Albania
Codex Contact Point
Mrs. Matilda Xhepa Specialist in Food Safety Unit Food Safety and Veterinary Institute Rr. A. Moisiu, No.10 Tirana, Albania
Telephone:
+355 4 2372912
+ 355 68 838 4074
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
http://www.isuv.gov.al
Competent authorities
Name of authority:
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
National Food Authority
Mandate/competence:
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development - Ensure the consumer protection on the consumption of the food products of plant and animal origin, the improvement of the food safety system and guarantee the fair trade of the food business operators. The overall goal is to guarantee food safety from the farm to the table in compliance with the European standards. It is responsible in the formulation of policies and strategies on food safety and in the preparation of respective legislation.
National Food Authority is responsible for the enforcement of the legislation concerning food safety and consumer protection; the control of plant and plant products, livestock, animal by-products and food of animal and non animal origin at the borders; risk assessment in the field of food and feed, plant protection and animal health protection; public information about the safety of food and feed, protection of plants and animal health protection; etc..
INFOSAN Emergency Contact Point
Food safety and consumer protection – laws and regulations
The current list of legislation, related to food safety and consumer protection in each country, is extracted from FAO's database on Food Legislation FAOLEX. While FAOLEX makes every effort to serve as a high quality, reliable source of information, no guarantee is given that the information provided in FAOLEX is correct, complete, and up-to-date.The national Codex programme
National Codex consultative mechanism
Providers of scientific and technical input to national consultation on Codex
Institute of Public Health
Food Safety and Veterinary Insitute
Risk Assessments and Scientific Data
National bodies providing risk assessment and scientific advice
Food Safety and Veterinary Institute
National Food Authority
Risk assessment, risk profiles, scientific opinions
Official Laboratories
Official Laboratory:
-Respective Laboratories of Food Safety and Veterinary Institute (FSVI)
-Regional Laboratory Network of National Food Authority
Official Competence:
-FSVI - National Reference Centre
- Regional laboratories of NFA, basic analytic level
Surveillance of foodborne diseases and monitoring of food contamination
National surveillance systems – foodborne disease in humans
Food Safety and Veterinary Institute is responsible and has a monitoring system for data collection for zoonotic and foodborn diseases in live animals and food.