Thumbnail Image

Food control system assessment tool - Introduction and glossary












FAO and WHO. 2019. Food control system assessment tool: Introduction and glossary. Food safety and quality series No. 7/1. Rome.  Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.




Related items

Showing items related by metadata.

  • Thumbnail Image
    Book (series)
    Food control system assessment tool: Dimension A – Inputs and resources 2019
    The main objective of the Food control system assessment tool is to propose a harmonized, objective and consensual basis to analyse the performance of a national food control system. It is intended to be used by countries as a supporting basis for self-assessment to identify priority areas of improvement and plan sequential and coordinated activities to reach expected outcomes, and by repeating the assessment on a regular basis, countries can monitor their progresses. The Tool is based on Codex principles and Guidelines for National Food Control Systems as well as other relevant Codex guidance for food control systems, which are referenced throughout the document. Its scope is given by the dual objectives quoted in Codex guidance for these systems: protect health of consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade. DIMENSION A is part of the Food control system assessment tool and aims at mapping the fundamental elements necessary for the system to operate. These range from the policy and legal foundation of the food control system, to the fundamental inputs that should feed into the system to make it work properly: the financial resources to sustain the system; the infrastructure to enable the food control activities to take place; and the analytical resources to support official controls over food. It also analyses the issues related to food control personnel and the importance of their qualifications, professional development and motivation to contribute towards the achievement of the food control policy outcomes. While working through the dimension, the assessment process will evaluate the logical relationship between strategic planning to reach policy objectives and to implement legal requirements, and the available resources. This relationship, which can result in a feedback loop (adjusting strategies and considering policy choices to reflect resource constraints), is the underlying thread of Dimension A.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Book (series)
    Outil d'évaluation des systèmes de contrôle des aliments: Introduction et glossaire 2020
    Ce volume introductif présente l’outil d’évaluation des systèmes de contrôle des aliments de la FAO et de l’OMS, en décrivant le contexte de son développement, son domaine d’application et ses objectifs. Une revue détaillée de la structure de l’outil explique ses différentes composantes (dimensions, sous-dimensions, compétences et critères d’évaluation). Enfin, un aperçu de l’approche d’évaluation, allant de la notation à l’analyse descriptive soutenant les résultats obtenus est proposé. Ce volume contient aussi un glossaire des termes essentiels et la liste des documents Codex référencés dans l’outil.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Book (series)
    Food control system assessment tool: Dimension B – Control functions 2019
    The main objective of the Food control system assessment tool is to propose a harmonized, objective and consensual basis to analyse the performance of a national food control system. It is intended to be used by countries as a supporting basis for self-assessment to identify priority areas of improvement and plan sequential and coordinated activities to reach expected outcomes, and by repeating the assessment on a regular basis, countries can monitor their progresses. The Tool is based on Codex principles and Guidelines for National Food Control Systems as well as other relevant Codex guidance for food control systems, which are referenced throughout the document. Its scope is given by the dual objectives quoted in Codex guidance for these systems: protect health of consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade. Dimension B is part of the Food control system assessment tool and focuses on the processes and the outputs of the control activities inherent to a national food control system. It reviews the control functions exercised by CAs over Food Business Operators (FBOs), be it at domestic, import or export level, to guarantee food safety and quality for national consumers along the food chain and fair trade practices. It also maps the control functions and mechanisms at the overall food supply level, necessary to identify, monitor, predict and handle food safety hazards and emerging risks and to deal with food emergencies. The main mechanisms that should be in place include data collection programmes on food products (also referred to as monitoring programmes), data collection programmes on food-borne diseases (also referred to as surveillance programmes), as well as programmes aiming at managing food safety emergencies.

Users also downloaded

Showing related downloaded files

No results found.