Project: Establishment of an agricultural standards
certification and control mechanism in line with WTO-SPS
requirements
Project No. EuropeAid/114025/C/SV/UA
Implementing the WTO-SPS system in the Ukrainian
legislation and issues of inspection and control of product quality
in line with WTO-SPS requirements
Within the framework of the project
the national legislation is analysed from the point of view of its
compliance to the international norms as for sanitary and
phytosanitary requirements and also as for presence of technical
barriers to international trade in it. Based upon the results a
legal bulletin is issued on a quarterly basis concerning the issues
on legislation in the SPS field in Ukraine. The bulleting contains
a wide range of questions that could be useful for many public and
state organs which work in this field or provide consulting or
information about SPS, and also gives information on planned
changes in the legislation. Besides, the Import-export guide is
being developed and is due before end of July.
Transparency of standards and
certification
During the last
reporting period 74 European standards for agricultural products
were translated, a great number of which concerns milk, meat and
grain products. Active part is taken in development of the
standards for kefir and sour cream which at this time are reviewed
by the responsible institutions. Work continues on the standard for
smoked sausages. Great attention is paid to development of
standards for cereals. The project invited several EU experts to
work in this field.
Informationexchangeas forquestions/actions of
WTO-SPSand providing this information to all the
stakeholders
A large amount of
information on WTO requirements, SPS Agreement, standardisation and
other issues has been collected, analysed and transferred to the
relevant institutions. The project has almost completed the work on
realising one of the requirements of the abovementioned agreement –
establishment of an SPS Information centre. It will be located at
the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine. At this time the centre
is complete with furniture and necessary computer equipment. There
is one remaining issue concerning training for the staff of the
Information centre which should be solved after the restructuring
at the ministry. The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine will be the
state organ where the Enquiry point will be located which will
provide information on sanitary and phytosanitary issues.
Increasing awareness among the stakeholders as for
liability for product quality and traceability of products of
animal origin
Food safety and
safety of raw materials is one of the key components of economic
safety of each country and is defined by the ability to execute
effective control of the production of good quality food based on
measures accepted in the world.
Work continues in
Kharkiv region, namely at Velykyy Burluk cheese plant where the
international food safety system HACCP is implemented. Food chain
is being researched from milk collection to sale of milk products
using the “farm to fork” approach.
Scientific methods in line with
WTO-SPS
The project pays
great attention to dissemination of information among the
stakeholders as for WTO-SPS requirements, innovations planned by
the European Union and the World Trade Organisation. Documents are
being translated; seminars are held (internal auditing, validation,
quality control, etc.). With the help of the project the Central
state laboratory of veterinary medicine was accredited. As of now
it is accredited according to 32 parameters and its results will be
acknowledged by the WTO and EU member states. Service contracts
were signed for expanded scope of accreditation and
inter-laboratory proficiency scheme. Equipment for the amount of
nearly 500 thousand Euros was purchased as well as reference
materials and chemicals.
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