EU ​FOOD POLICY and FEED SECURITY

COURSE LEVEL 3
Management Acceleration
Intensive course for future Directors, who need to know very well how the EU Food Policy works
​with all the details that matter to become masters of the subject and know how to plan and manage the future of their business.

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The course delves into all the details of EU action in the field of public health. It provides a comprehensive overview of EU decisions and actions in the field of Public Health, which allows knowledge suitable for those who aspire to complete their training with operational notions. The course also provides all the operational tools to move with agility in a complex context, to safely manage one's subject or to increase one's skills. It is a course suitable for aspiring managers and/or business creators.

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Programme

The European Food Policy
  • Principles, purposes, means of action and outline of European decision-making processes 

EU measures on Food safety
  • General rules
  • The Farm to Fork Plan
  • Food safety organizations: EFSA (European Food Safety Authority)
  • Labelling and nutrition: legislation in force for different products, supplements, Natural mineral waters, Food for specific groups, Nutrition and health claims
  • Agents for food improvement
  • New types of food products
  • Overview on Biological Safety: Antimicrobial Resistance, Food Hygiene, Food Irradiation, Crisis Preparation and Management
  • Chemical safety: General rules, Contaminants, Materials in contact with food, Hormones in meat
  • Pet food: Food safety, Hygiene, Additives, Medicated feed, Undesirable substances, Genetically modified feed
  • Food waste
  • Agri-food fraud
  • RASFF - The European Rapid Alert System: Consultation of the database and notification of alerts
 
EU policy on Animal health
  • EU rules for animal health
  • Production of medicated feed
  • Diseases: African horse fever, African swine fever, Foot and mouth disease, Avian flu, Blue tongue, Swine fever and other diseases
  • Animal welfare: EU strategy for the protection and welfare of animals 2012-15, Livestock farming, Transport, Slaughter, Protecting animals at the time of killing, Other animal welfare issues
  • Trade and Import: Live Animals, Animal Products
  • Commercial controls
  • Identification of animals: Livestock, Horses and donkeys, Pigs, Sheep and goats, Veterinary border control, Sperm, ova and embryos

EU policy on Plant health
  • Parasites
  • Rules of the agri-food chain
  • GMOs
  • Pesticides
  • Biosecurity

​eEuropa Platform - "European Agriculture and Food Security"
  • Presentation of the Platform
  • User guide
  • Monitor the legislative activity carried out by the EU Council, the European Parliament, the European Commission
  • Monitoring of EU control bodies
  • Receive the latest institutional news
  • Monitor funds and tenders
  • Monitor European events on EU Food policy
  • Join the EU public consultations
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