Agricoltura e Diritto: Sicurezza Alimentare
| English |
| food and veterinary office |
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| Attestation |
3
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| Part of speech |
Noun phrase
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| Grammatical label |
Countable; Singular
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| Full form |
Acronym
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| Variant |
FVO
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| Definition |
The primary task of the Food and Veterinary Office is to ensure that Community legislation on food safety, animal health, plant health and animal welfare is properly implemented and enforced. The safety of food to eat and drink, the health and welfare of animals and the health of plants depend on the Office. Its role is to promote effective control systems in food safety and quality, veterinary and plant health sectors, to check on compliance with the requirements of EU food safety and quality, veterinary and plant health legislation within the European Union and in third countries exporting to the EU, to contribute to the development of EU policy in food safety and quality, veterinary and plant health sectors, to inform stakeholders of the outcome of evaluations.
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| Definition source |
Expert
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| Context |
To ensure that these control systems are effective, the Commission, through the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO), carries out a programme of audits and inspections. These controls evaluate the performance of national authorities against their ability to deliver and operate effective control systems, and are supported by visits to individual premises to verify that acceptable standards are actually being met.
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| Context source |
White paper on food safety COM(1999)719 final
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| Subject field |
Food safety
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| Sub-field |
White paper on food safety: Commission's proposals
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| Coordinate concept |
WTO, Food and Agriculture Organisation, Food and Veterinary Office, International Office of Epizootics, European Medecines Evaluation Agency, Food and Drug Administration, Joint Research Centre, Codex Alimentarius (en.), WHO
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| fr |
Office alimentaire et vétérinaire
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| it |
Ufficio alimentare e veterinario
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| Reliability code |
3
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