{"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 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. However, we choose to highlight some [\u2026]<\/p>","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":[],"_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}]}}