Professional Documents
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FAO/IDF Guide to
SLAC
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Headquarters in Rome Five Regional Offices Five Sub-regional Offices Five Liaison Offices Seventy-Eight Country Representations.
Livestock Information & Knowledge System Livestock Sector Analysis and Strategy Development
Agriculture Department
Animal Production and Health Division Animal Production Service Animal Health Service Information and Policy Branch
Implementing Codex Codes of Practice for Animal Feed, Meat and Milk
New approach
! Code based on risk analysis ! Includes primary production ! Good agricultural practices ! Food safety while taking account of the environment and social aspects
Codex Draft Code of Hygienic Practice for Milk and Milk Products
! Primary production
! ! ! ! Environmental hygiene Hygienic production of milk Handling storage and transport Record Keeping
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Equipment and facilities Control of operation Maintenance and sanitation Personal hygiene Transport Processing Product information and consumer awareness Training Appendix A. Microbiostatic control measures Appendix B. Microbiocidal control measures
4th Meeting Ad-hoc Working Group on Environmentally and Socially Responsible Production and Trade, Rome, 23 April 2003
Animal Production
! Siting of livestock units, landscape and environment ! Design, construct, choose, use and maintenance of equipment ! Avoidance of biological, chemical, and physical contamination ! Prevention of residues from veterinary medications and other chemicals ! Minimizing the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics. ! Monitoring the condition of stock and adjust feeding, etc. ! Integrate livestock and agriculture to avoid problems of waste ! Adherance to safety regulations and standards ! Record keeping
Animal Health
! Minimize risk of infection and disease ! Keep livestock, buildings and feed facilities clean ! Provide adequate, clean bedding under housed conditions. ! Ensure staff are properly trained in the handling and treatment of animals. ! Seek appropriate veterinary advice to avoid disease and health problems. ! Ensure good hygiene standards in housing by proper cleansing and disinfection. ! Treat sick or injured animals promptly in consultation with a veterinarian. ! Use only approved veterinary products in accordance with regulations and directions, including withholding periods. ! Keep detailed records of all sickness, medical treatments, and mortality.
Animal Welfare
! Provide adequate and appropriate feed and clean water at all times. ! Avoid non-therapeutic mutilations, surgical or invasive procedures, such as tail docking and debeaking. ! Minimise transport of live animals (by foot, rail or road) and the use of livestock markets. ! Handle animals with appropriate care and avoid the use of instruments such as electric goads. ! Maintain animals in appropriate social groupings where possible; isolation of animals (such as veal crates and sow stalls) should be discouraged, except for injury and sickness. ! Conform to minimum space allowances and maximum stocking densities.
FAO/IDF Recommendations
Main objective
On-farm production of milk must ensure that it is produced by healthy animals under generally accepted conditions
Good practices
Animal health
Milking hygiene
Animal welfare
Environment
Defining characteristics
Animal health
Milking hygiene
Animal welfare
Environment
Defining characteristics
Animals that produce milk need to be healthy and an effective health care programme should be in place
Animal health
Milking hygiene
Animal welfare
Environment
Defining characteristics
Milk will be harvested and stored under hygienic conditions. Equipment used to harvest and store milk will be sustainable and well maintained
Animal health
Milking hygiene
Animal welfare
Environment
Defining characteristics
Animals need to be fed and watered with products of suitable quality and safety: Ensure animal feed and water of adequate quality Control storage conditions of feed Ensure the traceability of feedstuffs bought off farm
Animal health
Milking hygiene
Animal welfare
Environment
Defining characteristics
Freedom from hunger and thirst Freedom from discomfort Freedom from pain, injury and disease Freedom from fear Freedom to perform normal patterns of animal behaviour
Animal health
Milking hygiene
Animal welfare
Environment
Defining characteristics
Milk production should be managed in balance with the local environment that exists around the farm