STATE 1 Flashcards
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PQ - Definition of regulation in the EU
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- Binding legislative act
- Directly applied without national measures across the EU
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PQ - Definition of directive in the EU
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- Binding legislative act to the Member States
- Setting objectives have to be achieved but the national authority can choose the form and means
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PQ - Definition of decision in the EU
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- Binding to whom it is addressed (Member States, company, individuals)
- Directly applicable
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Definition of recommendation and opinions in the EU
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- Not Binding to one or all Member States, to undertakings, individuals
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PQ - Duties of the European Parliament
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- Legislative (passes/ rejects laws)
- Establish budget (of EU)
- Supervision (oversee execution of budget & law)
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PQ - Duties of the European Commission
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- Proposes new legislations
- Execution of laws
- Guard treaties
- Represent EU on international stage
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PQ - Duties of World Health Organization (WHO)
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- Produces health guidelines & standards (& monitor their implementation)
- Supports & promotes health research (& dissemination of valuable knowledge)
- Monitors health status & assess health trends
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PQ ? - GATT agreement
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- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → replaced by WTO
- Set rules for international trade
- To promote international trade by reducing/ eliminating trade barriers
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SPS agreement – (said in consultation)
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- Sanitary & Phytosanitary
- Application of food safety, animal & plant health regulations
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PQ ? - GATT agreement on applying the SPS measures - (said in consultation)
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- To minimize negative effects of health barriers on international trade
- To harmonize animal health measures between countries (e.g. TB testing)
- OIE standards apply
- WTO panel consults with the OIE (reference institute)
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PQ - Specialist commissions of OIE
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- “Code Commission” - Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission
Guidelines on international trade of animals & their products - ”Scientific Commission”- Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases
Background research for establishing trade regulations
Research on causative agents, disease course & vaccination programs - “Laboratories Commission”- Biological Standards Commission
Setting standards for lab techniques - “Aquatic Animals Commission” - Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission
Trade norms, biological standards & research norms for aquaculture
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PQ ? - Duties of Food & Agricultural Organization (FAO) – additional question ?
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- Ensure food quality & quantity for the public
- Put information within reach
- Share policy expertise
- Provide meeting place for nations
- Bring knowledge to the field
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Duties of World Trade Organization (WTO)
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- Rules of trade between nations
- Provide legal ground-rules for international trade
- Handle trade disputes
- Monitor national trade policies
- Provide technical assistance & training for developing countries
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PQ – Duties of chief veterinary officer
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- Head of the national central vet office
- Prepares vet legislation
- Transposes EU directives into national law
- Supervises & coordinates the activities of regional & district vet services
- Decides in emergency situation
- Coordinates & cooperates with the labs according to contingency plans
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PQ – Duties of Food and Veterinary Office
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- Promote control systems in *
- Check compliance of requirements in *
- Contribute to development of EU policy in *
- the food safety and quality, veterinary and plant health sectors
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Duties of regional and district vet office
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- Animal health & welfare
- Veterinary public health
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Duties of veterinary food hygiene – additional question ?
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- Prevent and control zoonosis and other diseases transmitted by food
- Inspection of food premises
- AM and PM inspection of meat and poultry
- Prevent chemical residues in food
- Supervise export and import hygiene aspects
- Surveillance in cooperation with epi services
- Participation in disease outbreak investigation
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PQ - Category 1 waste
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- Body parts of:
1. Animals suspicious of or confirmed with TSE, or killed during TSE eradication
2. Pets, zoo, circus, experimental animals
3. Wild animals potentially infected with diseases transmissible to hu or animals
4. Specified risk material
5. Byproducts from animals treated illegally
6. Material from or contaminated with waste water Category 1 processing plants
7. Products with unauthorized residues, contaminants exceeding permitted level
8. International catering waste
9. Mixtures of Category 1 + Category 2, Category 3 or both
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PQ - Category 2 waste
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Animals & parts that:
1. Died other than slaughter for human consumption
2. Killed to eradicate a disease
3. Unfit for human consumption due to presence of foreign bodies
Animal byproduct or any material:
4. With manure, non-mineralized guano & digestive tract content
5. Contaminated with waste water from Category 2 processing plants, slaughterhouses
6. With authorized residues, contaminants exceeding permitted level
7. Imported from third country & not complying with vet legislation
8. Dispatched to another Member State & not complying with vet legislation
9. Mixtures of Category 2 + Category 3 materials
10. Other than Category 1 or Category 3 materials
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PQ - Category 3 waste
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- Slaughtered or killed (game)
1. and fit for human consumption but not intended for it for commercial reason
2. and fit for human consumption at AM inspection but unfit at PM inspection
and did not show signs of disease communicable to human or animals
3. Poultry heads, feathers; hides & skins, horns & feet (except TSE); pig bristles - From animals that did not show sign of disease communicable to hu and animals:
