food chemist

Ordinance of 17 April 1991 on the Federal Food Chemist Diploma

Steering Committee for Federal Food Chemist Examinations

Superviory Commission for Food Chemist Examinations

53. Is convinced that a change of attitude is needed within the competent authorities, moving from an administrative and veterinary approach towards a policing approach, based on the experience of the Danish Food Administration’s ‘flying squad’ and of the Arma dei Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza in Italy; stresses that such an approach is dependent on designated courts being staffed by judges with expertise in food law;

53. Is convinced that a change of attitude is needed within the competent authorities, moving from an administrative and veterinary approach towards a policing approach, based on the experience of the Danish Food Administration’s ‘flying squad’ and of the Arma dei Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza in Italy; stresses that such an approach is dependent on designated courts being staffed by judges with expertise in food law;

These are “21st century jobs”, high-tech jobs: technicians for breeding programs; financial management on the farm; food and biotechnology researchers; chemical, electrical, and computer engineers; and the technical expertise required for packaging, processing, and marketing.

49. Calls on the Commission, in light of the recent EHEC outbreak, to review its strategy for dealing with cross-border food safety and health threats, to strengthen the Union's scientific risk assessment capacities and to promote exchange of best practice, involving both Member States and professional bodies; urges the Commission to assess the functioning of the Early Warning and Response System and the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed with a view to address possible shortcomings; underlines as well the need to tackle speculation on food prices by a stronger regulation of commodities markets; stresses that food and agricultural c ...[+++]ommodity markets should only be accessible to commercial businesses which use derivative products to hedge against unforeseeable events and that should be restricted to specialist traders and brokers who do not have a commercial interest in these markets;