MANCP Multi-Annual National Control Plan The Netherlands Annual Report 2019 INHOUDSOPGAVE Introduction and reading guide 2 Chapter 1 Management summary of the MANCP annual report 2019 3 1.1 Relevant developments 3 1.2 Key figures 4 1.3 Effectiveness of the controls 5 1.4 Findings 5 1.5 Actions taken on non-compliance 18 1.6 National audit system 18 1.7 Budget/resources 19 1.8 Actions taken to improve official controls 19 1.9 Actions taken to improve compliance by businesses 20 1.10 NVWA Intelligence and Investigation Service 20 Chapter 2 Key figures 21 2.1 Available resources of the inspection services 21 2.2 Total number of inspections and certifications (in hours) by domain, 2015-2019 21 2.3 Total number of samples/analyses by domain, 2015-2019 22 2.4 Summary of decisions imposing fines and amounts recovered under administrative measures 23 2.5 Key data and performance indicators 24 Chapter 3 Reports on areas of supervision in 2019 26 3.1 Introduction 26 3.2 Animal health – monitoring and control 27 3.3 Animal health – prevention (live animals and live products) 32 3.4 Animal welfare 40 3.5 Animal feed 49 3.6 Animal by-products 53 3.7 Meat supply chain (slaughterhouses, cutting plants and cold and frozen stores) 57 3.8 Industrial production: meat products, fish products and composite products 69 3.9 Imports of veterinary consignments 77 3.10 Fish, fish products and aquaculture 79 3.11 Dairy, eggs and egg products 80 3.12 Food service industry and artisanal production 92 3.13 Food labelling and compliance with additives legislation 96 3.14 Contaminants, residues and GMOs in food 98 3.15 Veterinary medicinal products 113 3.16 Microbiology (pathogens, food-borne infections and zoonoses) 118 3.17 Nutrition and health, special foods and drinks 123 3.18 Plant health 127 3.19 Plant protection 133 3.20 Organic products 142 3.21 Protected designation of origin (PDO), protected geographical indication (PGI) and traditional specialities guaranteed (TSG) 146 Chapter 4 Audits 152 Chapter 5 NVWA intelligence and investigation service 157 Chapter 6 The control bodies 159 1 INTRODUCTION AND READING GUIDE Since 2007, every Member State of the European Union has drawn up a Multi-Annual National Control Plan (MANCP) that describes the approach towards, and implementation of, official controls to achieve the specified strategic goals. Member States report annually to the European Commission on the implementation and results of official controls. This document is the MANCP Annual Report for the Netherlands for 2019. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit, NVWA) coordinates the MANCP and the drafting of the annual reports for the Netherlands. The MANCP annual report describes the official controls in the areas of food safety, animal health, animal welfare, animal feeds, phytosanitary matters and organic production. In the Netherlands, a range of organisations are involved in these activities. In this 2019 report, the NVWA is still reporting on supervision and official controls as carried out in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004. The new Official Controls Regulation (Regulation (EU) No. 2017/625), which has a broader scope and contains new rules, entered into force on 14 December 2019. In consultation with the European Commission, it was decided that reporting on the last two weeks of 2019 based on the new Official Controls Regulation would be too complex and offer no added value. However, the next annual report will comply with the rules of the new regulation. The report for 2019 will therefore be the NVWA’s last MANCP annual report according to this format. Supervision under Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 is conducted by: • The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) • The Netherlands Controlling Authority for Milk and Milk Products (COKZ) • The Netherlands Controlling Authority for Eggs (NCAE), a department of the COKZ • GD Animal Health (GD) Supervision under Council Directive 2000/29/EC (plant health) is conducted by: • The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) • The Netherlands General Inspection Service for agricultural seeds and seed potatoes (NAK) • The Netherlands Inspection Service for Horticulture (Naktuinbouw) • The Flower Bulb Inspection Service (BKD) • The Quality Control Bureau (KCB) Supervision under Council Regulation (EC) No. 834/2007 (Organic Production and Products) is conducted by: • Skal Biocontrol Chapter 1, the management summary, sets out the key findings and conclusions with regard to the controls in 2019. Chapter 2 deals with the key figures in the area of enforcement within the food supply chain. Chapter 3 contains the reports for the various areas of oversight, covering 19 (previously 20) different subjects. Section 3.10, Fish, fish products and aquaculture has been omitted in 2019, since the various results for this domain are reported in the Industrial production and Animal health – prevention domains. To facilitate a comparison with other years, the section numbering remains unchanged. Chapter 4 reports the conclusions from the internal and external audits conducted in 2019. Chapter 5 reports on the activities of the NVWA Intelligence and Investigation Service. Chapter 6 describes a number of developments in the organisations involved in carrying out the controls. The MANCP annual reports are available on the NVWA website. 