4. Byproduct of poultry & lagomorphs slaughtered on farm
5. Byproduct from aquatic animals, except sea mammals
6. Blood (dead animals, Ø disease communicable with blood, Ø TSE)
7. Blood, placenta; wool, feathers, hair, horn, hoof cut, raw milk (live animals)
8. Byproducts from production of products intended for human consumption
9. Petfood, feedstuff, products non longer intended for consumption due to
commercial reasons, or defects not posing health risk
10. Catering waste, and material other than Category 1 and 2
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PQ – 5 Freedoms
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- From hunger, thirst & malnutrition
- From fear & stress
- From physical & thermal discomfort
- From pain, injury & disease
- To express normal behavior
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PQ - 3R principle in animal welfare
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- Reduction of number of animals
- Refinement of experimental methods
- Replacement to non-animal techniques
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PQ – Non-obligatory stunning before killing
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- Ritual slaughter
- Invertebrates
- Poultry & rabbits for home consumption
- Emergency situation
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PQ - Stunning methods for farm animals
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Stunning should be performed just before bleeding, by:
- Captive bolt pistol
- Percussive blow to the head
- Electronarcosis
- Carbon dioxide exposure
- Exception: ritual slaughter
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PQ - Prohibited methods to kill pet animals
- Drowning/ suffocation if no immediate loss of consciousness & death
- Poisonous substances/ drugs if their dose & application can’t be controlled
- Electrocution (unless preceded by immediate induction of loss of consciousness
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PQ – Log journey
- For long journeys
- Crossing border between Member States and third countries
- For domestic equidae, bovine, ovine, caprine & porcine
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PQ - Transport times
- Journey times shall not exceed 8 hours
After 8 hours → unloaded, watered & fed, rest for min 24 hours
- Can be extended by 2h (in animals’ interest considering proximity of destination)
- Can be extended if special requirements are met:
Unweaned (calves, lambs, kids, foals, piglets): after 9h → rest min 1 h, water & food
Pigs: max 24h, continuous water access
Equidae: max 24h, water & fed every 8h
Ruminants: after 14h → rest min 1 h, water & food
Poultry, birds, rabbits: food and water unless <12h, < 24h for chicks
Dogs & cats: water max every 8 h, fed max every 24 h
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PQ – Prohibited surgical interventions in pet animals
- Tail docking
- Ear cropping
- Devocalization
- Declawing and defanging
- Unless:
for medical purpose
to prevent reproduction (castration is allowed)
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PQ - Animal welfare rules in surgical intervention of piglets
- Tail docking, corner teeth reduction: only if evidence of injuries
- Tooth clipping: within 7 days of birth
- Castration, tail docking after 7 do: under anesthesia + analgesia, by veterinarian
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Intervention on animals
- Harmful/ painful must be carried out by vet or under vet supervision
- Some farm animal procedures can be done with or without anesthesia if anesthesia /
necessary fixing deemed as painful.
- No unnecessary prophylactic intervention (excl. castration)
- Only methods causing least pain are allowed for marking animals
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PQ - Weaning of piglets
- Not less than 4 weeks old
Unless the welfare or health of the dam or piglets would be negatively
affected otherwise
- Max 7 days earlier if specialized housing
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PQ - Experimental animals
Live non-human vertebrate
(including independent larva, fetal forms in their last 1/3 of development)
- or live cephalopod
- Used or to be used in experiments
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PQ – Not authorized animal experiment
For the manufacture of:
- Cosmetics
- Tobacco
- other consumer goods
- Weapons, ammunition
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PQ – Duties of local animal experiment committee (LAEC)
- Prepare animal experimentation regulation (ethical codex)
- Control animal experimentation regulation
- Professional-ethical supervision of animal experimentation
- Organize education and training of those who carry animal experimentation
- Cancel experiment in case of violation
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PQ - Iodine disinfectant
- Antiseptics
- Used for general cleaning, disinfection – e.g bovine teat, surgical scrubs
- Failure: hard water, too much organic material
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PQ – Chlorine disinfectant
- Bleaching, germicidal, minimum environment hazard, cheap
- Used for disinfection, sanitization, purify water, sewage treatment
- Failure: improper concentration, pH, presence of proteins, NH3
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Causes of disinfectant failure – said in consultation
- Improper cleaning (Incomplete or inadequate)
- Wrong product for the contaminant
- Over dilution during premixing or application
- Poor penetration or coverage
- Too short contact time on surfaces
- Inadequate temperature & humidity
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Types of laboratories – said in consultation
- Public veterinary laboratory
- Veterinary laboratory of a holding
- Veterinary Clinical laboratory
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Populating holdings – said in consultation
- Prior authorization of animal health authority
- All-in all-out
- Cleaning and disinfection
- Isolation of the farm
- Diagnostic examinations, animals free from listed pathogens
- Biosecurity: visitor control, regular disinfection
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Requirement of pasturing – said in consultation
- Eliminate stagnant waters
- Eliminate toxic plants
- Treat liquid manure
- Test heavy metals
- No trespassing
- No carcasses burial
- Vaccine for Anthrax, Clostridium
- Remove parasites
- Ru: should be free from warble & liver fluke
- Dogs: rabies vaccinated & dewormed
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Fairs, markets – said in consultation
- Authorization of vet authority
- Official vet present
- Animals: Vet exam before admission to market
Passport and individual iD
Species separated
Isolate suspicious of contagious diseases
Cattle, buffaloes, horses, donkeys: Individual exam
Other animals: observation
Dogs: compulsory vaccine and iD
- Market place; Dry soil, close to public road, fences, waterproof pavement, water supply, Cleaned and disinfected
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authorized killing methods of farm animal
(EC) No 1099/2009
Pre-Stunning: EU law generally requires animals to be stunned before killing to minimize suffering. Exceptions exist for religious slaughter where stunning may not be required.
For Cattle, Sheep, and Goats:
Captive Bolt Pistol
Gunshot
For Pigs:
Captive Bolt Pistol
Electrical Stunning
Gas Stunning
For Poultry:
Electrical Water Bath
Gas Stunning
Mechanical Stunning
For Fish:
Percussive Stunning
Electrical Stunning
Other General Methods:
Anesthetic Overdose
Decapitation and Cervical Dislocation: Allowed for poultry under specific conditions,
