BTSF EU Training Activities cover a wide range of topics all of which relate to Food and Feed safety. This category contains information about those which are focused on Animal Health.
The Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency and The European Commission Directorate General for Health and Consumers are organising a set of 15 training sessions in the field of Animal disease preparedness, including early warning, contingency planning and animal disease control as part of the Better Training for Safer Food initiative. In total, 450 participants coming from selected Member States and other countries will be invited. The training sessions will be held in Latvia, Netherlands, Italy and Bulgaria in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
The course addresses the following topics:
Member State veterinary services staff with adequate professional experience, familiar with the relevant EU legislation and animal disease surveillance and the most modern and effective control measures and in a position to provide training to and sharing experience with others following their attendance has been identified as the target group for the training.
The Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency of the European Commission Directorate General for Health and Food Safety is organising a set of 8 training sessions in the field of the prevention, control and eradication of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and Animal By-Products as part of the Better Training for Safer Food initiative. In total, 320 participants coming from selected Member States and other countries will be invited. The training sessions will be held in Portugal, France and Croatia/Slovenia in 2019 and 2020.
Official staff with adequate professional experience, familiar with the relevant EU legislation and prevention, control and eradication of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and control of use of Animal By-Products and in a position to provide training to and sharing experience with others following their attendance has been identified as the target group for the training.
This project intends to cover the controls on import, trade-in and non-commercial movements of dogs and cats from Third Countries and within EU.
To be Customs Officers working for the Competent Authorities of invited countries in charge of planning or implementing the official controls on import, trade-in or non-commercial movements of dogs and cats from Third Countries and within the EU.
Organisation and implementation of training activities on animal welfare on the farm, animal welfare at the time of killing of animals (at slaughterhouses and for disease control purposes) and animal welfare during transport under the Better Training for Safer Food initiative.
This course is addressed to veterinarians and agricultural engineers.