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SafeGuard. Work package 3.2 Cross-border reporting procedure for raw milk exceeding control limits
Project
Project code: keine Angabe
Contract period: 01.01.2008
- 31.12.2013
Purpose of research: Inventory & Assessment
Within this project, suggestions for improving the cross-border reporting procedure
in raw milk control were generated after significant differences were detected
regarding how results were reported, and required measures were initiated in cases
where the criteria (cell and bacterial count or verification of inhibitors) were not met.
The applicable legal regulations, the structures in the project’s regions including
monitoring facilities, testing authorities and methods, as well as the currently
used reporting procedures in the Netherlands, Niedersachsen, and Nordrhein-
Westfalen were thoroughly examined as the basis for suggestions for improvement.
Particular weak points were the differences in reporting procedures, the lack of
knowledge of the structures and responsibilities in the project’s regions, and the
differences in report formats. The project team generated proposals for simplified
and uniform reporting routes, and options for introducing a uniform data standard.
Improving cross-border reporting procedures shall ensure continuous monitoring
of raw milk, the food quality of the milk, and an increase in the competitiveness
of the dairy industry in the border region. The project findings have already
helped in the field in a number of counties to successfully conduct a crossborder
reporting process. Beyond this, long-term contact has been established
between the testing entity in Nordrhein-Westfalen and the Dutch monitoring
organization (COKZ).
Section overview
Subjects
- Animal health
- Food Processing
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (LAVES)
