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Food Safety - From the Farm to the Fork
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Food Safety - From the Farm to the Fork - Publications

 General

From farm to fork This booklet explains the European Union's efforts in making and keeping food safe, which is a top priority.
Pocketbook: Food: from farm to fork statistics
Food: from farm to fork statistics online

 Chemical Safety

Report from the Commission on Dietary Food Additive Intake in the European Union, 01 October 2001. pdf

The following documents were prepared in order to explain specific aspects in legislation on Food Contact Materials:

The Practical Guide provides explanations and examples of EU Directives; pdf

The Note for Guidance provides guidance on the procedure to petition for the evaluation and authorisation of a substance, the guidelines of the Scientific Committee for Food (SCF) and advice on the application of SCF guidelines;pdf

The Synoptic document lists all the substances used for the manufacture of plastic materials which have been notified to the European Commission and which have been evaluated or are currently being evaluated by the SCF. It includes the SCF evaluations and the legal status of these substances at EU level.. pdf

The List of abbreviations and explanations lists definitions of terms used in the various documents;. pdf

EU and National laws is a list of the EU and national legislation related to food contact materials.pdf

Additional information may also be found by contacting the following institutions:

Addresses of European and National Authorities. pdf

Addresses of European Professional Organisations.

 Regionalisation

EU regionalisation policy



 Biological Safety

The TSE Roadmap CS DA DE EL ES ET FI FR HU IT LT LV MT NL PL PT SK SL SV - a reflection paper providing an outline of possible future changes to EU measures on BSE in the short, medium and long-term

Report on the monitoring and testing of ruminants for the presence of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) in 2004, June 2005 pdf

Report on the monitoring and testing of ruminants for the presence of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) in 2003, May 2004 pdf

Report on the monitoring and testing of ruminants for the presence of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) in 2002, July 2003 pdf

Report on the monitoring and testing of bovine animals for the presence of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in 2001, June 2002 pdf

Intercomparison study for the determination of processed animal proteins including meat and bone meal in animal feed pdf

 Controls

An evaluation of a positive list of authorised feed materials at Community level, produced by B. R. Cotrill and G. Tran (ADAS Consulting Ltd) pdf

This report was produced by B.R. Cottrill and G. Tran for DG Health & Consumer Protection and represents the views of the contractors or authors. These views have not been adopted or in any way approved by the Commission and should not be relied upon as a statement of the Commission's or DG Health & Consumer Protection's views. The European Commission does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this report, nor does it accept responsibility for any use made thereof.

 Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF)

RASFF annual report 2003 pdf

Annual Report 2002 pdf

Leaflet explaining the function of RASFF is downloadable pdf



 Food and Veterinary Office

"FVO at home and away" Consumer Voice - Newsletter on food safety, health and consumer policy from the European Commission's Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, September 2002, Edition 7/02

Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) Annual Report (2003) PDF

Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) Annual Report (2002) PDF

Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) Annual Report (2001) de fr PDF

Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) Annual Report (2000) de fr PDF

Food and Veterinary Office Annual Report (1999) PDF (182KB)

Food and Veterinary Office Annual Report  (April 1998-March 1999) PDF



 Import Conditions

Revised EU rules for the control of zoonoses transmissible via poultry and hatching eggsPDF

EU import conditions for fresh meatPDF

EU import conditions for seafood and other fishery productsPDF

Key questions on import requirements, food hygiene rules and official food controlsPDF

EU import conditions for seafood & Better training for safer foodPDF

EU import conditions for fresh meat and meat products in a nutshellPDF

An overview of EU rules on wood packaging materialsPDF

 
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