Analysis of Flexibility Principles in Food Safety in the EU and Consequent Assessment of the Notification Criteria (2004-2017)

摘要

The Food Hygiene Package (FHP) has introduced a shift in the approach to food hygiene policy. The clear objective of this package is to simplify and further harmonise existing legal corpus on food hygiene, make it more coherent by separating the different disciplines (public health, animal health and official controls) and concentrate on objectives to be reached by Food Business Operators (FBOs) rather than maintaining very detailed requirements. The Regulations provide ample flexibility provisions in function of the nature of the food business concerned.