OIE and Capacity Building on Food Safety FAO/WHO/OIE/ICD Joint Meeting on Capacity Building in Food Safety, Water and Nutrition through Training and Education Rome, 10-11 September 2008 Willem Droppers Chargé de Mission

role and mandate of the OIE animal production food safety work program capacity building

OIE’s objectives ensure transparency in global animal health situation collect, analyse and disseminate scientific veterinary information provide expertise and encourage international solidarity in animal disease control support national Veterinary Services within its WTO/SPS mandate, safeguard world trade by publishing animal health standards animal welfare and animal production food safety

OIE's standard setting mandate WTO SPS Agreement recognises OIE as a reference organisation for international standards (one of the “ 3 sisters”)

OIE's WTO mandate Standard-setting organisations CODEX IPPC OIE food safety CODEX plant health IPPC animal health and zoonoses OIE Codex = Codex Alimentarius Commission (FAO/WHO) OIE = World Organisation for Animal Health IPPC = International Plant Protection Convention (FAO)

Why OIE standards necessary safety of international trade transparency in reporting diseases harmonisation of national legislation and control measures fewer unjustified trade restrictions promote fairer trade benefits developing countries International Public Good!

OIE Standards sanitary measures to be used by veterinary or other competent authorities faced with animal diseases including zoonoses health regulations, including surveillance guidelines, to prevent importations of pathogens, including those transmissible to humans, while avoiding unjustified sanitary barriers diagnostic methods to be used by laboratories OIE standards help in controlling animal diseases and zoonoses - including foodborne zoonoses - world wide

OIE International Standards Terrestrial Animal Health Code – mammals, birds and bees available on the OIE Website (www.oie.int) Aquatic Animal Health Code – fish, molluscs and crustaceans Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals

3rd OIE Strategic Plan 2001-2005 OIE should be more active in area of public health and consumer protection zoonoses and diseases transmissible to humans through food, whether or not animals affected by such diseases improving safety of the food production to consumption continuum worldwide

Animal Production Food Safety ...... 2002: Animal Production Food Safety Working Group........

APFS Working Group Terms of reference to consider food-borne hazards arising from animals before slaughter and before processing of the product ...primary focus is on food safety measures applicable at the farm level ...work programme takes into account food safety priorities and work of relevant international organisations, especially Codex manages OIE food safety activities food safety addressed throughout OIE

APFSWG work programme recommendations on food borne zoonoses antimicrobial resistance animal identification and traceability defining the role and functions of VS in food safety guide to good farming practices recommendations on animal feeding model certificates biotechnology (public health aspects)

4th OIE Strategic Plan 2006-2010 continues mandate on public health activities APFSWG continue to work with other relevant organisations, especially the Codex Alimentarius Commission, in reducing foodborne risks to human health due to hazards arising from animals

OIE - Codex cooperation to ensure ”seamless” standards: ”from farm gate to plate” to avoid gaps and duplication in the development of standards cooperation also within countries

Veterinary Services: role and functions in food safety new text was adopted in 2008 “The Role of veterinary services in Food Safety” a guidance document to OIE Members ..to assist in providing effective linkages between animal health and public health functions..

Veterinary Public Health Appendix to the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2006) “Guidelines on the control of biological hazards of animal health and public health importance through ante- and post-mortem meat inspection”

Ongoing work of the OIE antimicrobial resistance animal feeding salmonellosis in poultry food borne zoonoses terrorism involving the food supply preventing fraud in international trade biotechnology (public health aspects) capacity building International Conference on Animal identification and traceability: Buenos Aires, March 2009

OIE Tool for the Evaluation of Performance of Veterinary Services OIE PVS TOOL OIE Tool for the Evaluation of Performance of Veterinary Services

OIE PVS APPROACH external independent evaluation upon request of the country according to its context to assess compliance with OIE Standards gaps / priorities needs for investment. not an audit or an inspection.

OIE PVS APPROACH experts trained and certified by the OIE assessment based on facts and evidence donors have accepted the OIE PVS procedure in the evaluation of VS performance a prerequisite and a guide in helping countries request national and/or international financial support needed to make improvements

STEPS IN THE OIE-PVS EVALUATION official request from the OIE Delegate propose names of experts and dates EVALUATION (documents and mission) draft Report peer review country agreement/comments on the draft report final report confidential until this stage …for release only if agreed by country.

Level 5 full compliance with OIE standards OIE PVS TOOL 5 levels of advancement (qualitative) for each critical competency Level 1 no compliance Level 5 full compliance with OIE standards A higher level assumes compliance with all preceding levels

OIE PVS TOOL Veterinary public health and food safety Definition: The authority and capability of the VS to implement, manage and coordinate veterinary public health measures, including programmes for the prevention of specific foodborne zoonoses and general food safety programmes.

OIE PVS TOOL Levels of advancement Management, implementation and coordination are generally not undertaken in conformity with international standards. Management, implementation and coordination are generally undertaken in conformity with international standards only for export purpose.

OIE PVS TOOL Management, implementation and coordination are generally undertaken in conformity with international standards for export purposes and for products that are distributed throughout the national market. Management, implementation and coordination are generally undertaken in conformity with international standards for export purpose and for products that are distributed throughout the national and local markets.

OIE PVS tool 5) Management, implementation and coordination are undertaken in full conformity with international standards for products at all levels of distribution (throughout the national and local markets, and direct sales).

Other components of PVS tool residue testing preparation of legislation and regulations, and implementation of regulations interaction with stakeholders stakeholders compliance with legislation and regulations

Stakeholders Veterinary Services Livestock owners Private veterinarians Veterinary paraprofessionals Politicians Regulators

62 OIE PVS Evaluations (22 July ‘08) OIE Regions OIE Members Members requests received PVS missions done Reports released to donors Africa 51 36 31 15 Americas 29 12 9 3 Asia & Pacific 28 13 5 Europe 8 4 Middle East 10 1 Total 172 80 62

Collaborating Centre for Veterinary Services Capacity Building Center for Animal Health and Food Safety (CAHFS), University of Minnesota, USA

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