Integrated Multiannual National Control Plan (MANCP)
Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 requires each Member State to prepare a single integrated multiannual national control plan (MANCP). This plan must contain general information on the structure and organisation of the systems
of feed and food control, and of animal health and animal welfare control in the Member State concerned, in particular on:
- the strategic objectives of the plan and on how the prioritisation of controls and allocation of resources reflect these objectives;
- the risk categorisation of the activities concerned;
- the designation of competent authorities and their tasks at central, regional and local level, and on resources available to these authorities;
- the general organisation and management of official controls at national, regional and local level, including official controls in individual establishments;
- control systems applied to different sectors and coordination between the different services of competent authorities responsible for official controls in these sectors
- where appropriate, the delegation of tasks to control bodies;
- methods to ensure compliance with the operational criteria of Article 4(2);
- the training of staff performing official controls referred to in Article 6;
- the documented procedures referred to in Articles 8 and 9;
- the organisation and operation of contingency plans for animal or foodborne disease emergencies, feed and food contamination incidents and other human health risks;
- the organisation of cooperation and mutual assistance.
Ireland developed its first Multi-annual National Control Plan in 2007. The plan was jointly developed by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine. Further information on the Irish National Control Plan and the Irish MANCP annual reports is available here.
Last reviewed: 23/1/2015