No:4     April 2007
Next project meeting will be hold on 2-3 July, Agro-Food Technological Institute of Castilla and Leon (Itacyl) as host, in Spain

In the meeting, the occurred and planned project activities will be discussed, in addition the issues below will be reviewed

Decision for the criteria of sound records

Project dissemination and valorization activities (flyers, leaflets, posters, meetings...)

Selection criteria of applicant trainees
The content of the modules are still under development by partner organizations...

AReport of the Task Force on Zoonoses Data Collection on the Analysis of the baseline survey on the prevalence of Salmonella in broiler flocks of Gallus gallus, in the EU, 2005-2006

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EFSA GMO Panel reconfirms that the use of the nptII gene as a selectable marker in GM plants does not pose a risk to human or animal health or the environment
EFSA’s GMO Panel has published a scientific statement confirming earlier safety assessments of GM plants and...

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Pestisides and Parkinson
SResearchers from USA reported that people exposed to “low dose” pesticides regularly for a long time have the risk of developing Parkinson’s %70 higher than people who are not exposed to...

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Meetings/ Fairs
  • 35th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling
  • SIAC: International Food and Food Processing- Packaging Engines Fair...

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As a part of the F4ST an analysis of the current Food Safety Training has been made in Spain and the results are as follows...

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Be careful of Rats' droppings.

A girl died after drinking a can of soda since she did not clean the top before drinking from the can.

The top was encrusted with dried rat's urine, which is toxic and obviously lethal!!!! Top of the canned soft drinks and foods should be cleaned

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Iron deficiency is one of the most common nutritional deficiencies in the world. Anaemia only occurs towards the end of a process of falling iron stores, which in some cases...

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Pesticides
Pesticides A pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest.

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