Experiences with a risk based meat inspection standard in pigs

The European Union legislation provides several possibilities to modernize meat inspection. Improvement of food safety by active contribution of food business operators in the supply chain being responsible for food safety is envisaged in these new standards

Prevalence of <i>Mycobacterium avium</i> in Slaughter Pigs Based on Serological Monitoring Results and Bacteriological Validation

Mycobacterium avium (MA) is a potential food safety hazard in pigs. Blood samples of slaughtered pigs in the Netherlands and Germany were tested for the presence of MA antibodies to estimate the serological prevalence in the tested population. In the Dutch and German population 1.0% and 1.7% samples were positive, and 0.5% and 17.4% of the herds were at risk for having a MA infection respectively. The validity of the applied MA-ELISA was evaluated under field conditions. The specificity of the MA-ELISA was high (>98.4%). The average herd sensitivity was 18%. In the affected herds on average 50% of the animals were tested bacteriological positive for MA. It can be concluded that serological screening for the presence of MA antibodies is capable of identifying pig populations that are at risk for a MA infection

Risk-oriented animal health and food safety management : Risk-based innovations in food safety management

Secure animal health is of utmost importance for human health, animal welfare, resource efficiency and the effectiveness of livestock production. Food safety hazards, zoonotic diseases and the use of pharmaceuticals such as antibiotics have potential impacts on human health and wellbeing. Therefore, on-farm health and risk management is crucial to safeguard animal products as well as trade with livestock. Appropriate infrastructures for preventive health management to improve animal and human health and wellbeing are at the core of a 'one health' approach with provides a challenge at all levels of science and business. This chapter will inform you about: which structures have been established and which innovations have been made in riskoriented animal health and food safety management; how animal health management services and health status certification can be organised according to the AMOR principles; how and why on-farm biosecurity requirements have changed and how management support should be organised to foster a future one-health strategy.</p

Implementierung einer risikoorientierten Fleischuntersuchung ohne Anschnitte beim Mastschwein in einem nord-deutschen Schlachtunternehmen

Regulation (EC) 854/2004 opens up the opportunity to implement risk based meat inspection of fattening pigs without incision. A concept for implementation of a food safety improving meat inspection without incision was approved in practice and evaluated. It includes a serological monitoring for categorising pig herds according to the risk related to food safety concerning Mycobacterium ovum, a specific test to detect residues of antimicrobial substances and to fulfill the criteria of Regulation (EC) 1244/2007. The concept is suitable for practical implementation. In comparison to the traditional meat inspection system the new system enables control of food safety hazards on farm level. Omitting of incision of the mandibular lymph nodes showed a significant reduction in the cross contamination of Salmonella

Experiences with a risk based meat inspection standard in pigs

The European Union legislation provides several possibilities to modernize meat inspection. Improvement of food safety by active contribution of food business operators in the supply chain being responsible for food safety is envisaged in these new standards.</p

Type, areal extent and localization of carcass contaminations during industrial pig slaughter

The aim of the study is to provide an up-to date overall evaluation of visual contamination occurring on the slaughter line in order to provide a basis for implementing contamination control measures and to the hygienic quality of the processes. For this purpose, 627 contaminated pig carcasses in an industrial slaughterhouse in north western Germany were examined in 2021 for its distribution of type, areal extent and localization of slaughter contamination. Prior to official meat inspection, two persons visually scanned dorsal and ventral surfaces of the eviscerated but not yet split pig carcasses from cranial to caudal and recorded types, areal extent and localization of the contamination. The main contamination type were intestinal contents, bile, stomach contents, tubular rail fat and “others”, which mostly consisted of a reddish foam from the respiratory tract. 103 out of 627 contaminated animals showed more than one contamination, which leads to a total number of 754 contaminations detected. Intestinal contents accounted for almost half of all contaminations and “others” for 30%. Forelimb, back and ham together counted for 70% of the contaminated regions. The affected area was smaller than that of a one euro coin (diameter about 23 mm) in 86% of the cases

Methodology on Active Teaching and Learning on Open SDI

This report looks at different methods of active teaching and learning and the application of these methods at the partner universities of the SPIDER project. Different methods of on-campus and online teaching are presented and reports on experiences in their application at the partner universities are discussed. In combination with the results from Intellectual Output (IO) 4, this results in best practices for Open SDI Education.Urban Data Scienc