President of the Association Interview "Ukrkondprom" Alexander Baldynyuka magazine “Expert, №337”.
Now in Ukraine there is an active discussion of the reform of control over food safety. In particular, preparing the draft law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Food Safety".
Much of the criticism in relation to this document, due to the reluctance of officials to lose "vzyatkoemkie" powers. Hence the statement that, that monitor the safety of the food products will now vets.
One of the key points of the reform - the establishment of a single body for the control of food safety. Formally, it is created based on the Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service, but will be equipped with all the necessary experts specialties, including sanitary doctor, virologists, food technology.
Today, every company must receive hygiene conclusions, compliance protocols and other documents, that, if you think, does not guarantee. What prevents careless manufacturer to take to the lab for approval to some samples, and to produce and sell - other? Besides, confirm safety performance of such a system is not always accompanied by actual laboratory tests.
Under the new scheme, the manufacturer will not be required to prove to the state, that nothing breaks. The enterprise will independently carry out laboratory tests, and with the right choice of laboratory: his own, certified non-state or state. And no longer need to buy from the state the relevant approval paper. But at the same time a single supervisory authority will have the right at any time and at any stage of production without prior notice to take control samples and test them out on their own.
In my opinion, reducing the number of permitting documents will not lead to a deterioration of security control. in front of, it will be tougher. for example, enhanced producer responsibility. In particular, production and marketing of hazardous foods people will be punished by a fine on officials in the amount of 75 before 90 non-taxable minimum (1275-1530 hryvnia). For the same act, which resulted in moderate or severe injury, They will be provided for correctional work for up to two years, or imprisonment for a term of two to five years, in the case of death of the victim - a prison sentence of five to ten years.
In the bill, there are other interesting things. So, It proposed to replace the measure of responsibility depending on the cost of defective product liability measure, tied to the minimum wage. Who is interested in checking violations found in more expensive products, as a penalty in this case would be much more.
But to solve the economic problems only through administrative methods can not be. Therefore, the document contains provisions on the mandatory introduction in all enterprises, producing finished food products, HACCP system (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points). This safety management system by an analysis of potential threats and, more importantly, prevention throughout the production process. Today, state control is concentrated in the finished product. The widespread adoption of HACCP (she is, by the way, obligatory in all countries of the European Union) It allows you to control the food products at all stages of.
The very category of quality - relative. In the EU approach prevails, according to which the quality is considered as a market category, so the tool is its control market, rather than state control. We have a quality is understood that the product meets the requirements of regulatory documents, in one concept "dumped" safety indicators and consumer properties. The new law is defined as the quality of the degree of perfection of the characteristics of the food product, which satisfy the needs of the buyer. This definition is consistent with the European concept in the case of the adoption of the legislative rules allow the sample to reform the staging system for production, which now contains elements such rudimentary Soviet, as public sector central tasting commission.
In this regard, I would prefer not to speak about substandard products, and product, in respect of which the manufacturer misleads the consumer. convinced, that the problem of Ukrainian food products in this: or unsafe products, or the manufacturer may deceive consumers, use cheaper components, but without specifying them on the labeling. Such information consumer can not check yourself, for him it should make the state: define security settings (as a food product, and labels) - preferably in uniform for the entire food industry paper, monitor their implementation, and verify the compliance of information on the packaging of the fact.
What else is important for consumers at a party? Probably, the minimum requirements for certain types of traditional products, including their ingredients. This issue is the responsibility of the state. For example, such a product is a cheese. We know, that among its components must be extremely fat milk. Any related product with vegetable fats may not be called cheese. However, the possibility is not excluded industry standards, that is developed by the company and approved by the state documents, which establish more stringent requirements for the product. So, Now confectionery industry develop standards for chocolate. In Russia and the EU are allowed to add to his cocoa butter equivalents - vegetable fats. But in Ukraine it is unacceptable, product with such oil is called "chocolate" can not. And the majority of domestic confectioners insist on maintaining this position.
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