EU: Working programme for 2008 on Training tools in the field of food safety, animal health, animal welfare and plant health - FOOD SAFETY - (Euroalert.net)
May 15, 2008 – 8:55 pmdescription and objectives
The action to be financed under this budget aims at the development, organisation and delivery of training courses and workshops or seminars in the Community and in third countries in order to ensure that personnel performing official controls are adequately trained. Through these training courses and seminars, government officials, national authorities and laboratory experts, shall be informed about and trained on Community feed and food legislation and the control requirements for feed and food to be allowed on the Community markets.
The Commission contributes to the training of officials in the Member States in that it supplements the training received at national level with training in aspects that are relevant from a Community point of view.
For the complete working programme, please visit http://euroalert.net/en/ueprogrammes.aspx?idp=629
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