Organisation of Veterinary and Food Control

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Organisation of Veterinary and Food Control

• Veterinary and Food Board, Estonia
• Raimond Strastin

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Organisation of Food Control, Estonia
Ministry of Agriculture Veterinary and Food Board( VFB ) Ministry of Social Affairs Health Protection Inspectorate( HPI ) Ministry of Economical Affairs Consumer Protection Board( CPB )
Subject of official control farm level food processing industry wholesale organic processing Subject of official control retail, restaurants and catering food, nutrition and environmental conditions in public establishments( school, child care facilities ) Subject of official control consumer complaints labelling control in retail and wholesale
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History

• 1992 Veterinary Board
• 1998 Veterinary and Food Inspection
• Veterinary and Food Laboratory
• Veterinary and Food Department
• 2000 Veterinary and Food Board

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Legislation 1

• Law Act (Parliament)
• Government regulation
• Ministers regulation
• Decree of Director of Board

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Legislation 2

• Food act
• Goverment Regulation on General Hygiene
• Ministers Regulation on Farm Hygiene
• VFB Decree on inspection and sampling protocols

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Two level inspection system

• Central and local authority
• Local units are in direct administrative
  subordination to CA
• Direct and cleare line of command

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Duty of Central Authority

• Approval of establishments,
  co-ordination and supervision of the work of
  local inspectors
• Drafting of monitoring programs, inspection plans
  for local inspectors
• Evaluation of monitoring and inspection results

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Duty of Local Authority

• Approval and inspection of food processing plants
  processing food of non-animal origin,
  wholesalers and custom warehouses
• Implementation of established sampling program
• Reporting to CA about inspection results

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Effective food control

• High competence of staff
• Standardized inspection procedures
• Standardized inspection reports and sampling
  protocols

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Training of inspectors

• Competent trainers
• Targeted training
• Hazards different interpretation of inspectors,
  avoiding of phone effect
• Advantage of small country - 100 in 1 time

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