STATE DUTIES OF THE FOOD HYGIENIC SERVICE

Increased duties of the veterinary food hygienic service have been rev iewed which belong to the sphere of concepts of food safety. Data char acteristic of the function of Hungarian county veterinary stations in 1994 have been summarized in a Table. The duties increased in the fiel d of food export. Obligatory introduction of HACCP system in the expor t units is equally included in the USA and EU regulations. According t o the USDA FSIS formulation, the HACCP regulation should result in the diminution of pathogenic bacterial and Salmonella contamination. Food hygienic duties increased also due to the broadening of food processi ng and commercializing activities in the private sector. Food hygienic references of the new animal health and food laws have been evaluated and duties of the state service have been indicated. It has been emph asized that the state control can not dispense the strong centralized direction and its network of background institutions. Without these th ere is no EU membership. EU conformity of new professional laws (enact ing clauses and lower legal rules) has been judged essential. Finally publication of joint regulations with the Ministry of Public Welfare h as also been considered essential to divide certain professional dutie s with the public health authorities.