Professional paper
PROCESS OF HARMONIZATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EU FOOD/FEED LAW IN POLAND IN THE PERIOD 1994-2009
Krzysztof Kwiatek
; National Veterinary Research Institute, Pulawy, Poland
Ewelina Kowalczyk
; National Veterinary Research Institute, Pulawy, Poland
Abstract
In Poland in pre-accession period, in the years 1994 – 2004, the EU food/feed law was been progressively implemented, which was one of the conditions for the country accession to the European Union. In 2004, after the accession, Poland as a new EC country member was obliged to agree with Directive 95/53/EC, to draw up a coherent and coordinated national programme of official inspection of animal feedingstuffs, irrespective of the organisational structure, and the number of inspection authorities in the country. The programme was done performed by the Veterinary Inspection in the animal feedingstuffs sector, including animal feeding, i.e. comprising the whole feed chain. The objective of the programme was to lay down the substantive scope of official inspections and laboratory control testing of animal feedingstuffs, appropriate for the surveillance exercised by the Veterinary Inspection. The integral parts of implemented methodology of official control were laboratory analyses based on a new approach. The National Reference Laboratories were established in the range of food and feed analysis, which started regularly to cooperate with respective Community Reference Laboratories (CRL). This ensured implementation into practice the European analysis methods and permanent participation in proficiency testing. The restructuring and modernization of laboratory network of Veterinary Inspections was done by contribution and finantial support of the European Union. As a good example of the great EU support can be the National Veterinary Research Institute and recently built new laboratories.
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Publication date:
8.4.2011.
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