Legislation, standards and diagnostics as a backbone of food safety assurance in Serbia
Abstract
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to analyze the current situation of multidimensional food safety assurance in Serbia, as an official candidate for European Union (EU) membership, in relation to its EU food law harmonization efforts. Design/methodology/approach - Serbian assurance scheme was covered in this paper included food safety legislation, control and standards. Findings - The food safety system in Serbia needs improvements in the area of effectiveness and efficiency of food safety control and inspection services, knowledge and expertise of state inspectors, governmental officials, food safety consultants and auditors. Additionally, problems related to the overlapping responsibilities of various legal authorities and inspection services have to be solved, with an improved transparency and communication between legal authorities, customers, consumers and food business operators. Originality/value - An overview of current situation in food safety assurance in Serbia is shown....
Keywords:
Food safety / Standards / Laboratories / Harmonization / LegislationSource:
British Food Journal, 2015, 117, 1, 94-108Publisher:
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-08-2013-0228
ISSN: 0007-070X
WoS: 000349641000008
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84920971286
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Poljoprivredni fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Šmigić, Nada AU - Rajković, Andreja AU - Djekić, Ilija AU - Tomić, Nikola PY - 2015 UR - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3808 AB - Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to analyze the current situation of multidimensional food safety assurance in Serbia, as an official candidate for European Union (EU) membership, in relation to its EU food law harmonization efforts. Design/methodology/approach - Serbian assurance scheme was covered in this paper included food safety legislation, control and standards. Findings - The food safety system in Serbia needs improvements in the area of effectiveness and efficiency of food safety control and inspection services, knowledge and expertise of state inspectors, governmental officials, food safety consultants and auditors. Additionally, problems related to the overlapping responsibilities of various legal authorities and inspection services have to be solved, with an improved transparency and communication between legal authorities, customers, consumers and food business operators. Originality/value - An overview of current situation in food safety assurance in Serbia is shown. PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley T2 - British Food Journal T1 - Legislation, standards and diagnostics as a backbone of food safety assurance in Serbia EP - 108 IS - 1 SP - 94 VL - 117 DO - 10.1108/BFJ-08-2013-0228 ER -
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Šmigić, N., Rajković, A., Djekić, I.,& Tomić, N.. (2015). Legislation, standards and diagnostics as a backbone of food safety assurance in Serbia. in British Food Journal Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley., 117(1), 94-108. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-08-2013-0228
Šmigić N, Rajković A, Djekić I, Tomić N. Legislation, standards and diagnostics as a backbone of food safety assurance in Serbia. in British Food Journal. 2015;117(1):94-108. doi:10.1108/BFJ-08-2013-0228 .
Šmigić, Nada, Rajković, Andreja, Djekić, Ilija, Tomić, Nikola, "Legislation, standards and diagnostics as a backbone of food safety assurance in Serbia" in British Food Journal, 117, no. 1 (2015):94-108, https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-08-2013-0228 . .