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Food safety

Better Training for Safer Food

Initiative

Managing risk from

animal and their

products

Marius Masiulis

BTSF

This presentation is delivered under contract with the Consumers,

Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency

(http://ec.europa.eu/chafea). The content of this presentation is

the sole responsibility of Opera S.u.r.l., the Istituto Zooprofilattico

Sperimentale Lombardia e Emilia Romagna and the State Food

and Veterinary Service of Latvia and it can in no way be taken to

reflect the views of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food

Executive Agency or any other body of the European Union. The

Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency or any

other body of the European Union will not be responsible under

any circumstances for the contents of communication items

prepared by the contractors.

Belgrade, Serbia 27/02-01/03/2018

Food safety

Managing risk

Official controls at critical points in the supply

chain:

 Commercial pork production (including imports);

 Backyard production and local market;

 Wild boar meat – domestic consumption and

informal trade.

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ASF Strategy for Eastern Part of the EU

Main objective - establish a common strategy,

regarding

•Pig farm categorization;

•Biosecurity requirements;

•Inspection and investigation regime…

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• Categorization of all pig holdings according to their

biosecurity level, activity and trade and the risk of spreading the

disease:

 Category I - Commercial pig farms;

 Category II - Non-commercial pig farms (pigs kept only for

own consumption);

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Strategy for pig farms

 Non- commercial farms: farms where pigs are kept

only for fattening for own consumption (no sows

and/or boar) and neither pigs nor any of their

products leave the holding.

 Commercial farms: farms which sell pigs, send pigs

to a slaughterhouse or move pig products off the

holding.

Outdoor keeping of pigs should be banned.

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“Biosecurity is the

implementation of measures

that reduce the risk of the

introduction and spread of

disease agents; it requires the

adoption of a set of attitudes

and behaviors by people to

reduce risk in all activities

involving domestic,

captive/exotic and wild

animals and their products”

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Back yard production and local market

Non-commercial pig

farms

• Pigs should be kept only for own consumption;

• Minimum biosecurity requirements:

 No swill feeding,

 No contact between the pigs and susceptible animals (indoor

keeping) and no part of any feral pig (hunted or dead wild

boar/meat/by-products),

 The owner should change clothes on entering the stable and leaving

the stable, having disinfection at the entrance of holding,

 No unauthorized persons in the pig holding,

 Home slaughtering under veterinary supervision,

 Ban of feeding grass or grains to pigs unless treated to inactivate ASF

virus or stored (out of reach of wild boar) for at least 30 days before

feeding,

 Ban on using straw for bedding of pigs unless treated to inactivate

ASF virus or stored (out of reach of wild boar) for at least 90 days

before use.

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https://www.efoto.lt/node/436287

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ASF outbreak / case dependence

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Back yard production and local market

 Identification and registration in place;

 No free-ranging pigs;

 Slaughtering under veterinary supervision only;

 Meat used for own consumption only!

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Back yard production and local market

Before the movement of pigs from their keeping place

clinical examination should be carried out and veterinary

certificate should be issued 24 hours prior their

movement.

What can be done additionally?

Strict movement control -

Veterinary certification rules

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Back yard production and local market

What can be done additionally?

Market control

• Only under veterinary

supervision;

• Meat from registered

farms and tested pigs;

• Pig farms comply with

national biosecurity

requirements and

correspond health status.

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Commercial farms

The owner is obliged

fully implement national

Requirements regarding

biosecurity measures

applicable in the pig

holdings.

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Strategy for pig farms – commercial farms

•Strict biosecurity measures should be implemented and

controlled.

•Same criteria as for non-commercial farms with, in

addition, the following criteria:

• Stock-proof fencing of holdings.

• Biosecurity plan approved/recommended by

veterinary services according to the profile of farm and

national legislation. This biosecurity plan should include

detailed procedures on disinfection and personnel

hygiene.

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Biosecurity plan

 Pigs should be introduced from trusted and certified

sources,

 Visitors should be discouraged to enter the pig holdings,

especially the commercial ones,

 Personnel should be well trained/informed and contacts

with other pigs forbidden,

 Perimeter fencing preventing contact with feral pigs

(double fences) should be install on a pig holding,

 Carcasses, discarded parts from slaughtered pigs and food

waste should be disposed of in an appropriate manner,

 No part of any feral pig, whether shot or found dead

should be brought into a pig holding,

 Manure management,

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• No swill feeding,

• Sharing of equipment between the farms should be

avoided,

• Appropriate means for cleaning and disinfection have to be

placed at the entrance of the holdings,

• Vehicles and equipment should be properly cleaned and

disinfected before entering into contact with pigs; however

they should not enter the territory of the holding,

• Appropriate hygiene measures have to be applied by all

persons entering into contact with pigs (domestic and/or

feral).

Biosecurity plan

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Recurrent awareness campaigns

to target farmers (mainly from non-commercial farms)

should be foreseen for informing about the strategy, the

role of the farmer so to encourage their full involvement in

implantation of biosecurity rules, rapid reporting and

participation in surveillance.

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Current regulation in Part III area:

o Complete ban on movement of pigs to the countries outside the EU;

o Movement of live pigs from Part III area to other areas listed in Parts II in

the territory of the same Member State or to areas listed in Part II or III of another

Member State must be performed under certain conditions and using a channeling

procedure;

o Possibility to dispatch for immediate slaughter of live pigs from the areas

listed in Part III to other areas in the territory of the same Member State or to areas

listed in Part II or III of another Member State in case there are logistic limitations in

the slaughter capacity of the slaughterhouses approved by the competent

authority.

