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May 11, 2016

©FAO/Alessandra Benedetti

Sustainability and safety of feed and food along the value chain

FAO collaborates with the private sector to take action and address these major issues

May 2016, Rome.
Feed and food industry and private sector operators, governmental officers, scientific and technical experts from around the world came together to discuss on the needs to ensure sustainability and safety of the food we eat or provide to our animals [...]

Continued spread of Peste des Petits Ruminants bolsters case for eradication

Herding sheep in Tajikistan. ©FAOFAO and OIE map campaign to stamp out a virus that kills millions of sheep and goats each year. Georgia recently reported its first-ever case of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), a viral disease which is capable of severely impacting goat and sheep populations, while a new outbreak has occurred in the Maldives, showing that even island states are vulnerable to the plague [...]

First phase of the FAO-TAMU Aflatoxin Proficiency Testing completed

Participants to the workshop. Photocredit: ©FAOFAO and OIE map campaign to stamp out a virus that kills millions of sheep and goats each year. The Aflatoxin proficiency testing is a key component in managing aflatoxin risk in the global feed sector. Proficiency testing is one of the BIG THREE in a laboratory quality system, along with traceability and uncertainty. Participation in proficiency testing programmes helps a laboratory assure the quality of test results. [...]

  publications

  IN ACTION

coverRational use of vaccination for prevention and control of H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza

coverWorking towards ZERO rabies in Viet Nam

coverBiosecurity guide for live poultry markets now available also in Chinese

coverFood Chain Crisis Early Warning Bulletin no. 19

Credit:  © FAO/Ibrahim Maiga5/5/2016. FAO Work Planning meeting for year 1 of the USAID-funded Emerging Pandemic Threats phase 2 (EPT-2) Programme in West and Central Africa

Credit: ©FAO4/5/2016. Tournée du Représentant de la FAO dans projet avicole à Ngozi : beaucoup d’espoir chez les bénéficiaires (in French)

Credit: ©FAO  Photo/Sonia Nguyen2/5/2016. Launch of the Platform of analysis and measurement of population resilience in Sahel, West Africa

Credit: ©FAO22/4/2016. Pastoralist organizations help plan Sahel initiative

 

  webinars

webinarGLEAM-i:
An interactive tool to assess GHG emissions in the livestock sector

How to use it

Read more

webinarPresenting the new FAO led Feed Safety Multi-Stakeholder Partnership
[read more] [watch the video]

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

9–13 May > Yangling, China
3rd Asian-Australasian Dairy Goat Conference (AADGC2016)

22-27 May > Paris, France
84th OIE General Session

20-23 June > Panana
6th Global Agenda Multi-Stakeholder Partnership meeting

26-28 October > Cascais, Portugal
EuFMD Open Session

 

From decentralized offices

FAO China ECTAD Highlights Vol. 87

FAO ECTAD Viet Nam Newsletter
(Oct. 2015- Feb. 2016)

 

ANNOUNCEMENT

Call for data for new JEMRA work on Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC)/ Shigatoxigenic E. coli (STEC)
deadline: 17th June 2016

 

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