Food safety assurance and veterinary public health / Volume 3 / / edited by Frans J.M. Smulders, John D. Collins.

• Superior document: ECVPH Food safety assurance ; 3
• TeilnehmendeR: Smulders, Frans J. M.; Collins, John D.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: ECVPH Food safety assurance ; 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

For the veterinarian, monitoring and surveillance represent the best means of ensuring sustainable animal production at a time when consumer demands reflect awareness that many of the hazards associated with food animal production can be minimised or avoided through proper management at the primary production level. Preventive medicine and quality and safety assurance programmes are primarily based on knowledge of the existing strengths and weaknesses of the clients' enterprise and their ability to enact effective intervention measures. Accordingly, the food animal veterinarian relies upon effective monitoring of current performance and herd health status both for the purpose of maximising efficiency of production and providing an assurance that the primary food product meets required health standards in terms of freedom from those agents of concern that have their origin on the farm. These agents include foodborne parasites, pathogenic bacteria, some of which display a resistance to antimicrobial agents, contaminants of environmental origin, as well as chemical and pharmaceutical residues. The more successful these hazards are addressed at the farm, the better the quality and safety of the final product and their marketing possibilities will be. Communication between the primary producer and the food processing industry that facilitates real-time exchange of information on these issues is essential for the practice of preventive medicine at the herd and flock level. Integrated food chain quality and safety control programmes, when linked to such monitoring and surveillance principles in regard to both human and animal health, represent the means of achieving sustainable food animal production on a global scale, in line with the conclusions of WTO and EU. Volume 3 of the "Food Safety Assurance and Veterinary Public Health" series addresses this collaborative approach. Leading international experts from academia, industry and governmental institutions have been identified to deal with the various aspects of this collaborative approach in monitoring and surveillance.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Authors: Frans J.M. Smulders and John D. Collins -- Food safety assurance and veterinary public health: Risk management strategies – Monitoring and surveillance / Authors: Frans J.M. Smulders and John D. Collins -- Risk management strategies in food safety: some issues for the EU -- Author: Patrick G. Wall -- Foodborne disease surveillance as a basis for policy-making / Authors: Sarah J. O’Brien, Iain A. Gillespie, and Goutam K. Adak -- Food-borne zoonoses, the EU zoonosis legislation and the prospects for food safety and consumer protection / Authors: Frans J.M. Smulders and Ivar Vågsholm -- Can computerised information systems lead to more effective surveillance and monitoring of food safety? -- Author: Dirk U. Pfeiffer -- Bugs in space (and time): Spatial and temporal aspects of risk mitigation in zoonotic disease / Authors: Stuart W.J. Reid, Giles, T. Innocent, and Dominic J. Mellor -- Review of the monitoring and control of BSE in Europe -- Author: Marcus G. Doherr -- Scrapie surveillance in Europe -- Author: S. Kumar Sivam -- Estimating risks from consumption of vegetable crops from landspreading of human and animal waste products -- Author: Paul Gale -- Risk assessment and campylobacteriosis -- Author: Sarah M. Cahill -- Public health consequences of use of antimicrobial agents in agriculture / Authors: Alicia D. Anderson, M. Nelson, Nicole L. Baker, Shannon Rossiter, and Frederick J. Angulo -- Antimicrobial surveillance and the emergence of resistance in Campylobacter spp. / Authors: Séamus Fanning, Brigid Lucey, Fiona O’Halloran, Deborah Corcoran, and Paul Whyte -- Molecular characterisation of multidrug resistant S. enterica strains -- Author: Alessandra Carattoli -- The integrated surveillance of Salmonella in Denmark and the effect on public health / Authors: Tine Hald, Henrik C. Wegener, Birgitte Borck, Danilo M. A. Lo Fo Wong, Dorte L. Baggesen, Mogens Madsen, Helle Korsgaard, Steen Ethelberg, Peter Gerner-Smidt, and Kåre Mølbak -- The public health basis for surveillance of infectious intestinal disease in Ireland -- Author: Paul McKeown -- Meat inspection and chain information as part of the Farm to Fork Approach -- Author: Mac Johnston -- Salmonella control in Irish pig herds / Authors: B. Bradshaw, D. Morris, A. O’Doherty, J. Egan, G. Kelly, N. Leonard, and M. Cormican -- Investigations for risk assessment on the behaviour of Salmonella enteritidis in hen’s eggs / Authors: Peggy Braun, Katrin Meyer, Karin Reglich, Amal Wicke, and Karsten Fehlhaber -- Development of multiplex PCR assay for the simultaneous identification of main pathogenic genes of Escherichia coli in dairy products / Authors: Tiziana Civera and Maria Teresa Bottero -- Investigation of the modes of transmission of thermophilic Campylobacter in commercially produced broiler flocks / Authors: I. Doolan, E. Casey, P. Whyte, J.D. Collins, N. O’Sullivan, M. Maher, and C. Carroll -- A Quantitative Risk Assessment model for E. coli 0157:H7 in Irish minced beef / Authors: Geraldine Duffy, Eimear Carney, Stephen O’Brien, Enda Cummins, Padraig Nally, Francis Butler, and James Sheridan -- Investigations into the risk management of albendazole residues in sheep tissues / Authors: D.J. Fletouris, E.P. Papapanagiotou, D.S. Nakos, and L.E. Psomas -- Experimental assessment of microbial contamination of mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) during storage at 6°C / Authors: A. Giuffrida, G. Ziino, L. Pennisi, A. Panebianco, and A. Bellini -- Monitoring of some environmental pollutants and aflatoxin M1 in organic and conventional milk / Authors: S. Ghidini, E. Zanardi, A. Battaglia, G. Varisco, G. Campanini, and R. Chizzolini -- Changes in the profile of the ages of cases of BSE in Ireland / Authors: H.M. Gunn, D. Lynch, H. Sheridan, J. Cooney, S. Ronan, J. Mullen, and W. Dunne -- Characterisation of the prion protein gene region in Swiss sheep breeds based on genetic polymorphisms / Authors: Andreas Gmür, Claude Gaillard, and Gaudenz Dolf -- Studies on management of the histamine risk in fish for human nutrition and pet food based on temperature control / Authors: U. Hagen, P. Paulsen, and F. Bauer -- Distribution of standard reactors and visible lesions in Irish Herds / Authors: R.F. Hammond and J.D. Collins -- The epidemiology and clinical neurology of scrapie in Ireland / Authors: Anne M. Healy, M.L. Doherty, K.L. Morgan, E. Weavers, and J.D. Collins -- Improved detection methods required for the monitoring and surveillance of Vibrio contamination in seafood produce -- Author: Moira Johnston -- Establishing integrated monitoring and control systems in food production / Authors: J. Köfer, K. Fuchs, and P. Wagner -- Risk modelling of pathogens in meat production -- Author: Christian Kummer -- Efficacy of marinades against Listeria monocytogenes / Authors: P. Losito, A. Vergara, and A. Lanieri -- Small ruminant TSE in Switzerland: from sample to diagnosis / Authors: Elisabeth Maurer and Marcus G. Doherr -- A longitudinal surveillance study of Escherichia coli O157 of cattle from the feedlot to the abattoir / Authors: Donal Minihan, Paul Whyte, and Micheal O’Mahony -- Evaluating the diagnostic performance of Trichinella testing of wild boar meat in Lower Austria / Authors: Peter Paulsen and Frans J.M. Smulders -- HACCP system implementation in an Italian abattoir for large animals / Authors: D. Ranucci, R. Branciari, D. Miraglia, and M. Severini -- Spatial analysis of Irish bovine spongiform encephalopathy herds / Authors: H. Sheridan, G. McGrath, P. White, R. Fallon, M. Shoukri, and W. Martin -- Transfer of foodborne pathogens between animals and the environment in the cattle lairage / Authors: A. Small, C.-A. Reid, and S. Buncic -- Studies on the correlation between staff hygiene and the bacteriological condition of sushi / Authors: D. Suppin and F.J.M. Smulders -- Risk analysis of mycotoxins in milk in Emilia Romagna / Authors: M. Trevisani, A. Serraino, and D. Boscolo -- Computer-based system for the optimisation of official veterinary controls / Authors: P. Wagner, K. Fuchs, and J. Köfer -- The Prevalence and PCR Detection of Salmonella Contamination in Raw Poultry / Authors: P. Whyte, Kevina McGill, J.D. Collins, and E. Gormley -- Safety improvement of poultry products by high pressure processing / Authors: J. Yuste, R. PIa, and M. Mor-Mur -- Biographies / Authors: Frans J.M. Smulders and John D. Collins -- Index / Authors: Frans J.M. Smulders and John D. Collins.