Page 6 of articles about traceability

The government will spend more on completing a monitoring network and efficient plans for food safety emergencies while continuing to build local regulatory agencies.

MAFRA announced that there would be a traceability of pork throughout the entire process from breeding to butchering, packaging and sales as of December 28th.   

Meat used as an ingredient in processed foods, such as lasagne, should be labelled by country of origin as is already the case for bovine fresh meat, said MEPs on Wednesday.

As of Jan. 1, 2015, individual identification of breeding stock headed to harvest will transition from backtags to the use of official, USDA-approved eartags.

The survey will be sent to eligible beef and pork slaughter establishments nationwide.

The regulation will be binding when the Economic Integration Council of Ministers sanctions it.

As of November 1, 2014, USDA will no longer accept former methods of identification; specifically, CFIA-allocated site identification numbers and metal Health of Animals (H of A) tags.

In case new consignments contaminated with ASF materials are detected, additional protective measures can be taken.

The study examined 96 food samples (beef, pork, lamb, apple juice, tomatoes and honey) claimed to be from the UK, or from the Republic of Ireland.

Of the 3 205 original notifications transmitted in RASFF in 2013, the vast majority (2 710, 84.6%) concerned food, 272 concerned feed (8.5%) and 223 notifications concerned food contact materials (6.9%).

More efforts will be made to improve food safety in meat products and punish those who illegally purchase, produce or sell sick or dead animals.

The Ministry of Agriculture has created the Hazards Analysis Division.

The Ministry of Agriculture will work together with the abattoirs to reduce the cost of the public control in the next four years.

The new procedure will also allow the traceability of certified products of animal origin.

Following incidents in the meat supply chain, the Dutch Safety Board conducted an investigation into the risks in the meat supply chain.

The Commission presented to the ministers a report on the possibility to extend mandatory origin labelling for all meat used as an ingredient.