Training 2010

Calls for tender were launched during 2009 for the conclusion of contracts for the organisation, management and implementation of Community training activities to take place in 2010. These activities focus on the areas of food and feed safety, animal health and animal welfare, and plant health.

Contracts have now been awarded to contractors, who have undertaken to organise, manage and implement the activities. In addition, some activities launched during 2009 continue into 2010. Further programmes covering different subjects may be launched during the course of the year.

Training programmes are to be implemented in the EU and in third countries. They are, in particular, aimed at staff of competent authorities of Member States involved in official controls, and participants from selected third countries.

Training courses taking place in the EU cover:

• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point principles
• Best practices for veterinary checks in seaport, road and rail border inspection posts
• Animal welfare standards during transport and at slaughter and killing for disease control purposes
• Monitoring and controls of zoonoses and applying microbiological criteria in foodstuffs
• Evaluation and registration of plant protection products
• Food Hygiene and Controls
• Feed Law
• Plant Health Controls
• Controls on food and feed of non-animal origin
• Animal by-products
• Health of aquaculture animals
• Health of bees and exotic zoo animals
• Prevention, control and eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
• Food contact materials

Training courses taking place in third countries cover:

• Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza disease control
• EU food standards
• Food testing and sanitary and phytosanitary issues
• The EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed and the possible introduction of a similar system in other regions of the world
• Analysis of Genetically Modified Organisms
• Better Training for Safer Food in Africa
• Upcoming training activities 2010

Further information on these programmes and others which may be launched during 2010 will be made available at these pages in due course.