The Fox Guarding the Henhouse: Coregulation and Consumer Protection in Food Safety, 1946–2002

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 921-929
Author(s):  
ASHTON W. MERCK
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Consumer Protection

scholarly journals Juridical Assessment of Food Safety in Packaged Processed Food Product

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Bagus Pambudi ◽  
Rany Ekawati
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Consumer Protection ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Food Additives ◽  
Food Product ◽  
Food Products ◽  
The Body ◽  
Processed Food ◽  
Balanced Diet ◽  
The Government

Food safety is one of WHO’s primary concerns during a pandemic. The current Covid-19 pandemic requires us to boost our immune system by eating a healthy and balanced diet. Food consumed by the masses must be free of chemical and biological substances that can be harmful for the body. Nowadays, food products have developed to be more innovative, such as packaged processed food products that can be stored for a long time, generally using Food Additives. The safety of packaged processed food products must be guaranteed by the manufacturers in order to guarantee consumer protection. To ensure this, the government has established the Consumer Protection Law; the Government Regulation on Food Safety, Quality and Nutrition; and the Food and Drug Administration Division. Through the BPOM, the government supervises food products circulating in the community. The supervision carried out by BPOM are preventive and repressive. One form of supervision carried out by BPOM is granting distribution permits for packaged processed food products before they are distributed to the public. Keywords: packaged processed food products, BPOM

PENEGAKAN HUKUM TERHADAP PELAKU USAHA AIR MINUM DALAM KEMASAN YANG TIDAK DILENGKAPI IJIN EDAR GUNA MENJAGA KEAMANAN PANGAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
A.A. Sagung Ngurah Indradewi
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Consumer Protection ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Bottled Drinking Water ◽  
Water Companies ◽  
Administrative Sanctions

The problems described in this study is law enforcement against bottled drinking water business actors not equipped with marketing permits to maintain food security and what factors are obstacles to law enforcement against bottled drinking water business operators that are not equipped with marketing permits in order to maintain food safety.              This type of research is normative legal research that is moved from the absence of legal norms or legal principles. The absence of legal norms in this study is contained in the provisions of Law No. 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection which does not explicitly regulate bottled drinking water business actors that are not equipped with a marketing authorization to maintain food safety. This study uses a statutory approach and a case approach.              The conclusion of this study is the law enforcement against bottled drinking water business actors that are not equipped with a marketing permit to maintain food security, namely by confiscating and destroying bottled drinking water without a distribution permit in maintaining food security based on statutory regulations namely Law Number 18 Year 2012 concerning Food, besides that, administrative sanctions are also given, namely warning letters and statements to bottled water companies that have not yet completed distribution licenses. Inhibiting factors in law enforcement against bottled drinking water business actors that are not equipped with marketing permits to maintain food safety are bottled drinking water companies that are unwilling to be inspected, implementation of supervision conducted by the Central Agency for Drug and Food Supervision, lack of supervisory personnel from the Food and Drug Supervisor, consumers do not understand the rights and obligations as consumers and retailers or retailers of bottled drinking water products are less responsible for their obligations. Keywords  :  Business actors in bottled drinking water, consumer protection, distribution permit.

scholarly journals European standards of food safety and consumer protection

2020 ◽  
pp. 128-134
Author(s):  
T.A. Kobzeva ◽  
A.O. Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Consumer Protection ◽  
European Market ◽  
Consumer Policy ◽  
General Level ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Haccp System ◽  
European Standards ◽  
High Level

In this work, the authors explored the concepts of «consumption» and «consumer» in the context of food safety and consumer protection. It also set out the main objectives of European consumer policy and the ways in which they can be implemented. Based on an analysis of European legislation aimed at ensuring the health, economic and legal interests of consumers, it was determined how the European Union provides a general level of legal protection in the field of consumer policy. The authors found that each member state of the European Union has an obligation to implement generally accepted norms and standards in national law, in order to ensure a high level of protection of the rights of its citizens in the consumer sphere. In addition, the article provides an explanation of the terms «food safety» and «safe food», as well as identifies the main factors for maintaining food safety for the human body. The authors analyzed the concepts, purpose and role of European standardization in the context of consolidation of the united European market; the concepts of «standard» and «European standard» are explored, as well as the main ways of their creation and use. This article also outlines the legal status of the European Committee for Standardization, its key areas of activity and its impact on the European market. In addition, the process of creating a series of international ISO standards was investigated and its purpose established. Much attention was paid to the EU-wide HACCP system, its features and benefits. The GFSI International Standards and Certification System and its individual representatives were characterized, including the Food Safety System Certification 22000 (FSSC 22000), the British Retail Consortium Global Standard for Food Safety (BRCGS) and the International Food Standard (IFS). Requirements for implementation of these standards, their purpose, features and advantages were also identified. The authors found that in order to ensure a high level of consumer protection, it is advisable to simultaneously implement several European standards, along with the HACCP system, the most appropriate of which were proposed in the article presented.

