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Food and veterinary office

The European community has a commission called as food and veterinary office. This food and veterinary office is responsible for implementation of all laws about the animal welfare, food safety, and plant health in all European countries. This commission has to look in to all aspects of the legislations regarding the proper implementation and enforcement of all the laws regarding food safety, animal welfare and plant health.

There are lot many new veterinary products coming in the market. One does not know the effect of these products on the safety of the food. The mad cow diesis is very famous case. The industry wants to increase the efficiency of the live stock production. For this they are finding new techniques. Many a time's sufficient tests are not done regarding the food safety. This food and veterinary commission evaluates the food safety aspects.

You have to develop certain tests. There are certain known cancergeneous substances. If they are present in the meat that you consume, then the food is not safe for your consumption. The food and veterinary office determines the testing procedures for measuring the cancergeneous matter in any given food sample. This evaluation process is pretty complicated. You must have some standards regarding the food safety and also regarding the animal health and plant health.

The food and veterinary office has lot many things to do. They are also responsible for the implementation of the legislations about the food safety. Suppose that fish are imported from India in any of the European country. Is this safe food? There are certain well defined criterions. The sample of the fish will have to go through all these tests. If the ingredients present are conforming to the prescribed standards, then there is no problem. If the fish contains some unsafe ingredient, then the lot will be declared to be unfit for the human consumption and has to be returned to original country. The job of the food and veterinary office is to carry out these tests and confirm that food is not allowed inside the European countries if it is unsafe food.

It is the duty of the food and veterinary office to check that there is full compliance of the legislations regarding the food safety, animal health and plant health. They have additional duty regarding the contribution to policy of the European community about the food safety, animal health and plant health. The food and veterinary office formulates all the policies regarding the food safety, animal health and plant health. It is also the duty of the food and veterinary office to inform all the stakeholders about the policy, legislation and its implementation in the field of the food safety, animal health and plant health.