LEGAL ASPECTS MODULE 5 FINALS

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10611

  -THE FOOD AND SAFETY ACT OF 2013
• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10611 was signed by President

  Benigno Aquino on 23 August 2013.
• An act to strengthen the Food

  Safety Regulatory System in

  the country to protect consumer

  health and facilitate market

  access of local foods and food

  products and for other

  purposes.

  REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10611
• FOOD SAFETY REFERS TO THE ASSURANCE THAT FOOD

  WILL NOT CAUSE HARM TO THE CONSUMER WHEN IT IS

  PREPARED OR EATEN ACCORDING TO ITS INTENDED USE.
• FOOD REFERS TO ANY SUBSTANCE OR PRODUCT

  WHETHER PROCESSED, PARTIALLY PROCESSED OR

  UNPROCESSED THAT IS INTENDED FOR HUMAN

  CONSUMPTION.
• FOOD HYGIENE REFERS TO THE MEASURES AND CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO CONTROL HAZARDS THAT COULD LEAD TO FOOD-BORNE ILLNESSES
• FOOD SAFETY REGULATORY SYSTEM REFERS TO THE

  COMBINATION OF REGULATIONS, FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS,

  INSPECTION, TESTING, DATA COLLECTION, MONITORING AND

  OTHER ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY FOOD SAFETY REGULATORY
• Food safety standards refer to the formal documents

  containing the requirements that foods or food processors have

  to comply with to safeguard human health.
• The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health

  shall set the mandatory food safety standards.
• FOOD BUSINESS REFERS TO ANY UNDERTAKING, WHETHER

  PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, THAT CARRIES OUT ANY OF THE

  ACTIVITIES RELATED TO, OR ANY OF THE STAGES OF THE

  FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN.
• “FOOD SUPPLY

  CHAIN” REFERS TO ALL STAGES IN THE PRODUCTION OF

  FOOD FROM PRIMARY PRODUCTION, POST-HARVEST

  HANDLING, DISTRIBUTION, PROCESSING AND PREPARATION

  FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
• FOOD BUSINESS OPERATOR REFERS TO A PERSON ENGAGED IN

  THE FOOD BUSINESS INCLUDING ONE’S AGENTS AND IS

  RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE

  LAW ARE MET BY THE FOOD BUSINESS UNDER ONE’S CONTROL.
• THE MAIN DUTY OF FOOD BUSINESS OWNERS IS TO MAKE

  SURE THAT THEIR OPERATIONS IN THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN

  COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE FOOD LAW REQUIREMENTS AND

  THAT CONTROL SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE TO PREVENT, ELIMINATE,

  OR MINIMIZE RISKS TO CONSUMERS.
• THE FOCUS IN THE PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS
• PROHIBITED ACTS UNDER THE FOOD AND SAFETY ACT OF 2013

  • PRODUCE, HANDLE OR MANUFACTURE FOR SALE, OFFER FOR SALE
  • REFUSE ACCESS TO PERTINENT RECORDS OR ENTRY OF INSPECTION OFFICERS OF THE FSRA.
  • FAIL TO COMPLY WITH AN ORDER RELATING TO NOTIFICATIONS TO RECALL UNSAFE PRODUCTS.