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EU national food safety authorities commit to strengthening their partnership with EFSA

The declaration “promotes scientific excellence and scientific networking, allows Member States to contribute to the EU risk assessment agenda and collect information on potential or emerging risks to food safety”.

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Health risks of materials in contact with food: tighter EU safety rules needed

EU-wide safety rules are needed for more materials in contact with food, such as those used in packaging, kitchen utensils and tableware, say MEPs in a non-binding resolution voted on Thursday.

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A new OIE and OECD collaboration to face animal health and welfare future challenges

The cooperation of the two organisations will notably concern exchange of information and technical cooperation, in particular by focusing on best practices, policies and economic evaluations, related to animal health and welfare, veterinary drugs...

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We must avoid the lorry entering the farm.

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Loading bays on the outside to keep the risks away

Have you ever cleaned a lorry for the transportation of animals? It is not easy. Therefore, we always have to consider them dirty and we will use loading bays on the outside of the farm.

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UK: Listeriosis guidance published

New guidance has been published, aimed at healthcare and social care organisations, to help reduce the risk of vulnerable groups in their care contracting listeriosis.

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EFSA advises on meat spoilage during storage and transport

EFSA assessed the impact of time and temperature on the growth of spoilage bacteria in fresh beef, pork, lamb and poultry.

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Codex Alimentarius: Guidelines on food hygiene to control foodborne parasites

Examples include Toxoplasma gondii and Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) which can be carried by animals and transmitted to humans when they eat contaminated meat that is raw or undercooked.

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Codex Alimentarius: Guidelines for the control of Salmonella in beef and pork

The guidelines adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission focus on practices from primary production to processing to prevent, reduce, or eliminate Salmonella in fresh beef and pork.

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Chile: A Law on Food Labelling comes into force

The new regulations of the Labelling Act deliver a clear message indicating, in a simple way, when foods are high in sugar, sodium, saturated fat and calories

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It can be a prefabricated cabin like the ones used in the construction sites, with its entrance on one side and the exit on another side

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Changing rooms for everybody

How to equip our old farm with a very simple but effective changing room.

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MEPs and ministers agree to beef up official food checks from farm to fork

Draft plans to tighten up official controls from farm to fork were informally agreed by food safety MEPs and the Dutch Presidency of the Council on Wednesday.

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UE: Recent data on veterinary drug residues in animals and food

EFSA’s data includes compliance rates with EU residue limits, for a range of veterinary medicines, unauthorised substances and contaminants found in animals and animal-derived food.

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Paraguay: work plan to know the Cysticercosis, Neurocysticercosis and Taeniasis status in the country

The government will work on the development of a plan that allows them to know the situation regarding diseases such as Cysticercosis, Neurocysticercosis and Taeniasis.

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USA-Canada : Food Safety Systems Recognition Arrangement

The arrangement allows FDA, CFIA and Health Canada to establish a framework for regulatory cooperation in areas that include scientific collaboration, inspection and outbreak response.

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Relationship between biosecurity status, production parameters, herd characteristics and antimicrobial usage in farrow-to-finish pig herds

This study aimed at assessing possible associations between the biosecurity level, antimicrobial usage and farm and production characteristics in order to advice on best practices for a low antimicrobial usage and maximum animal health and production.