Reforma systemu urzędowej kontroli żywności – trudności w procesie legislacyjnym
The reform of the official food control system – difficulties in the legislative process

Author(s): Michał Jabłoński, Krzysztof Koźmiński
Subject(s): Public Administration
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: law on food inspection; legislation; food control reform; political will; food quality and safety
Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the presentation of the legislative workon the draft Law on Food Inspection, prepared by a team of expertsfor Parliamentary Club Kukiz’15. Such issues are presented as, amongothers, current normative regulations in the field of official food controlin Poland and their criticism, intentions of project promoters, generalassumptions and key solutions of the commented project, as well aspractical obstacles to its adoption, which decided about its fate, that is,it remained only a legislative project, without significant opportunitiesto be enacted and enter into force.According to the authors, a thorough and comprehensive reform ofofficial food control in Poland faces resistance, and the fact of havinga parliamentary majority and the involvement and the ability of legislatorsis not enough to overcome it. The reasons are: “clerks pressure”(resistance of unions of inspection employees and management of inspections),lack of real political will of the ruling politicians and socialconcerns about food quality and safety.

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