scholarly journals The distribution of the Western Corn Rіootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Le Conte) in Ternopil region during 2016—2020

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-7
Author(s):  
M. Prokopiak ◽  
L. Bezmenska ◽  
N. Paltsan ◽  
H. Holinei ◽  
О. Mayorova
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Consumer Protection ◽  
Diabrotica Virgifera Virgifera ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Western Corn Rootworm ◽  
Corn Rootworm ◽  
Diabrotica Virgifera ◽  
State Service ◽  
Average Annual Temperature ◽  
Phytosanitary Measures

Goal. To analyze the distribution of the Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Le Conte) in the Ternopil region during 2016—2020. Methods. To generalize the results of phytosanitary monitoring of the spread of the regulated harmful organism on the territory of Ukraine and on the territory of Ternopil region according to the data provided by The Department of Phytosanitary Safety of Main Administration of State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection (SSUFSCP) in Ternopil region. Results. In 2019 the area of D. virgifera virgifera distribution in Ukraine has increased 1.4 times compared to 2016, and the area of its distribution has expanded. Since D. virgifera virgifera was registered in the Ternopil region, the area of affected has increased by approximately 100 hectares per each year. The average annual temperature apparently contributed to the adaptation and the spread of D. virgifera virgifera throughout the region in 2016—2020, and the winter temperature were suitable for the wintering of the eggs. Conclusions. The western corn rootworm belongs to the quarantine organisms. It needs the use all phytosanitary measures for the containment and restriction of its distribution in the territory of the Ternopil region. According to the average spread of this pest (40—50 km/ year), the further expansion of its population in other regions of Ukraine is predicted. The climatic conditions in the Ternopil region and the available fodder base will promote the development of D. virgifera virgifera.

scholarly journals Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed: the semicarbazide notifications

2009 ◽  
Vol 54 (No. 11) ◽  
pp. 561-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Hruska ◽  
M. Franek
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Consumer Protection ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Alert System ◽  
Product Categories ◽  
Food And Feed ◽  
Veterinary Antibiotic ◽  
Rapid Alert System ◽  
The Eu

The recently instituted and easily accessible Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) has been tested on the semicarbazid (SEM), the residue of veterinary antibiotic nitrofurazone, using the RASFF Database Portal launched in July 2009 by the European Commission. The database holds weekly overviews, published by the EU for 30 years from 1979 and offers a number of other possibilities, such as searching for subjects of notification, the date of notification, notifying countries and product categories, countries of product origin and distribution. There is no doubt that the new database portal is an important contribution of the European Union to food safety and consumer protection.

scholarly journals Consumer Protection and Food Safety in Greece: Sanctions imposed by Hellenic Food Authority, in the years 2005-2013

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 965
Author(s):  
G. GRINTZALI ◽  
E. PEXARA ◽  
V. CARAYANNI ◽  
G. BOSKOU
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Consumer Protection ◽  
Competent Authority ◽  
Food Hygiene ◽  
Food Handlers ◽  
Official Control ◽  
Pearson Coefficient ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Haccp System ◽  
Good Hygiene

The enforcement of food safety legislation consists of a number of procedures, that may lead in certaincases in imposing administrative penalties and fines, in an effort to alter the nonconformity status of certain food establishments, according to the predefined legislative standards. The aim of this study is to evaluate data upon nonconformity of food establishments in Greece, in order to define trends and frequencies in the general framework of food safety and consumer protection. Hellenic Food Authority (EFET), the competent authority for food safety in Greece, during the period 2005-2013, imposed fines to food establishments that mount to 17,513,900€ for food safety violations. Most of the fines were imposed at mass catering establishments (21.6%) followed by supermarkets (16.2%), food industry (15.1%) and food manufacture establishments (10.7%). Moreover Attica Prefecture is the region with the highest, in number, imposed fines (32.4%), followed in descending order by the Prefecture of Central Makedonia (31.5%) and of Crete (9.6%). Significant difference, in imposing fines (χ2 test, p≤0.05), was observed between mass catering establishments and violations concerning: i. Good Hygiene Practice (GHP) ii. infrastructure, iii. consumer misleading, iv. sale of unsuitable foods, v. preservation temperatures, vi. lack of food handlers training in food safety, vii. lack of food handlers booklet and viii. traceability systems. Moreover significant differences were observed between the level of the imposed fine and the type of violations (t-test, p≤0.05) concerning: i. only or and GHP, ii. only or and the sale of unsafe foods and iii. only or and issues of consumer misleading. According to Pearson coefficient there is a weak negative although significant (p≤0.001) correlation between years and the level of the imposed fines (r=- 0.079). In addition violations related to HACCP system, that resulted in imposing fines to food establishments by EFET in 2012, corresponded to 31.8% of the total delinquency concerning HACCP system ascertained by the Prefectural Directorates, that are in charge of official control in the field of food hygiene.

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