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Европейское агентство по безопасности продуктов питания — агентство Европейского союза, который предоставляет независимые консультации и информацию по существующим и возможным рискам, связанным с продовольствием. Деятельность агентства охватывает все вопросы прямого и непрямого влияния на безопасность пищевых продуктов и кормов, включая здоровье животных и защиту растений. Агентство поддерживает Европейскую комиссию, Европейский парламент и страны-члены в их стремлении принимать своевременные и эффективные решения по управлению рисками, которые должны обеспечивать защиту здоровья европейских потребителей и безопасность пищевых продуктов и кормов. Агентство работает с общественностью по всем вопросам, входящим в его компетенцию, на открытой и прозрачной основе. Европейское агентство по безопасности продуктов питания основано в январе 2002 года. Его штаб-квартира находится в Парме, Италия.
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1. Smart business operators know that basic food safety training improves the bottom line, staff take more pride in their work; there is less waste; and customers can have more confidence in the food they consume. 2. People responsible for serving unsafe food can be liable for heavy fines under this new legislation, consumers are pleased that industry will be forced to take food safety seriously. 3. Governments need to improve the condition of many markets through upgrading management and reinvesting market fees in physical infrastructure. 4. Labels used for "green" food, "organic" food and "pollution-free" food are not well recognized by traders and many are unclear about their meaning. 5. The parliament of the European Union (EU) makes legislation in the form of directives and regulations, many of which are mandatory for member states and which therefore must be incorporated into individual countries' national legislation. 6. As a very large organization that exists to remove barriers to trade between member states, and into which individual member states have only a proportional influence, the outcome is often seen as an excessively bureaucratic 'one size fits all' approach. 7. Food can be manufactured and sold within Germany without a special permission, as long as it does not cause any damage on consumers’ health and meets the general standards set by the legislation. 8. However, manufacturers, carriers, importers and retailers are responsible for the food they pass into circulation. 9. Pakistan does not have an integrated legal framework but has a set of laws, which deals with various aspects of food safety. 10. Although the US food safety system is one of the best in the world, it is lacking in "organization, regulatory tools, and resources to address food borne illness. "
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