Official Food Safety Control Organization and Enforcement in Barcelona City
Official food safety control seeks to protect consumers' health from suffering any damage caused by food hazards along the food chain. This study describes the organization and implementation of official food safety control in Barcelona city through the FAO/WHO's framework on food control...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:307804 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/307804 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.19080/NFSIJ.2024.12.555850 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Food safety Food control Official food safety control Risk Management |
| Sumario: | Official food safety control seeks to protect consumers' health from suffering any damage caused by food hazards along the food chain. This study describes the organization and implementation of official food safety control in Barcelona city through the FAO/WHO's framework on food control systems. Since the Municipality of Barcelona has more official competences of control than the rest of Catalonia and most of the Spanish municipalities, this administration is in a unique position compared to the rest of Catalonia and most of the Spanish local authorities. Food control is implemented and enforced based on nine action lines, which include control, surveillance and audit programs, management of food-borne outbreaks, alerts, denunciations, complaints and irregularities, sanitary authorizations and registries, and official certificates. This administration owns its official laboratory, which supports all control and surveillance activities. Moreover, communication and information activities are performed and addressed to food business operators and consumers. This is the first time this model has been employed to describe a local food control system. This paper lays the groundwork for improving Barcelona's food control system and enables the latter's comparison to other municipal systems. |
|---|