Organisation and implementation of training activities on Food hygiene at primary production under the Better Training for Safer Food initiative

Description of the project and Services provided:

The General objective of BTSF is to ensure a high level of consumer protection throughout the EU internal market and to increase levels of trade in safe food across the globe by the implementation of efficient, objective and adequate official controls. This objective is achieved by training the staff of the competent authorities, offering a better network and on-going dialogue with partners from both within, and outside, the European Union, thus contributing to a high level of expertise and competence.

The training on "Food Hygiene at Primary Production" aims more specifically at raising awareness and at improving the understanding of hygiene provisions at the level of primary production within the competent authorities of the Member States, ensuring a better use of knowledge of key elements, disseminating best practices for official controls on the farm level in all sectors of food business rearing domestic land animals and enabling the exchange of experience in order to increase the level of expertise and harmonisation at this stage of production of the food chain.

The results issued are:

• Spreading of knowledge and awareness of EU law in the above mentioned fields and to promote a harmonised approach to the operation of EU and national control systems. With this, official controls are implemented correctly and in a uniform way across the EU.

The services provided are:

• Training organisation and implementation
• Experienced tutors
• Expertise on event management
• Expertise on registration of participants and data management
• Consult CHAFEA on the technical and managerial orientations
• Administrative assistance
• Communication and promotion of the project
• Project/programme implementation/management
• Seminars and conferences organisation