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Fao/Who Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality i ________________________________________________________________________________________________ PEC/REP 1 FAO/WHO PAN-EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, 25–28 FEBRUARY 2002 FINAL REPORT _____________________________________________________________________________ FAO Rome, April 2002 ii Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality ________________________________________________________________________________________________ For further information on the activities of the Pan-European Conference, please contact: The Joint Secretariat of the Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality Food Quality and Standards Service Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome Italy Fax. No.: + 39 06 57054593 Email Address: [email protected] and to The Joint Secretariat of the Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality Food Safety Programme World Health Organization 20, Avenue Appia CH-1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland Fax. No.: + 41 22 7914807 Email Address: [email protected] Website: www.foodsafetyforum.org/paneuropean Issued by the Joint Secretariat of the FAO/WHO Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality, FAO, Rome. Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality iii ________________________________________________________________________________________________ The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations or of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Reproduction and dissemination of material in this publication for educational or other non-commercial purposes are authorized without any prior written permission from the copyright holders provided the sources is fully acknowledged. All rights reserved. Reproduction of material in this publication for resale or any other commercial purposes is prohibited without written permission of the copyright holders. Applications for such permission should be addressed to the Chief, Publishing and Multimedia Service, Information Division, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy, or by e- mail to [email protected]. © FAO and WHO 2002 iv Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality v ________________________________________________________________________________________________ FOREWORD Concerns over food safety and quality are increasing worldwide. They are priority issues for governments, food producers, industry, traders and consumers alike. The burden of foodborne disease is significant in all parts of the world, and for some important foodborne hazards the reported incidence of disease seems to have increased over the last decades. In the European region, food safety problems in recent years have increasingly threatened public health and undermined consumer confidence in some crucial parts of the food supply. It has also had severe economic impact on farmers and food producers in the region. The effects of these concerns have signalled a strong need for member countries to strengthen the food safety and quality systems in a sustainable way, with a view to reducing the level of foodborne disease, to restore the confidence of consumers and to improve the conditions of food production and trade within the region and beyond. The 22nd FAO Regional Conference for Europe held in Porto in June 2000, welcomed the initiative of The Netherlands, to strengthen and harmonize food safety and quality policies across the European region and so improve conditions for public health and international food trade. Therefore the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization jointly convened the first Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality. The Conference was held in Budapest from 25 – 28 February 2002 at the invitation of the Government of Hungary. Over 200 delegates from 46 European countries, the European Commission and observer organizations participated to discuss food safety and quality concerns of specific interest to Europe. Several delegations developed comprehensive background documents on food safety and quality issues in Europe and many others provided Conference room documents with important information on food safety and quality concerns in their countries. The participants discussed about opportunities for cooperation in policy and research development and about improvement of information and communication systems. They jointly identified ways to improve food safety and quality situations in the region and provided a final report with recommendations. These recommendations focus on harmonization of food safety and quality regulations, strengthening food inspections and surveillance and improving transparency of food safety control systems across Europe. As most of the knowledge and experience in food safety and quality issues is present in the European region, the Conference saw intra-regional cooperation between countries and organizations as a basis for improvements. The first Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality offered an excellent platform to discuss European food safety and quality concerns. It brought governments and organizations together to jointly find solutions for problems that affect all consumers in the European region and beyond. This publication offers you the complete version of documents and final report of this Conference. vi Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Joint Secretariat of the FAO/WHO Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality wishes to express its sincere thanks to all those that contributed towards the success of this Conference, in particular to the Hungarian Government for their most efficient organization of the Conference and their warm hospitality; to the Netherlands, the European Commission, Switzerland, France and Norway for their financial support, and for all those Member countries and International Organizations that gave technical support during the preparatory stages; to the Chairs and Vice-Chairs and other Members of the Conference Bureau for their dedicated hard work and the exceptional manner in which they conducted the meeting; to the paper presenters for their outstanding presentations and interventions during the debates of the Conference, and last but not least, to the members of the press and communication for their excellent coverage of the event. Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality vii ________________________________________________________________________________________________ viii Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality ________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS I. Introduction 1 II. Opening ceremony 1 III. Keynote address by the Minister of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries of the Netherlands 2 IV. Remarks by the Chairperson of the Plenary Meeting 2 V. Election of Officers 3 VI. Adoption of the Agenda 3 VII. Presentation of the Conference Papers 3 - Pan-European co-operation in policy and science advancement 4 - Pan-European co-operation in information and communication development 6 VIII. Other matters 10 IX. Agendas of the Working Groups 10 X. Summary of the discussions of the Working Groups 10 XI. Recommendations of the Conference 16 - main recommendations 16 - other recommendations 18 XII. Adoption of the Final Report 20 XIII. Closing of the Conference 21 Annexes: 1. Agenda and time table of the Conference - Annotated agenda 23 - Provisional time table 25 2. Background of the Conference 29 3. Opening addresses (listing) 31 - Hungarian Minister of Agriculture and Regional Development 32 - Hungarian Minister of Health 36 Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality ix ________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Assistant Director-General Economic and Social Department of FAO 39 - Executive Director of the Director-General’s Office of WHO 43 4. Keynote address by the Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries 46 5. Listing of Conference Papers 48 - Conference Papers 49 6. Listing of Conference Room Documents 139 - Conference Room Documents 140 7. List of Conference participants 201 + + + x Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I. INTRODUCTION 1. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) jointly convened the first Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality (the Conference) to identify and discuss ways to strengthen food safety and quality in the European region. The Conference was held in Budapest from 25-28 February 2002 at the kind invitation of the Government of the Republic of Hungary.
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