Press Release: Providing better training for safer food: the Commission looks at options for the future

The European Commission has adopted a Communication entitled “Better training for safer food”, which addresses the issue of training EU and third country officials responsible for carrying out the necessary controls to ensure food safety and consumer protection in the EU. A solid body of food safety legislation is laid down at EU level, designed to protect human, animal and plant health, and allow the smooth operation of the internal market. The Commission is now focused on ensuring the full and proper implementation of these laws. This requires well-trained, competent authorities who fully understand the legislation and are capable of checking that it is being complied with. Training those responsible officials is therefore an essential aspect in maintaining the high standard of food safety that Europeans have come to expect. The Communication adopted today lays out options for the future organisation of this training and looks at how EU training programmes should be carried out in order to achieve optimal results.

European Commission: DG Communication: MEMO/06/338 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/338&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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