Primary Final Test

A farm producing salad and washing it, plucking the external leave and wrapping it in plastic sheet on its own premises must implement HACCP:

• Yes since they are handling, washing and wrapping and this exceeds primary production

• No, its within the scope of primary production

• Yes, HACCP is required if the farmer is washing its leafy greens with water origination from a well

- If producer of sprouts buy seeds for sprouting in a third country, the consignment shall be accompanied by

•   A phytosanitary certificate

• An invoice

• A certificate according to Commission Implementing Reg. (EU) No. 2020/2235

• A test report on Enterobacteriaceae to verify the hygienic conditions of production prior to exportation

How often the FBO has to test sprouts for the parameters fixed in RL (EC) 2073/2005

• Once a month

• Every week

• Every produced batch

• Once a year

There is an obligation for every sprout producer to carry out a preliminary testing of a representative sample of all batches of seeds (0.5 % of the batch)

• True

• False

• Partly true, there is a possibility for derogation from the preliminary testing of all batches of seeds (authorization by the competent authority)

Can a private control body perform primary production official controls, such as sampling in primary productions, or undertake field inspections?

• No, because it is not a public/state authority

• Yes, if having expertise, equipment, infrastructure and staff

• No, because responsibility for actions in case of non-compliance cannot be delegated

• Yes, if delegated so by the Competent Authority

Which of the following microorganisms have not produced outbreaks by consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables

• Salmonella

• Norovirus

• Legionella

• VTEC

- Is the total tonnage use of fertilizers in the EU increasing or decreasing since 2015?

• More or less the same 

• Slightly increasing 

•   Decreasing

• Nitrogen up

  Phosphates and Potash down

• Nitrogen down

  Phosphates and Potash up

The Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategy 2020 have pesticide reduction strategies of:

• 10% per year

• 15% per year

• 50% by 2030

• 65% by 2035

Ready to eat pre-cut vegetables are under the scope of Reg. 2073/2005, but there is no microbiological criteria for Salmonella in whole primary product

• True

• False

Which one of the followings is not considered part of an audit:

• A systematic and independent examination

• Activities and related results comply with planned arrangement

• Examination of any aspect of food in order to verify that such aspect(s)comply with the legal requirements

• Arrangements are implemented effectively and are suitable to achieve objectives