OIE Standard Setting Work in Animal Production Food Safety Seminar for the OIE National Focal Points for Animal Production Food Safety Abu Dhabi, UAE, 14 – 16 January 2014

OIE and work in Animal Production Food Safety OIE’s mandate also includes: ‘the management of food-borne risks to human health due to hazards arising from animal production (i.e. farm level to primary processing)’  the OIE develops recommendations for the management of diseases transmissible to humans through food, whether or not animals are affected by such diseases, e.g. Tuberculosis e.g. Salmonella Enteriditis in poultry.

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

OIE international standards  standards for improving animal health and welfare and veterinary public health

Terrestrial Code  sets out standards for the improvement of terrestrial animal health and welfare and veterinary public health worldwide  includes diseases of mammals, birds and bees  2 volumes  new edition each year

Terrestrial Code  Volume I: Horizontal issues and Volume II: Disease specific chapters  Volume 1 Section 6. Veterinary Public Health  Volume II. Disease specific chapters  Chapters include cross references to Codex Standards and Guidelines, where relevant (and vice versa)

Section 6. Veterinary Public Health  Ch 6.1. The role of the Veterinary Services in food safety  Ch 6.2.Control of biological hazards of animal health and public health importance through ante- and post- mortem meat inspection  Ch 6.3.The control of hazards of animal health and public health importance in animal feed  Ch 6.4.Biosecurity procedures in poultry production  Ch 6.5.Prevention, detection and control of Salmonella in poultry  Ch 6.6. – Recommendations for controlling antimicrobial resistance

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  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.

Recent work in APFS: Terrestrial Code Zoonotic parasites - OIE listed zoonotic parasites 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 2013) chapter developed in close collaboration with Codex

Terrestrial Code APFS chapters Under development  Revision of Brucellosis chapters  New chapter on Porcine cysticercosis Future work  Salmonella in pigs and cattle (link to proposed Codex work on Salmonella in beef and pork).

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  e.g. Salmonella spp. in poultry, Salmonella in beef and pork

What you can do to participate in these standard developments?  Review future Reports of the Terrestrial Code Commission for any work relevant for APFS, e.g. proposed chapters on Brucellosis and Salmonella in pigs and cattle  Next Report due out in March  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.

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