Food safety systems and criminal law provisions in Poland in compliance with EU law
Food safety systems and criminal law provisions in Poland in compliance with EU law

Summary/Abstract: European Commission Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 was implemented to ensure food safety in all European Union countries. Its provisions established rules for general production and procedures for food safety. This was followed by the appointment of the European Food Safety Authority and also emergency and threat systems including the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) and the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points intervention (HACCP). Poland immediately adopted these procedures and also the later 2004 Regulations for Good Hygiene Practice and Good Manufacturing Practice. All these provisions then became law in Poland through its 2006 implemented Act on Food and Nutrition Safety. Criminal sanctions were also imposed for illegal activities in food production and manufacture. As a result of these operations at the European Union level, assessment of food safety via the Global Food Security Index increased between 2012 and 2015, especially in Poland, Ireland and Greece.

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