ANIMAL PRODUCTION FOOD SAFETY: UPDATE ON OIE STANDARD SETTING ACTIVITIES

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1 ANIMAL PRODUCTION FOOD SAFETY: UPDATE ON OIE STANDARD SETTING ACTIVITIES Regional Seminar for OIE National Focal Points for Animal Production Food Safety, Hanoi, Vietnam, June 2014 Dr Gillian Mylrea, OIE International Trade Department

2 Risks to human and animal health are increasing worldwide What can we do to reduce them?

3 The Veterinary Services in the front line Reducing poverty Protecting animal health Food security Protecting public health Market access Animal welfare Animal production food safety a Global Public Good

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5 OIE Standard Setting Work in Animal Production Food Safety An OIE priority since rd OIE Strategic Plan ( ) recommended that: OIE should be more active in the area of public health and consumer protection and this should include zoonoses and diseases transmissible to humans via food, whether or not animals are affected by such diseases. APFS Working Group (2002) to coordinate the food safety activities of the OIE

6 OIE Working Group on Animal Production Food Safety Dr Stuart Slorach (Sweden) (Chairperson) Dr Katinka de Balogh (FAO) Dr Kazuaki Miyagishima (WHO) Secretary (Codex Alimentarius Commission) Dr Carlos A. Correa Messuti (Uruguay) Dr Martine Dubuc (Canada) Prof. Steve Hathaway (New Zealand) Dre Jessey Alice Kamwi (Namibia) Dr Alexander Panin (Russia) Dr Koen Van Dyck (European Commission)

7 OIE work in Animal Production Food Safety Outputs: the development of recommendations at the farm level for the management of diseases transmissible to humans through food of animal origin, whether or not animals are affected by such diseases, e.g. tuberculosis, brucellosis, zoonotic parasites, Salmonella in poultry.

8 International standards for animal health & animal production food safety Farm level International standards for foods to protect consumers During and more especially after the primary processing stage Whole food continuum

9 Link between OIE and WTO Sanitary & Phytosanitary Agreement WTO SPS Agreement International Standard-Setting Organisations (the 3 sisters ) food safety CODEX Animal health/ Zoonoses OIE plant health IPPC 9

10 OIE international standards standards for improving animal health and welfare and veterinary public health worldwide

11 Terrestrial Code Volume I: Horizontal issues Section 6. Veterinary Public Health Volume II: Disease specific chapters Chapters include cross references to Codex Standards and Guidelines, where relevant (and vice versa)

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13 OIE Standards on APFS: Terrestrial Code Section 6: Veterinary Public Health Role of Veterinary Services in Food Safety Control of biological hazards through ante- and postmortem meat inspection Control of hazards in animal feed Biosecurity in poultry production Control of Salmonella in poultry Controlling antimicrobial resistance

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15 Recent work in APFS: Terrestrial Code Salmonellosis in poultry Chapters revised to include measures at the animal/farm level to protect human and animal health Ch Prevention, detection and control of Salmonella in poultry (adopted in 2009) recommendations relevant to the control of all Salmonella in poultry with special attention to S. Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium Amendments adopted in 2014 Ch Biosecurity procedures in poultry production (adopted in 2011) general recommendations for control of infectious agents in poultry that affect animal and/or human health.

16 Recent work in APFS: Terrestrial Code Zoonotic parasites - OIE listed diseases Chapters revised to include measures that can be applied at the animal/farm level to protect human and animal health Ch 8.4. Infection with Echinococcus granulosus - adopted in 2013 Ch 8.5. Infection with E. multilocularis - adopted in 2013 Ch Infection with Trichinella spp. - adopted in developed in close collaboration with Codex

17 Adopted at 2014 General Session Brucellosis chapters revised Chapter 8.X. Infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis adopted at the 82nd General Session in May 2014 will replace Chapters (bovine), (caprine and ovine) and (porcine).

18 Under development Infection with Taenia solium an OIE listed disease; new chapter was developed by an AHG; Circulated for Member Countries comments in Feb report of the Terrestrial Code Commission; Important: Submit comments to the OIE, if relevant to your country prior to 8 August 2014.

19 In progress / future work Salmonella in pigs ad hoc Group to meet in Sept to draft new chapter; Salmonella in cattle work will follow work in pigs; Work to be undertaken in parallel with proposed new work by Codex on nontyphoidal Salmonella spp. in beef and pork meat.

20 How does OIE decide what pathogens to develop standards for? OIE listed diseases i.e. that meet the criteria for inclusion on the OIE list (Chapter 1.2) e.g. Brucellosis, E.granulsosus, Trichinella, Porcine cysticercosis OR Pathogens important to Codex that can be controlled at the farm level e.g. Salmonella spp. in poultry, Salmonella in pigs and cattle

21 What you can do to participate in these standard developments? Review Reports of the Terrestrial Code Commission for any work relevant for APFS, e.g. draft chapter on T.solium and future work on Salmonella in pigs and cattle. NOTE: FPs should also communicate with Codex Contact Points in food safety in your country to coordinate standard setting activities of OIE and Codex at the national level, e.g. Salmonella work.

22 Thank you for your attention Organisation mondiale de la santé animale World Organisation for Animal Health Organización Mundial de Sanidad Animal 12 rue de Prony, Paris, France