Eurostat Food safety statistics Towards food safety statistics

Eurostat / Food safety statistics Towards food safety statistics at EU level Ana Martinez Palou - Eurostat Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

2 Eurostat / Food safety statistics Index è I. Introduction: objective, scope è II. Approach è III. Priority areas Y Products with distinctive marks Y Controls and monitoring activities Y Food consumption statistics è IV. è V. FOOD database Current and mid-term developments Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics 3 I. Food safety statistics è Quantitative evaluation of data on the safety of products Y Food + feed Y Production intra-EU + imports Y across time and space Y access to population: physical and financial Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

4 Eurostat / Food safety statistics I. Scope: From farm to fork Feed Pesticides, fertilisers, seeds Animals Crops Water Fishing Manufacture of food products and beverages Packaging Traceability and labels Transport Distributive trade Consumer Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics 5 II. Agreed orientations è Building from existing information è Priority areas identified: Y Statistics on Products “with distinctive marks” Y Controls and monitoring activities Y Food consumption Y Traceability and labelling è Creation of a database with all relevant data Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics 6 II. Approach building from existing information è Make an inventory of data already available è Analysis of available data before launching new surveys è Do not ask Member States to provide twice the same information è Avoid double work Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics 7 III. Products “with distinctive marks” What are they? è Products issued from organic farming è GMO è Products with “quality” labels: Y Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) Y Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) Y Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics 8 III. Control and monitoring activities Task Force set up in 2004 è è Objective: Analyse if data already available from feed and food control and monitoring activities could be used for statistical purposes Data available at DG SANCO and/or European Food Safety Authority (EFSA): Y Administrative sources Y Results based on chemical and microbiological analysis Y Sampling methodology defined in EU legislation Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

9 Eurostat / Food safety statistics III. Control and monitoring activities Proposed indicators è Monitoring intensity Y Number of samples analysed, by food product Y Number of establishments visited Y Number of inspection visits On which domains countries concentrate their efforts? On which steps of the food chain: slaughterhouses, retailers, etc. ? On which food products? Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics III. Monitoring intensity – Illustrative tables Number of inspections carried on, per 100 establishments Farms Slaughterhouses Manuf. of foodstuffs Manuf. of feedingstuffs Retail traders BE CZ …. . Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics III. Monitoring intensity – Illustrative tables Samples analysed, by domain (number and % of all samples) Chemical risk Pesticide residues Residues of hormones + vet. drugs Biological risk Zoonoses Hygiene All controls BSE EU BE CK DK … Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics 12 III. Control and monitoring activities Proposed indicators è Results of controls Y Number of complying samples, by food product and hazard Y Number of non-complying samples, by food product and hazard Y Number of establishments with infringements Conformity with Food safety legislation Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics 13 III. Control and monitoring activities Proposed indicators è Actions, consequence of controls Y Withdrawals (in volume) from the supply chain, by food product and by reason Y Number of penalties, by monitored hazard Complementary to information on controls: which measures are taken if positive results of controls? Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

14 Eurostat / Food safety statistics III. Control and monitoring activities Proposed indicators è Costs Y Number of persons involved in official control and monitoring activities Y Public expenditure in control and monitoring activities Cost/effectiveness analysis Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics III. Control and monitoring activities Comments on proposed indicators Monitoring of pesticide residues Monitoring of residues in animals and animal products Monitoring of zoonoses Monitoring intensity Results of controls ( ) Actions Costs Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

16 Eurostat / Food safety statistics III. Control and monitoring activities Task Force - Lessons - I è Very complex area: many organisations involved with different responsibilities è Knowledge: scattered è Results obtained from representative sampling should not be combined with those from “targeted sampling” è Data on monitoring intensity should be put in relation with reference figures: livestock numbers, production, etc. Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics III. Control and monitoring activities 17 Task Force - Lessons - II è “Complying samples” / “Non-complying samples”: definitions not always comparable across countries è Efforts of harmonisation already made: pesticide residues (DG SANCO) è Efforts of harmonisation under way: residues in animals and products of animal origin (DG SANCO), zoonoses (EFSA) Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics 18 III. Control and monitoring activities Conclusions of 2004 Task Force è Need for a common terminology Y Glossary Y Classification of food and feed control activities è Focus on data already provided based on EU legislation è Attention when publishing the data! Danger of misinterpretation! Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics 19 IV. FOOD Data base - Approach Single and unique access to data already available in Eurostat and other DGs of the European Commission Y Give visibility Y Facilitate the access: u Statistics available in more than 75 tables, from 18 different statistical domains, from 9 production units u Food and feed controls scattered from different Commission reports Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

20 Eurostat / Food safety statistics IV. FOOD database - Detailed structure Food: From farm to fork From consumption to health Controls and monitoring Food consumption Consumers’ health Products with distinctive marks From production to consumption Manufacture and sales of food Price levels, price trends Ancillary activities: R&D, transport Inputs in the food chain Actors involved Food and Agricultural Primary production and inputs Extra-EU imports: main partners Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics 21 Extra-EU imports: main EU partners in 2003 Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics IV. Database - Publicly available FOOD www. europa. eu. int/comm/eurostat/ Select: Data / Agriculture and fisheries / FOOD Separate entry for “organic farming” data Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

23 Eurostat / Food safety statistics V. Current and mid-term developments Work programme 2005 è Reflection group: what is “food safety”? è Task forces on identified priority areas: Y Control and monitoring activities Y Food consumption è Prototype of internal database with data on control and monitoring activities è Products with distinctive marks: Y Consolidate data on organic production and farming Y Data collection on PDO/GPI Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics 24 V. Control and monitoring activities Working programme 2005 è Common terminology Y Glossary Y Classification of control activities è Incorporate data on control and monitoring activities in an internal database Y Monitoring intensity: areas where EU reporting obligation already exist Y Results of controls: Some selected areas (pesticide residues, TSE, official food and feed controls) Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics V. Classification of control activities, by hazard 25 Environmental Food safety controls Chemical risk Biological risk Food chain controls Physical risk Prohibited subs. Zoonoses Anim. dis. BSE Other animal diseases Other food chain controls Plant health Consumer’s info. Product certification Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics 26 V. Food consumption statistics Task Force 2005 è To develop a mixed data collection strategy : Y Supply Balance Sheets: to keep annual data availability Y Household Surveys: to collect data on food purchases in a systematic and harmonised way. Y Dietary surveys. There are several initiatives to harmonise the data collection techniques and food items classifications. It is crucial to follow with work already done. Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics 27 V. Reflection group short-term, mid-term developments è è è Meeting 16 -17 June 2005 Identified “gaps”: Y Impact of food safety in humans: human health Y Consumers’ awareness Priority areas confirmed: Y Indicators of control intensity Y Indicators of results of controls Y Focus on biological hazards Y Exposure assessment Y Food production and distribution process Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS

Eurostat / Food safety statistics 28 Thank you for your attention Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe - Roma, 29 June-1 July 2005 ESS