Current regulation in Part II area:

o Complete ban on movement of pigs to the countries outside the EU;

o Restrictions on movement of pigs outside the area to other parts of

country or other Member States – live pigs can be dispatched to other areas in the

territory of the same country or to areas listed in Part II or III of the Annex of

another Member State;

Trade restrictions for pigs (Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU)

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Commercial pork production

•Part III area:

o Prohibition on the dispatch to other Member States and third countries

of pig meat from pigs originating from this area;

o Fresh pig meat, pig meat preparations and pig meat products obtained

from the pigs originated from Part III are marked with national stamp and can

only be marketed on the territory of that Member State;

o Fresh meat obtained from pigs dispatched (after meeting strict criteria)

from Part III area and slaughtered in the approved slaughterhouse in the

affected country can only be dispatched to other parts of the same country.

•Part II area:

o Restrictions on the dispatch to other Member States and third countries of

pig meat; such dispatch is possible only after meeting certain requirements;

o No restriction on the dispatch of the above mentioned commodities only

to other parts of the same country…

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Import

The importation of animals and animal products involves a degree of disease

risk to the importing country. This risk may be represented by one or several

diseases or infections.

The principal aim of import risk analysis is to provide importing countries with

an objective and defensible method of assessing the disease risks associated

with the importation of animals, animal products, animal genetic material,

feedstuffs, biological products and pathological material. The analysis should

be transparent. This is necessary so that the exporting country is provided with

clear reasons for the imposition of import conditions or refusal to import.

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Recommendations for importation from ASF

free countries, zones or compartments Article

15.1.7.

Veterinary Authorities should require the presentation of an

international veterinary certificate attesting that the animals:

 showed no clinical sign of ASF on the day of shipment;

 were kept in an ASF free country, zone or compartment since

birth or for at least the past three months.

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Recommendations for importation from countries

or zones not free from ASF

Article 15.1.8.

Veterinary Authorities should require the presentation of an

international veterinary certificate attesting that the animals:

 showed no clinical sign of ASF on the day of shipment;

 were kept since birth or for the past three month in a

compartment free from ASF; or

 were kept in a quarantine station, isolated for 30 days prior to

shipment, and were subjected to a virological test and a

serological test performed at least 21 days after entry into the

quarantine station, with negative results.

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Wild boar

Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU

Article 15

Measures relating to live feral pigs, fresh meat, meat

preparations and meat products consisting of or containing

meat from feral pigs

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Wild boar

Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU

Article 15

a) no live feral pigs from the affected countries dispatched to

other countries or from areas listed in the Annex to any other

areas in the territory of the same Member State;

(b) no consignments of fresh meat of feral pigs, meat

preparations and meat products consisting of or containing such

meat from the areas listed in the Annex are dispatched to other

Member States or to other areas in the territory of the same

Member State.

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Wild boar

Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU

Article 15

By way of derogation, Member States concerned may authorize the

dispatch of live feral pigs from the areas not listed in the Annex to

other areas in the territory of the same Member State not listed in

the Annex and to other Member States, provided that:

(a) the former feral pigs have been resident for a period of at least

30 days on the holding and no live pigs have been introduced into

that holding during a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of

the movement;

(b) the holding implements biosecurity measures;

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Wild boar

Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU

Article 15

By the way of derogation, the Member States concerned may

authorize the dispatch of consignments of fresh meat of feral pigs,

meat preparations and meat products consisting of or containing

such meat from the areas listed in Part I of the Annex to other areas

in the territory of the same Member State not listed in the Annex,

provided that the feral pigs have been tested with negative results

for African swine fever!

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Recommendations for importation from

countries or zones not free from ASF

Article 15.1.8. – Domestic pigs and captive wild boar

Veterinary Authorities should require the presentation of an international

veterinary certificate attesting that the animals:

 showed no clinical sign of ASF on the day of shipment;

and either:

 were kept since birth or for the past three months in a compartment free

from ASF; or

 were kept in a quarantine station, isolated for 30 days prior to shipment, and

were subjected to a virological test and a serological test performed at least

21 days after entry into the quarantine station, with negative results.

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Recommendations for importation from

countries or zones not free from ASF

Article 15.1.14.

For fresh meat of domestic and captive wild pigs

Veterinary Authorities should require the presentation of an international

veterinary certificate attesting that:

the entire consignment of fresh meat comes from animals which originated

from herds in which surveillance demonstrates that no case of ASF has

occurred in the past three years. This period can be reduced to 12 months

when the surveillance demonstrates that there is no evidence of tick

involvement in the epidemiology of the infection. In addition, samples from a

statistically representative number of animals were tested for ASF, with

negative results;

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Recommendations for importation from

countries or zones not free from ASF

Article 15.1.14.

For fresh meat of domestic and captive wild pigs

 the entire consignment of fresh meat comes from animals

which have been slaughtered in an approved

slaughterhouse/abattoir, have been subjected with favorable

results to ante- and post-mortem inspections;

 necessary precautions have been taken after slaughter to avoid

contact of the fresh meat with any source of ASFV.

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Recommendations for importation of fresh meat

of wild and feral pigs

Article 15.1.15.

Veterinary Authorities should require the presentation of an international

veterinary certificate attesting that the entire consignment of fresh meat

comes from animals which:

• have been killed in a country or zone free from ASF;

• have been subjected with favourable results to a post-mortem

inspection in an examination facility approved by the

Veterinary Authority for export purposes.

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Thank you for your attention!

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This presentation is delivered under contract with the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (http://ec.europa.eu/chafea). The content of this

presentation is the sole responsibility of Opera S.u.r.l., the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Lombardia e Emilia Romagna and the State Food and Veterinary

Service of Latvia and it can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency or any other body of the

European Union. The Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency or any other body of the European Union will not be responsible under any

circumstances for the contents of communication items prepared by the contractors.

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