Regulations on Coordination between Food Safety Watchdogs Stipulated by OC of the 14th FINA World Championships

The Regulations highlight coordination in the following aspects:

1.Principles for spot checks on the food for the Championships;

Organizations responsible for spot checks on food ingredients and products in the food supply chain are clarified.

2.Testing items and agencies;

Four certified testing agencies have been designated by the Food Safety Department to carry out the controls in line with the same approaches and criteria.

3.Coordination between the traceability of food and inspection over purchased ingredients;

Recommended food suppliers and official hotels are required to adopt the Food Traceability System for the 14th FINA World Championships and implement the Ingredient Distribution and Circulation Form for the 14th FINA World Championships to exercise IT-based control over food traceability. 

4.Labeling in food distribution for the Championship;

Food for the Championships must be packaged with special labels, and all truck doors should be sealed with TAG that bear code numbers so as to ensure the food are not intact during the food transportation.

5.Chain of custody for food production and supply;

All suppliers have to retain their food production and supply records according to relevant requirements so that in case of any emergency, documents concerned can be provided in time. In addition, all food safety watchdogs have also to keep their records on food safety supervision and administration. 

6. Information on food safety; 

During the Championships, the results of food safety supervision for all food suppliers and official hotels will be reported to the OC on a daily base.