FAO Veterinary Public Health and Food and Feed Safety Programme: the Safety of Animal Products from Farm to Fork
The livestock sector plays an essential role in agricultural and economic development as well as in food security. Public concern about the safety of foods of animal origin has recently heightened due to problems that have arisen with outbreaks of food-borne infections (BSE, E.coli, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria, etc.) and chemical contamination (pesticides, heavy metals, dioxins), as well as due to growing concerns about veterinary drug residues and microbial resistance to antibiotics. Th ese problems have drawn attention to the production practices within the livestock industry and have prompted health professionals and the food industry to closely scrutinise quality and safety problems that can arise in foods of animal origin. In addition to national food safety, these issues have serious implications for international trade in livestock products and animal feed.
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| Format: | Meeting biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2002
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/ab500e http://www.fao.org/3/a-ab500e.pdf |
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