their country or organisation profiles. We hope to expand the World Food Safety Almanac in the future and to make this platform a comprehensive reference tool for the whole world. |
| is available in the Internet at: https://www.efsa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/assets/art36listg.pdf
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| | '''Where do I get further information?''' |
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| | Please go to “How to read the Almanac” for further instructions. |
| | If you wish to order a printed copy, or download the Almanac as a pdf, please click [https://www.bfr.bund.de/en/publication/eu_almanac-192693.html here]. |
