{"id":1697431,"date":"2023-09-05T08:55:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T06:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swetic.org\/?p=1697431"},"modified":"2024-04-12T08:34:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T07:34:35","slug":"remissvar-till-livsmedelsverket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swetic.org\/en\/remissvar-till-livsmedelsverket\/","title":{"rendered":"Reference response to the Swedish National Food Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swetic is generally positive about the Swedish Food Agency's referral and welcomes the proposed expansion of control. Major innovation is currently underway in both snus-like products and contact materials, which is why increasing the frequency of control is a prerequisite for ensuring safe products on the market and managing any risks to human health and the environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, we choose to highlight some points of view in our response to the consultation. A brief summary of these points follows below.<\/p>\n

Regular review of standards<\/b><\/p>\n

The consultation lists relevant standards for contact material operations, but there are no standards suitable for operations that manufacture snus and snus-like products. Swetic therefore suggests that the table be updated regularly and that the authorities monitor the possibility of adding suitable standards for the purpose.<\/p>\n

Added value of third-party certification<\/b><\/p>\n

Swetic also welcomes the proposal for reduced inspection frequency in the event of good regulatory compliance or third-party certification, but would like to emphasize that the benefits of third-party certification are far greater than reduced inspection frequency by inspection authorities. Third-party standards ensure systematic management of risks in the food process, but also reduce risks that can entail indirect costs for companies. Expenditure on audits linked to third-party certification is therefore not comparable to expenditure linked to inspections by inspection authorities, as the investigation suggests.<\/p>\n

Large scale requires secured expertise<\/b><\/p>\n

The proposals in the consultation result in a small increase in the number of control objects for municipal control authorities, but the variation in the nature of the control objects requires a considerably broader range of expertise among the control authorities.\u00a0<\/span>Where controls occur at a lower frequency, competence will therefore likely be difficult to maintain.<\/p>\n

Accredited inspection bodies, on the other hand, have national coverage and auditors with broad and deep knowledge of contact material operations. Swetic therefore sees these bodies as a potential asset to assist inspection authorities and welcomes an in-depth dialogue with the Swedish Food Administration regarding the possibility of accredited inspection bodies supporting public municipal food inspection.<\/p>\n

You can find the full response to the consultation here.\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Swetic st\u00e4ller sig allm\u00e4nt positiva till Livsmedelsverkets remiss och v\u00e4lkomnar den f\u00f6reslagna ut\u00f6kningen av kontrollen. Stor innovation p\u00e5g\u00e5r just nu inom b\u00e5de snusliknande produkter och kontaktmaterial varf\u00f6r ut\u00f6kning av kontrollfrekvens \u00e4r en f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttning f\u00f6r att tillse s\u00e4kra produkter p\u00e5 marknaden och hantera eventuella risker f\u00f6r m\u00e4nniskors h\u00e4lsa och milj\u00f6n.\u00a0 Vi v\u00e4ljer emellertid att lyfta n\u00e5gra […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1697431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-livsmedel"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swetic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swetic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swetic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swetic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swetic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1697431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.swetic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1700915,"href":"https:\/\/www.swetic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697431\/revisions\/1700915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swetic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1697431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swetic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1697431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swetic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1697431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}