欧盟关于可追溯性Traceability方面的讲座PPT03dyardtraceabilitypresentation.ppt

Food Traceability Incidents,David Yard Head of Incidents Branch Food Standards Agency,Traceability,Does not make food safe- it is a risk management tool used to contain food safety problems Ensures targeted or accurate withdrawals/recalls can be undertaken, appropriate information can be given to consumers and food businesses and unnecessary disruption of trade can be avoided,Legal Basis for Traceability of Food,EC Regulation 178/2002 Article 18 18(1)Traceability of food, feed food producing animals shall be established at all stages of production, processing and distribution 18(2/3) Have in place systems and procedures to identify businesses that have supplied them or who they have sold to.,Legal basis for traceability of food (contd),18(3) information shall be made available to competent authorities on demand 18(4) food placed on market shall be adequately labelled or identified to facilitate its traceability- includes documentation,What does this mean in practice?,EC guidance on the implementation of General Food Law 178/2002 Traceability requirement relies on one step back and one step forward approach. Do not have to record immediate customers if final consumers Does not extend to food business operators in third countries,What does this mean in practice? (contd),Internal traceability ie the matching up of all inputs to outputs is not a legal requirement of Regulation 178/2002 No requirement to establish such a link or to keep records of how batches are split FBOs should be encouraged to develop internal traceability systems- the level of detail should be left to FBO commensurate with nature & size of business,The Food Incidents Branch,Deal with approx 1500 incidents a year Chemical, Microbiological and physical contamination Examples include: Allergens - (nut, milk contamination) Chemicals - (cleaning compounds) Illegal Additives - (Sudan, Para Red) Irradiated Foods - (vitamin supplements) Microbiological - (salmonella) Environmental - (fires) Physical - Glass, metal, plastics),Incident Investigation,Key points of investigation particularly if withdrawal/recall is to be effected are: Who were suppliers of ingredients. The amount produced. Description, Size, Date Code, Lot Code etc The amount sold, when and to whom. The amount recovered if any.,Examples of Incidents- Sudan I,History of Sudan I,Illegal dye Not intended for food use Added to enhance value First detected in July 2003 Widespread Dealt with 200+ plus incidents,History of Sudan I,Sudan I identified in Worcester sauce, in Italy, by customer of UK manufacturer Analysis confirmed Sudan I at 3mg/kg Originated from contaminated batch of chilli powder (80 mg/kg) Worcester sauce supplied to a large number of other companies - used to make several hundred different food products,History of Sudan I,As with previous Sudan I incidents, conclusion was to identify affected products and withdraw them. Plus point of sale notices Final list of nearly 600 posted on 8th March. Largest food recall in UK,History of Sudan I,Size and Scale of incident challenging Products widely distributed (around the world) Contaminated Spice imported by one man into UK Spice Blenders who supplied manufacturers had no internal traceability High media interest,Examples of media coverage,Consequences of Major Incidents- Sudan,Costs to UK industry- estimated to be between 100-200m 60 staff working full time for 3 weeks In first week 1200 phone calls and 1000 e-mails/letters Over 10 days, 100 million hits to website 1395 items of media coverage in 2-3 weeks,Examples of incidents- Broken Rice,Notified of Incident regarding Broken rice from Pakistan via Sweden contaminated with Aflatoxin By time millers became aware widely processed into other products and distributed widely.(20+ primary companies plus secondary distribution),Broken rice,Manufacturers very co-operative Distribution and reconciliation data obtained without due delay, including processing quantities. Recalled 3 end products calculated to be above legal limit. Many othe