O potrzebie konsolidacji systemu bezpieczeństwa żywności w Polsce
The need to consolidate the food safety system in Poland

Summary/Abstract: Consumers’ awareness and demands on food safety and health protection constantly grow. Consequently,the aim of the official food control system should be to provide consumers with safe foodof the highest quality. Nowadays six different inspections in different scope supervise external controlon food safety in Poland. This structure is criticized for overlapping the competencies of individualinstitutions and the crossing of controls, which also constitutes an inconvenience for food producers.There is a need for changes in this field. In July 2016 work on the Draft Law on the State Inspection ofFood Safety was commenced, which is supposed to result in the consolidation of the control and monitoringprocesses of the existing bodies. State Inspection of Food Safety would start operating from thebeginning of 2018. The article discusses the assumptions of this project, underlines the need for a unified,integrated system of food safety and quality control, especially since such changes have alreadyoccurred in almost all EU Member States. The tasks of the planned central unit and the controversiessurrounding it were presented. Their careful analysis and resolution of ambiguity is intended to refinethe project. Planned changes will certainly help to focus full-on-field supervision in the context of oneunit’s tasks, thereby avoiding competing disputes. It will also be important to strengthen the districtlevel of inspection, which will facilitate the planning of inspection activities.

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