Report on the Feed Safety conference 2007

In the framework of the SAFEED-PAP project “Detection of the presence of species specific processed animal proteins in animal feed”, funded by the 6th framework program of the European Commission, the CRA-W, project coordinator, organised the 27th and 28th November 2007, in Namur, the Feedsafety conference “Methods and challenges”, in collaboration with the Walloon Agrobiopole.

In the framework of the SAFEED-PAP project “Detection of the presence of species specific processed animal proteins in animal feed”, funded by the 6th framework program of the European Commission, the CRA-W, project coordinator, organised the 27th and 28th November 2007, in Namur, the Feedsafety conference “Methods and challenges”, in collaboration with the Walloon Agrobiopole. The purpose of the Conference was to give an overview of the latest legislative, scientific achievements and industrial progresses in the safety of the feed chain. Over 120 people attended the conference, coming from 25 countries from Europe but also from USA, Canada and China. The 22 lectures and the 25 posters presented during this event can be viewed on the SAFEED-PAP website on http://safeedpap.feedsafety.org/fs2007.

Report of the CRL-AP interlaboratory Study 2006

On behalf of DG Sanco, the Community Reference Laboratory for animal proteins in feedingstuffs (CRL-AP)organized in 2006 an interlaboratory study for all National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) of the European Union nominated at that time.

On behalf of DG Sanco, the Community Reference Laboratory for animal proteins in feedingstuffs (CRL-AP)organized in 2006 an interlaboratory study for all National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) of the European Union nominated at that time. The goals of the study were (i) to evaluate the performance of the NRLs to apply the microscopic method for qualitative purpose indicated in Commission Directive 2003/126/EC and (ii) to investigate the robustness of the EC 126/2003 directive method regarding the quantitative evaluation of animal constituents in feedingstuffs. A full report can be consulted on the website of the DG Health and Consumer Protection