2 CHAPTER 1 MANAGEMENT SUMMARY OF THE MANCP ANNUAL REPORT 2019 The NVWA’s strategy for 2020 focuses on the NVWA as a modern and future-proof authority with a knowledge-driven and risk-based approach. This means that where possible, official controls in 2019 were planned, prioritised and conducted on the basis of the estimated risks. 1.1 Relevant developments Merger of NVWA and Wageningen University & Research laboratories To support the modern and future-proof authority that the NVWA aspires to become, 2019 saw the formation of a new institute: Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR). This new institute is part of Wageningen University & Research and is the product of a merger of the NVWA Laboratory for Feed and Food Safety and RIKILT Wageningen University & Research. This merger of laboratories that share some tasks has resulted in a unique laboratory that is essential to the NVWA, as it will provide long-term, sustainable support in risk-based supervision and current and future policy for feed and food safety. The merger has also resulted in greater sample analysis capacity and thus greater flexibility to respond to incidents and crises. The laboratory now offers a sound knowledge base to provide timely support for the supervision process that is anchored in the scientific dynamics of Wageningen University & Research. The independence of the services provided by WFSR to the NVWA is guaranteed. This means that WFSR must be able to carry out NVWA assignments without interference by any other parties. The lab’s other activities also must not compromise the services provided to the NVWA. In specific terms, a number of rules therefore apply, including that WFSR must not carry out any activities for third parties (private companies or non-governmental organisations [NGOs]) unless the research offers clear added value in terms of food safety in the Netherlands and the laboratory’s accumulation of knowledge, in order to improve the support provided to the NVWA. New EURL tasks The new Official Controls Regulation (2017/625) imposes a requirement to assign European Union Reference Laboratories (EURLs). The aim of these EURLs is to improve the quality and comparability of test results from the national reference laboratories of the different Member States. These laboratories also provide scientific and technical support to the European Commission. In 2019, the National Reference Centre (NRC) of the NVWA was assigned EURL status for two areas of plant health, namely plant pathogenic bacteria and viruses. New EU regulations In 2019, the NVWA made significant effort in the implementation of the Plant Health Regulation and the Official Controls Regulation, in close collaboration with the relevant plant-related inspection agencies. There has been a considerable focus , while minimising loss of functionality, on how we can ensure now and in the future that the NVWA systems for automated import/export data processing are in line with the European Commission’s new reporting and notification system: the information management system for official controls (IMSOC). These existing functionalities are essential for the NVWA due to the huge volumes processed by the logistics chain in the Netherlands. 3 Skal placed a significant focus in 2019 on preparing for the implementation of the new European legislation on organic production, Regulation (EU) no. 2018/848, which will come into effect on 1 January 2021. However, as the production and control rules had not yet been published at the end of 2019, it was not yet possible to introduce new information material for organic businesses. It is also expected that Skal will need to adapt both its work processes and systems. 1.2 Key figures In 2019, the NVWA carried out over 136,000 inspections in total, excluding plant health inspections, which are listed in a separate table. This is virtually identical to the number of inspections in 2018, but significantly lower (around 8.7%) than in the years prior to 2018. The table below shows the number of inspections per area of supervision. number of inspections 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (excluding plant health inspections)