Workshop title: Prevention of Salmonella contamination and spread in feed
The workshop was held 29 November 2007, at the Freie Universität of Berling, Germany. The vent was organised Per Häggblom (SVA) and Jürgen Zentek (FUB).
The purpose of the workshop was to
- Exchange knowledge among the feed industry, food industry, food industry and research concerning methods and strategies to control Salmonella contamination and its pread in animal feed and food.
- Discussion and agreement about how to continue the development of improved methods and strategies to control Salmonella amd its spread in animal feed.
- Improved understanding of animal feed contamination and its meaning for the public.
Background
Animal feed is at the beginning of the food chain and generally lless attention has been paid to feed contamination compared with food contamination. Salmonella contamination of animal feed is well known and may lead to colonization of food animals, and thus potentially play a role in human food-borne illness.
Expected outcomes
- Overview concerning the available methods and developed strategies in the feed and food industry.
- Overview of research work which can be useful for the feed industry.
- Action plan for targeting the methods presently under development to the needs of the feed industry.
Presentations from the workshop
| Presenter | Presentation |
| Charlotta Löfström, DTU | BIOTRACER-Improved biotraceability of unintended micro-organisms and their substances in food and feed chains |
| Pia Mäkelä, EFSA | Salmonella in the EU |
| Lars Hermansson, SF | Salmonella contamination in the feed industry and strategies to deal with the problems in Sweden and Svenska Foder |
| Kjell Larsson, FEFAC | Salmonella and the feed industry |
| John Marugg, Nestle | Current strategies used in the food industry to avoid Salmonella contamination and spread |
| Jean-Michel Aspar, COCERAL | COCERAL-The EU grain and oilseeds traders' association |
| Burkhard Malorny, BfR | Tracing tools for Salmonella |
| Per Häggblom, SVA | Molecular tracing tools for Salmonella in feed industry |
| Urs Wuest, Bühler | Technical aspects of Salmonella decontamination in the feed industry |
| Ernesto Liebana, EFSA | Microbiological risk assessment in feedingstuffs for food-producing animals |