REGULATIONS AND ORGANS IN THE FIELD OF FOOD AND FEED SAFETY IN REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Abstract

Food and feed safety is of vital meaning for the health of the population, as well as of domestic animals. Therefore, food and feed had to be safety along all their chains, beginning from the farm and stable to the table. For that purpose monitoring of food and feed is necassary. Republic of Macedonia is developing and advancing the system for the control of food and feed safety, therefore it is implementing the regulations and law measures which regulate the common conditions for food and feed safety. Among the regulations for food safety are the law for food safety and for products and materials which are in contact with food (Official Paper of the Republic of Macedonia, No. 54/02 and 84/07), as well as a few Regulations which are harmonized with the law of the European Union. The organ in the field of food safety in the republic of Macedonia, which is responsible for the control of food/feed safety and for the health protection of the consumers in the country, is the Food Department, which is a part of the Health Ministry.The Food Department is active in the field of food safety with the aim 1) on time to prevent all potential dangers with application of the scientific achivements in relation to the food safety and 2) international collaboration, which is of the interest for its function. Through its sectors and sections, the Food Departement realizes activities in the field of food safety legislation, as well as for harmonization of the national legislation with the legislation of the European Union. By introducing the quality standards the quality menagement in the Food Department is enabled.