Challenges and Opportunity in the Fish Diseases Training: Eu and BTSF Activities

Challenges and opportunity in the Fish diseases training: EU and BTSF activities DVM Amedeo Manfrin IZSVe Italian National Reference Laboratory for fish, mollusc and crustacean diseases 2nd Aquatic Animal Health Workshop for Central Asia and Transcaucasian countries and Central Asia and Transcaucasian Aquatic Animal Health Network Tashkent (Uzbekistan) 24th-26th April 2024Better Training for Saf [...] • Better Training for Safer Food (BTSF) is a European Commission training initiative to improve the knowledge and implementation of EU rules covering food safety, plant, animal and One Health. [...] 2Better Training for Safer Food - BTSF What are the BTSF main objectives? • Maintaining a high level of consumer protection and food safety, plant, animal and One Health. [...] • Promoting a harmonised approach to the operation of Union and national control systems. • Creating a level playing field for all food business operators. • Enhancing trade of safe food, animals and plants, and their products. • Ensuring fair trade with third countries and in particular developing countries. 3Better Training for Safer Food - BTSF • Training is usually organised by external contra [...] • BTSF EU: training is designed for staff of competent authorities in Member States involved in official control activities to keep them up to date with all aspects of Union law in the areas specified above and to ensure that controls are carried out in a uniform, objective and satisfactory manner. [...] • BTSF non EU: it is also essential that non-EU countries, and in particular developing countries, are familiar with EU import requirements and, where it exists, can avail of EU support. [...] 5Better Training for Safer Food - BTSF • The BTSF ACADEMY Library consists of a collection of learning materials produced during the implementation of the training activities within the BTSF Initiative. [...] • The purpose of the BTSF ACADEMY Library is to assist officials to further disseminate the accumulated knowledge and learning materials developed for over 120 thematic courses in the BTSF initiative. [...] 6Better Training for Safer Food - BTSF • BTSF National Contact Points coordinate BTSF participation and liaise with the Commission services and contractors. They are designated for EU Member States, enlargement and neighbourhood countries, and some non-EU countries. • The European Commission sets the policy and strategy for BTSF including the BTSF ACADEMY and monitors its implementation. [...] • At the moment are available more than 40 trainings 7Better Training for Safer Food – BTSF…..main topics 8BTSF…..not only food safety but also animal health 9Next BTSF on Animal Health Law 10 Fish, mollusc and crustacean diseasesBTSF….you’re welcome, please visit the EU official website.