OIE Standards for Animal feed and food safety: terrestrial and aquatic animals OIE regional seminar on food safety Singapore, 12-14 October 2010 Yamato Atagi 1 Deputy Head, International Trade Department, OIE
Contents 1. Existing chapters in Terrestrial Code and Aquatic Code 2. Discussion on pet food
Terrestrial chapter BACKGROUND October 2006: Ad hoc Group on Animal Feeding May 2009: Adopted Aquatic chapter December 2006/August 2007: Ad hoc Group on Aquatic Animal Feeds May 2008: Adopted Pet food chapter (terrestrial, primarily, not a food safety issue) September 2010: Ad hoc Group on Pet Food
Animal feed Terrestrial Animal Health Code. Chapter 6.3. The control of hazards of animal health and public health importance in animal feed. Aquatic Animal Health Code. Chapter 6.1. Control of hazards in aquatic animal feeds. In addition, OIE-FAO Guide to Good Farming Practices contains a section on Animal feeding and watering
Codex Alimentarius texts Codex Code of Practice on Good Animal Feeding addresses food safety aspects Codex Code of Practice for the Prevention and Reduction of Dioxin and Dioxin-like PCB Contamination in Foods and Feeds Codex Code of Practice for the Reduction of Aflatoxin B1 in Raw Materials and Supplemental Feedingstuffs for Milk-producing Animals Code of Practice for Source-Directed Measures to Reduce Contamination of Food with Chemicals
Terrestrial Code. Chapter 6.3. (1) 6.3.1. Introduction 6.3.2. Objectives and scope - Provide guidance on animal feeding in relation to animal health and complement the guidance in the Codex texts - Ensure control of animal health and public health hazards through adherence to recommended practices during production and use of both commercial and onfarm produced animal feed and feed ingredients 6.3.3. Definitions
Terrestrial Code. Chapter 6.3. (2) 6.3.4. General principles - 1. Roles and responsibilities Competent Authority has the legal power to set and enforce regulatory requirements and has final responsibility for verifying that requirements have been met. Producers and users responsible for ensuring that products meet regulatory requirements. Contingency plans to enable tracing and recall of non-compliant products. Personnel training. Manufacturing equipment, storage and transport facilities adequate, good working order, sanitary condition
Terrestrial Code. Chapter 6.3 (3) 2. Regulatory standards 3. Risk analysis Use internationally accepted principles and practices on risk analysis in developing and applying regulatory framework. 4. Good practices Where national guidelines exist, Good Agricultural Practices & Good Manufacturing Practices (including Good Hygienic Practices) should be followed. Apply Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles to control hazards 5. Geographic and environmental considerations 6. Zoning and compartmentalisation
Terrestrial Code. Chapter 6.3 (4) 7. Sampling and analysis 8. Labelling 9. Design and management of inspection programmes Competent Authorities: inspection or auditing of activities conducted by other agencies or the private sector Operators: self regulation to secure compliance. 10. Assurance and certification 11. Hazards associated with animal feed 12. Contamination 13. Antimicrobial resistance 14. Management of information
Aquatic Code. Chapter 6.1. Control of hazards in aquatic animal feeds Key objective is to prevent the spread, via aquatic animal feed, of diseases from an infected country, zone or compartment to a free country, a free zone or a free compartment. Recommendations should be read in conjunction with relevant recommendations of the Terrestrial Code. OIE members also encouraged to consult Codex Code of Practice on Good Animal Feeding and relevant FAO texts General principles similar to those for terrestrial animal feeds Lists some key considerations and risk pathways Describes different approaches to risk mitigation
Control of hazards in aquatic animal feeds: scope Recommendations document risk mitigation measures, including traceability and certification, to deal with aquatic animal health risks associated with trade in aquatic animal feed and feed ingredients. Recommend control by adherence to recommended practices during production and use of both commercial and on-farm produced feed and feed ingredients for aquatic animals. Hazards include pathogens that cause OIE-listed diseases and other agents that can cause an adverse effect on animal and/or public health. Main focus on aquatic animals grown for food.
New chapter on pet food Ad hoc Group has just met in September 2010 Code Commission provided draft for Member comments, with a little changes in existing chapter
Objective Proposals (1) minimising disruption to this large international trade caused by the imposition of trade restrictive measures not based on science Primarily, not a food safety Proposed as a general recommendations: disease prevention and control (Section 5) Specific focus on heat treated shelf stable pet food dog and cat OIE listed diseases
Proposals (2) Heat treated shelf stable pet food finished product in an unopened container, can exist at room temperature for an extended time period Properly controlled processing of pet food provides a very wide margin of safety in respect of most disease agents. sourcing inactivation
Proposals (3) Specific issue: multiple sourcing animal species country/zone/compartment the potential animal health concerns of all species and ingredients of animal origin need to be addressed based on the recommendation of Terrestrial Code.
Multiple approaches Safe to pathogens are not relevant to the raw material (e.g. avian influenza in products of porcine or bovine origin); safe commodities (e.g. skeletal muscle that meets the provisions of Article 11.5.1. for BSE); safe source (e.g. FMD free ountries/zones); Thermal processing to inactivate pathogens that may be present.
Code Commission (Feb2011) Reviewing member comments Deadline: 7 January 2011 Discussion on summary table on elimination of biological hazards May be proposed for adoption in May 2011
Future OIE work on animal feed Development of pet food chapter on going. Provided for Member comments. Other OIE standards on animal feed and the OIE-FAO Guide to Good Farming Practices are relatively new. Await OIE Members reaction to these texts and respond to Members needs for further standards/guidelines etc. Follow developments in Codex, FAO, WHO and other organisations and complement texts where necessary, but avoid duplication.
Further information The OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code and Aquatic Animal Health Code and other OIE documents can be accessed via the OIE website: www.oie.int Codex Code of Practice on Good Animal Feeding (CAC/RCP 54-2004) and other Codex documents can be accessed via the Codex website: www.codexalimentarius.net
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