Hungary

Competent authorities

Name of authority:
Ministry of Agriculture
National Food Chain Safety Office
Mandate/competence:
http://www.kormany.hu/hu/foldmuvelesugyi-miniszterium
(EN: http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-agriculture)
http://portal.nebih.gov.hu/

Name of authority:
National Food Chain Safety Office
Mandate/competence:
http://portal.nebih.gov.hu/nyitooldal

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Food safety and consumer protection – laws and regulations

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National Codex consultative mechanism

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Risk Assessments and Scientific Data

National bodies providing risk assessment and scientific advice

Risk assessment, risk profiles, scientific opinions

Official Laboratories

Official Laboratory:
Food Chain Safety Laboratory Directorate
Official Competence:
responsible for the whole food chain from farm to fork
http://portal.nebih.gov.hu/hu/hivatalunk/szervezeti-felepites

Official Laboratory:
Food Toxicological NRL
Official Competence:
Tasks:
• to take part in developing the National Residues Monitoring Plan (NRMP)
• to be in connection with the European Reference Laboratories (EU-RLs) in many field, to get information about the recent methods, plans and legislation at the workshops
• to take part in comparative tests organised by the EU-RLs
• to develop, validate and implement methods of residues’ analysis
• to be in connection with the regional laboratories, to inform them about the news, to help them adopting the methods
• to organise proficency test involving the regional laboratories and private laboratories as participants
• to analyse monitoring samples

Parameters:
• PAH, Heavy metals, mycotoxins
• Antibacterials
• Coccidiostats, ß-agonists
• Hormons
• Pesticids, Dioxins, PCBs
• Biotoxins
• Heavy metals
• Food Contact Material

Official Laboratory:
Food Microbiological NRL
Official Competence:
Main areas of activity
I. Food microbiological diagnostic activity
official control laboratory for capital Budapest and county Pest,
investigation of foodborne disease associated samples – all the country
specific tests (eg. VTEC, Cronobacter, detection of bacterial toxins, GMO, species identification) – all the country
II. Monitoring activity (organisation of the microbiological monitoring sampling system, evaluation and reporting the results)

II. National reference laboratory tasks (food, feed)
Salmonella,
Listeria monocytogenes,
Campylobacter,
E. coli,
microbiological contamination of milk, and milk based products
coagulase positive staphylococci,
GMO

III. Main activities in the laboratory system
(central role in the offical microbiological laboratory system consisting of seven labs with microbiological activities)

Official Laboratory:
Feed Testing NRL
Official Competence:
Physical, chemical bio-chemical, microbiological and microscopical investigations of feed - primary materials, additives, premixes, concentrates, mixes, etc.
Member of Consortium of National Reference Laboratories
Participation in:
the work of European standardization commissions
different method validation objected international proficiency testing
Collaboration in MANCP (Multi-annual National Control Plan)
Chemical safety and judgement of food quality
Adulteration, misleading of consumers related with food
Physical, chemical and organoleptic investigation of food samples
Analyses of food samples on the authority’s basis
Organisation of and participation in proficiency testing
PFF (Protein Fat Free) monitoring analyses of meat products, in case of companies exporting to the USA
NRL tasks:
• Heavy metals
• Mycotoxins
• Dioxins and PCBs
• Polyaromatyc hydrocarbons (PAH)
• Animal proteins in feed
• Foreign water content of poultry meat
• Foreign water content of milk

Official Laboratory:
Radioanalytical Reference Laboratory
Official Competence:
It performs the management of the Radioanalytical Control Network. It performs the network tasks associated with membership of the IAEA ALMERA (Analytical Laboratories for Measurement of Environmental Radioactivity) It performs the functions of the IAEA Collaborating Centre for Reference materials of land-based sources. It organizes, directs, coordinates monitoring of agricultural products and foodstuffs

Official Laboratory:
Regional laboratories (complex laboratory with microbiological, analythical, toxicological and radioanalythical teams)
Official Competence:
• Székesfehérvár Regional Food Chain Laboratory (complex laboratory with microbiological, analythical and toxicological teams)
• Veszprém Regional Food Chain Laboratory (complex laboratory with microbiological, analythical, toxicological and radioanalythical teams)
• Veszprém Regional Food Microbiological Laboratory (regional microbiological laboratory with Trichinella investigation)
• Kaposvár Regional Food Chain Laboratory (complex laboratory with microbiological, analythical, toxicological and radioanalythical teams)
• Kecskemét Regional Food Chain Laboratory (complex laboratory with microbiological, analythical, toxicological and radioanalythical teams)
• Debrecen Regional Food Chain Laboratory (complex laboratory with microbiological, analythical, toxicological and radioanalythical teams)
• Miskolc Regional Food Chain Laboratory (complex laboratory with microbiological, analythical, toxicological and radioanalythical teams)
• Szombathely (part of the RRL) specialized radioanalíthical laboratory
• Szekszárd (part of the RRL) radioanalythical and Trichinella laboratory

Official Laboratory:
Pesticide Residue Laboratories:
National Food Chain Safety Office, Directorate of Plant Protection, Soil Conservation and Agri-Environment, Pesticide Residue Analytical Laboratory, Velence
National Food Chain Safety Office, Directorate of Plant Protection, Soil Conservation and Agri-Environment, Pesticide Residue Analytical Laboratory, Miskolc
National Food Chain Safety Office, Directorate of Plant Protection, Soil Conservation and Agri-Environment, Pesticide Residue Analytical Laboratory, Szolnok
National Food Chain Safety Office, Directorate of Plant Protection, Soil Conservation and Agri-Environment, Pesticide Residue Analytical Laboratory, Hódmezővásárhely

Official Competence:
Analysis of pesticide residues in food of plant and animal origin, and in environmental compartments.

Surveillance of foodborne diseases and monitoring of food contamination

National surveillance systems – foodborne disease in humans

National monitoring systems – foodborne hazards in the food chain