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Another report of importance to health officers. It tells plainly where deficiencies lie in existing systems of meat inspection. With inspection there is much condemnation of meat so that the potential risk of consuming diseased meat is vastly greater in absence of inspection. Health officers realize the dangers and will welcome proper legislation.

Reprinted from: United States live stock sanitary association. Annual meeting. 17th, 1913. Report, p. 19-24, 1914. ; Mode of access: Internet.

The Regulation of official control on products of animal origin gives the opportunity for amending or supplementing existing procedures for meat inspection, whilst taking into account scientific and technical progress. It means tailoring the meat inspection to the actual risks and with respect to the holding, region or country of origin, using the principles of risk analysis and taking into account resources. It is important to make use of those possibilities in the Regulation to obtain a meat inspection system in the Nordic countries, which is more risk-based, and to optimise the use of resources to maximise the effectiveness of meat inspection. These aspects, the organisation of meat inspection in the Nordic countries and results from national projects are among the topics presented in this report. This report is an outcome of the project with the main objective to investigate and test solutions to achieve an efficient and modern meat inspection in the Nordic countries based on a future risk-based EU legislation. The project was realised within the vision of risk-based meat inspection based on a sustainable Nordic primary production with healthy animals providing safe meat to the consumers.

The National Committee for Food Safety was asked to deliver an opinion the possible risks to consumers that could be posed by a modification of the European legislation on meat inspection following EFSA opinion n. 2351 of 9 October 2011, taking into account the particular livestock raising and meat production in Italy. The working group established within the CNSA thoroughly analysed the Italian situation, also by means of data collection. This led to the identification of two main slaughtering patterns in Italy: high-capacity slaughter plants ( approximately 65-70%), mainly slaughtering "heavy pigs" raised in an integrated swine production system, and low/very low slaughter intensity plants, where various types of pigs are handled ( 30- 35% on the whole Italian production). The investigation also highlighted the difficulty in extrapolating and aggregating data concerning the food chain (health hazards linked with the herd of origin, transport and so on) and the outcome of ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection. Finally, considering the data available, the Committee states that it is not possible to assess the impact that a modification of the European legislation on meat inspection would have on consumers' protection and suggested that the Ministry of Health launch pilot programs to gather the data necessary to justify and guide Italy's position in the debate that will be held at European level. In addition, the Directorate General of Animal Health and Veterinary Medicinal Products is invited to asses any potential critical points that any amendment to the current legislation may entail for animal health and welfare. ; IT; it; r.valentini@sanita.it

Catherine May discusses the House action to legislate the most comprehensive improvement in the meat inspection system.

Americans consume more meat than anyone else on earth, Catherine May states in the beginning of her newsletter. For this reason, she discusses new legislation which assures high quality of meat inspection.

Background The traditional meat inspection system is often found to be inefficient. Meat inspection in European countries is in a phase of modernisation to reflect improvements in livestock health and advances in understanding meat safety. The key point of progress is to replace the traditional meat inspection with risk-based meat inspection, including the elements of a meat safety assurance system (MSAS). Scope and approach Modernisation of meat inspection was launched by the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) opinions and recommendations in the period 2011–2013 and consequent amendments to the EU meat inspection legislation in the period 2014–2019. For this study, the EU-funded RIBMINS COST Action conducted a comprehensive survey using an in-depth questionnaire to estimate the level of implementation of new risk-based meat inspection systems in Europe, stakeholders' confidence in the new systems and the main identified obstacles. Key findings and conclusions The implementation of new meat inspection systems is still ongoing, as they have been fully implemented in just 61%, 42% and 38% of the surveyed countries in the pig, bovine, and poultry sectors, respectively. The main identified obstacles are existing trade agreements with 3rd countries, costs of implementation, inadequate food chain information and resistance from meat inspectors. Improvement of all components of the current meat inspection systems is a prerequisite for further modernisation.