FAO/WHO follow-up to recommendations of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Hazards Associated with...

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting Hazards Associated with Animal Feed • FAO, Rome, Italy • 12 - 15 May 2015

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FAO/WHO follow-up to recommendations of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Hazards Associated with Animal Feed Daniela Battaglia FAO


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Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food and Codex Committee on Food Hygiene to develop and update specific provisions for the control and reduction of chemical and biological contaminants in feed

Codex Committee on Food Hygiene to address biological hazards re- entering the food chain through feed (development of guidance on the control of recycled food processing by-products and former food);

CAC to revise and update the Codex Code of Practice on Good Animal Feeding to address new hazards derived from the use of feed and feed production technologies of increasing relevance;

Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues and Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food to establish MRLs for pesticides and other contaminants of concern in feed.

Need for international standards


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FAO and WHO will continue to raise awareness, advocate and provide information on hazards in feed, the impact of feed to food safety and the importance to ensure feed safety as already done in CCFC (2014) and in CCPR (2015); CCFH next?

FAO and WHO can provide specific training workshops on risk assessment and management of hazards in feed to be organized back-to back to Codex events

FAO/WHO support


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FAO and WHO to collect, through the extension of the Global Environment Monitoring System (GEMS/food), monitoring data regarding the occurrence in feed of the hazards described in this report

To support risk assessment of hazards in feed


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to develop guidelines for the prevention and control of hazards identified in feed to support the efforts of member countries in addressing these hazards

to continue with and further enhance capacity development activities, especially on risk assessment and management of hazards in feed, including for feed sources and technologies of increasing relevance, to better meet domestic and international standards

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Recommendations to FAO/WHO


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To raise awareness within the food industry, including food retailers, on the importance of maintaining safety standards of former food and/or food processing by-products, when these products are reused as feed;

To develop guidelines for the safe production and use of insects, biofuel-by-products, feed from former food products and food processing by products, as feed

Feed sources and technologies of increasing relevance

relevance to the feed sector


FAO/IFIF Manual of Good Practices for the Feed Industry


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Multi-stakeholder

Partnership Programme for

Capacity Development for Feed Safety


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To develop capacities of relevant stakeholders and ensure a safe production and supply of feed and feed ingredients through adherence to Codex Alimentarius standards and recommendations, the implementation of good animal feeding practice at the farm level and good manufacturing practices (GMPs) during the procurement, handling, storage, processing, distribution and use of feed and feed ingredients.

Specific objectives


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Government services, livestock and feed producers (industry and farmers), non-governmental organizations, academia and research centres, regional economic development organizations, financial institutions, actors active along the feed value chain.

Stakeholders


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partnerships and networks

scientific information and data

communication and advocacy

knowledge generation and exchange

policies and legislation

institutional strengthening

education and training

Outputs


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database of feed experts, feed safety capacity development activities and available funding (e.g. BTSF, STDF, FAO TCP)

manuals on implementation of risk assessment and hazard prioritization

database on analytical methods

web-based knowledge platform

manuals on various subject (hazards control, guidelines for the safe production and use of insects and other feed sources of increasing relevance) based on the expert meeting recommendations

Some specific products and services


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twinning initiatives at national level and disseminate experiences and lessons learnt at regional level.

sharing of best practices

training to promote the implementation of the Codex recommendations through the FAO/IFIF Feed Manual

communication, advocacy and awareness raising


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FAO is establishing a Multi Donour Trust Fund to administer the financial contributions of individual donours and the activities expenditures;

Contributions can also be in kind, e.g. provision of expertise, human resources, etc.

Partners may propose activities they will implemented by themselves within the programme, provided they fit with the programme overall objective and modus operandi

How?


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the Swiss government will contribute with funds for establishment of the Secretariat and specific activities

the German government will provide a Associate Professional Officer (2 to 4 years)

Examples of contributions


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The programme is to be launched and be operational in autumn 2015

Call for expression of interest to participate in the partnership (provide funds, other resources, activities)

Individual partnership and financial agreements

Setting-up of FAO based Secretariat and selection of the Coordinator and Secretary

Establishment of the Steering Committee, Executive Committee and Technical Working Group

Call for activities and projects

What next?


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Meeting on hazards in feed (outcome of the exmeet and followup)

International Feed Regulator Meetings, in collaboration with the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF), next one April 2016 in Turkey

Global Feed and Food Congresses, in collaboration with IFIF, next one in April 2016 in Turkey

Training workshop in the United Arab Emirates for the Gulf Cooperation Council states (December 2015)

FAO technical cooperation projects, e.g. in Ethiopia

What’s on?


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FAO web site on Animal Production and Health: www.fao.org/ag/aga.html

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