The Norwegian Food Safety Authority - StatRes
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority – (NFSA) consists of one headquarters, eight regional offices and 54 district offices in 70 locations. NFSA shall, through inspections, guidance, mapping, monitoring, and regulation development promote:
•Safe food and drinking water
•Healthy plants, fish and animals
•Ethical keeping of fish and animals
•Environmentally friendly production
•Good quality, honest production and fair trade
The set of indicators to the NFSA in StatRes is under development. The publication in 2011 contains a limited number of key indicators. On this page presented indicators of input, activities / services and results for the agency overall.
Input
The accounting figures for the Norwegian Food Safety Authority are based on data reported to the Norwegian Government Agency for Financial Management (SSŘ) in connection with the preparation of the state accounts (Report no. 3 to the Storting).
| 2009 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Own production (NOK million) | 1 255 | 1 301 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wage costs in per cent of own production | 58,8 | 58,3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purchase of goods and services in per cent of own production | 41,2 | 41,7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transfers (NOK million) | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total expenditure (NOK million) | 1 262 | 1 305 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Compensation to PFI projects (NOK million) | 91 | 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Contracted man-years adjusted for long term leaves (man-years) | 1 263 | 1 299 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Activities and services
Number of inspections by type of production/ activity NFSA's activities are divided into the following main processes:
• Inspection
• Developing regulations
• Collecting information and analysing the current situation
• Informing, advising and communicating
In StatRes indicators for activities / services are the main processes; development of regulations and inspections. Inspection figures are presented as the number of inspection visits, other inspections and sampling of surveillance and control programme. For more information see “about the statistics”.
Development of regulations, number of new implementations
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| EEA regulations implemented | 105 | 121 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of inspections by type of production/ activity
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| Plants and plant products | 1 963 | 1 678 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Land animals | 12 020 | 11 263 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fish and seafood | 1 919 | 1 706 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Processing of food and beverages | 6 176 | 4 799 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Groceries and restaurants/cafés | 16 277 | 11 470 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drinking water | 1 588 | 1 655 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other inspections, controls
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| Inspected carcasses approved for human consumption (tonnes) | 146 899 | 141 500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inspected plant consignments | 1 007 | 869 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inspected import certificates drawn for plants and plant products | 40 297 | 41 830 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Border control: Inspected consignments from countries outside EEA area | 1 726 | 2 783 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Border control: Inspected import documents from countries outside EEA area | 2 968 | 3 662 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Export certificates drawn for fish and fish products | 38 914 | 40 104 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of samples for surveillance and control programme
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| Plants and plant products | 3 538 | 3 242 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Land animals (disease) | 113 246 | 84 763 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fish and shellfish | 10 482 | 10 462 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Processing of food and beverages | 26 801 | 22 676 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Outcomes
The results/outcomes present regulatory development, inspections, advising and communicating. Outcome indicators from the NAFSA is under development, and for the years 2009 and 2010 only the results from samples for surveillance and control programme (OK-tests) are presented for inspection tasks.
Developing regulations (per cent)
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| EEA regulations implemented within expiration date | 55,0 | 55,0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Surveillance and control programme
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| Samples with detection of disease or pests by plants and plant products, per cent of all samples of plants and plant products | 13,9 | 5,7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samples with detection of disease by land animals, per cent of all samples of land animals | 0,44 | 0,87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samples with detection of disease by fish and shellfish, per cent of all samples of fish and shellfish | 0,02 | ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samples with detection of foreign substances in food and beverages processing, per cent of all samples of food and beverages | 0,18 | 0,84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advising and communicating
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| Visitors on web site hits on mattilsynet.no | 754 044 | 1 067 219 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Visitors on web site hits on matportalen.no | 687 600 | 725 639 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Related indicators
Data Source-related indicators are The Norwegian Institute of Public Health , Norwegian School of Veterinary Science or Bioforsk. This indicators give a picture of the condition of serious pathogens in food and drinking water. Similar indicators for land animals, fish and shellfish as well as plants and plant products are to find in the statbank Norway.
Number of food borne infections where transmission has occurred in Norway
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| Registered cases | 1 795 | 1 377 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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