Autoritatea Nationala Sanitara Veterinara si pentru Siguranta Alimentelor

a solicitat Comisiei Europene

astazi, 31 mai 2010, ca Romania fie sa recunoscuta ca tara libera de bruceloza bovina.

At the annual

British Veterinary Association Animal Welfare Foundation

(BVA AWF) Discussion Forum delegates voted for the most important animal welfare priorities, which the new Defra ministerial team should focus on.

Autoritatea Nationala Sanitara Veterinara si pentru Siguranta Alimentelor

recomanda consumatorilor

ca, in aceasta perioada cu temperaturi ridicate, sa acorde o mai mare atentie modului in care pastreaza sau prepara alimentele si locurilor de unde le achizitioneaza.

Fermieri italieni, danezi, francezi, germani sau olandezi

cultiva sute de mii de hectare

din suprafata agricola a Romaniei. Secretul lor e seriozitatea, concentrarea parcelelor si o cunoastere intima a capitalismului.

The European Parliament

has blocked the authorisation of bovine and porcine

thrombin as an additive to bind together meat morsels into one piece.
In a vote yesterday, MEPs stated that use of the ‘meat glue’ creates reconstituted meat products that “carry an unacceptably high risk of misleading consumers”.

The European Parliament

is unlikely to vote

on a proposal to scrap nutrient profiling before mid-June, FoodNavigator.com has learned. A draft report suggesting that the controversial food measurement be binned was approved by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) sitting on the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) Committee in March, with a first plenary vote expected at the end of this month.

An investigation by Danish authorities

into illegal GMOs in food products

found all but one batch of tortilla chips followed content and labelling riles.
The Danish food authorities conduct an annual survey of foods to ensure compliance with GM regulations on rice, soy and linseed strains.

The Directorate General for Health and Consumers held a Roundtable on the Revision of Meat Inspection. The meeting is a first exchange of views with all relevant parties (Member States, private stakeholders, third countries, CODEX Alimentarius) on the future of meat inspection and will be followed by additional working group meetings.

A fost trimis spre publicare in Monitorul Oficial actul normativ care reglementeaza functionarea targurilor de animale. Targurile de animale vii, provenite din gospodariile populatiei, vor functiona din nou dupa ce Ordinul Presedintelui A.N.S.V.S.A., care reglementeaza functionarea acestora, a fost transmis, astazi, la Monitorul Oficial, pentru publicare.

Last month, Merial gathered 170 European swine veterinarians and experts for a two-day Forum to share their experiences about PCVD and swine influenza during scientific sessions but also more informally at the Mérieux Foundation in Annecy.