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Salmonella control programmes in Denmark

Conference Room Document proposed by Denmark

Year of publication 2002

Author Nutrition Division

Product type Meeting

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Since the late 1980's Denmark has implemented 3 separate pre-harvest programmes to control salmonella in broilers, pigs and layers of table eggs, respectively. The programmes differ in the methods employed and to a minor extent in their goals. However, in many important aspects they are very similar. First, they are all based on the credo that if at all possible, food borne zoonoses should be controlled at source, i.e. on farm. Their successful implementation has relied to a large extent on co-o peration between the authorities and the industry and on the ability to make use of the industry infrastructure, including the ability to unequivocally identify farms of origin. The authorities have delegated responsibility for technical co-ordination of the programmes to committees with representatives from science, government bodies and industry. Second, there has been a close involvement of microbiologists and epidemiologists in the planning and implementation of programmes. The parties invol ved in the undertaking have shown willingness to accept recommendations to use of novel techniques in routine monitoring, for example, the serological examination of meat juice or egg yolk for salmonella antibodies. Finally, the hallmark of the Danish salmonella programmes has been a very close collaboration between medical and veterinary epidemiologists and microbiologists in monitoring the effect of the programmes on the incidence of human infection.

Meeting symbol GF CRD Denmark-2

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