Duties and functions of veterinary public health for the management of food safety: present needs and evaluation of efficiency

Abstrack Eid of Adha is commemorated every 10 Dzulhijah followed by slaughtering a cattle, sheep or goat. That slaughter moment needed a lot of veterinarian to control animal health and meat inspection. The limitedness of personnel, therefore the Agriculture Office of Batu city cooperated with Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Brawijaya University to supervise a slaughtering animals. The purpose of this research is to analys the prevalensi of fasciolosis on eid of adha in Batu City. Total number of slaughtering aninal in Batu City in 2017 were 679 cattle, 2357 goats and 2277 sheep. The research was conducted in 3 sub-districts in Batu City. Data were collected during postmortem examination in liver organ. The results showed that the total cases of heminthiasis in cattle were 22.97% (156 cases of fasciolosis from 679 cattle), cases of helminthiasis in goats 1.65% (39 cases of fascioloisis from 2357 goats), cases of helminthiasis in sheep 4.83% (80 cases of fasciolosis from 1658 sheep). Most cases of cattle fasciolosis occurred in Junrejo sub-district (31.54%), most cases of goats fasciolosis occurred in in Bumiaji sub-district (2.13%) and most cases of lambs fasciolosis occurred in Batu sub-district (7.19%). The slaughter animals come from Batu City, Malang Municipality and Blitar Municipality. From the data above, it is necessary to do the programs of giving worm medicine and animal health information especially for farmer. Cross-border coordination within the framework of an animal health healing program needs to be prepared to work together. Veterinary public health have responsibility to prepared a secure, healthy, a whole and halal meat in that slaughter moment. Kata kunci: Eid of Adha; Helminthiasis; Fasciolosis; Batu City;Food Safety Abstrak Idul Adha yang diperingati setiap tanggal 10 Dzulhijah diikuti dengan penyembelihan hewan kurban. Pemotongan yang serentak pada hari yang sama membutuhkan pengawasan kesehatan hewan dari dokter hewan berwenang dalam rangka memberikan jaminan keamanan pangan. Karena keterbatasan personel, maka Dinas Pertanian Kota Batu bekerjasama dengan Fakultas Kedokteran Hewan, Universitas Brawijaya dalam pengawasan pemotongan hewan kurban saat Idul Adha. Tujuan pengawasan tersebut antara lain untuk memantau penyakit hewan menular dan penyakit zoonotik. Pemotongan hewan kurban di Kota Batu tahun 2017 sebanyak 679 ekor sapi, 2357 kambing dan 2277domba. Tujuan dari analisis studi epidemiologi ini adalah untuk melihat berapa banyak kasus helmintiasis yang ditemukan pada hewan kurban yang ada di Kota Batu. Penelitian dilakukan dilakukan di 3 kecamatan di Kota Batu pada titik-titik pemotongan hewan dengan menggunakan data deskriptif dari kuisioner terstruktur. Data kasus fasciolosis diperoleh pada saat pemeriksaan postmortem pada organ hati. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa total kasus fasciolosis pada sapi adalah 22,97% (156 kasus fasciolosis dari 679 ekor sapi), kasus fasciolosis pada kambing 1,65% (39 kasus fasciolosis dari 2357 ekor kambing), kasus fasciolosis pada domba 4,83% (80 kasus fasciolosis dari 1658 ekor domba). Kasus fasciolosis pada sapi terbanyak terjadi di Kecamatan Junrejo (31,54%), pada kambing yang terbanyak di Kecamatan Bumiaji (2,13%) dan pada domba yang terbanyak di Kecamatan Batu (7,19%). Hewan kurban berasal dari Kota Batu, Kabupaten Malang dan Kabupaten Blitar. Dari data diatas maka perlu dilakukan evaluasi mengenai program pemberian obat cacing dan pengasawan kesehatan hewan terutama untuk hewan kurban. Koordinasi lintas wilayah dalam rangka sinkronisasi program kesehatan hewan perlu dipersiapkan untuk dapat menyiapkan hewan kurban dan daging kurban yang aman, sehat, utuh, dan halal. Kata kunci: Idul Adha;Helmintiasis; Fasciolosis;Kota Batu;Keamanan Pangan

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(A141) Contingency Planning for Veterinary Public Health Emergencies

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine ◽

10.1017/s1049023x11001580 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 26 (S1) ◽

pp. s49-s49

Author(s):

A.T. Rantsios

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Food Safety ◽

General Public ◽

Safety Management ◽

Zoonotic Diseases ◽

Point Of View ◽

Contingency Planning ◽

Veterinary Public Health ◽

Preparedness Planning ◽

Country Level

In the cycle of dealing with emergencies one can distinguish four periods, that is planning, diagnosing, responding and recovering. Contingency planning is a prerequisite for emergency management in general. The principles of this planning, for Veterinary Public Health (VPH), does not differ from other cases. However, here will be seen from the point of view of VPH. VPH emergencies include zoonotic diseases and food safety aspects. Emergencies in VPH appear suddenly or expand gradually. Need to define responsibilities for proclaiming an emergency by rating the severity and ranking the situation in steps before deciding that an emergency is in place. One can suggest that surveillance is significant in relation to zoonotic diseases. In food safety, preventative Food Safety Management Systems, in which crisis management and consequent possible product recall actions are part of it, serve the same purpose. In both activities VPH is related with other professionals, a reality expressed, also, in government administrations with different services and/or agencies. Therefore, partnerships and interoperability between veterinarians and physicians on the one hand and other food professionals on the other should be established, for the purpose of efficiently serving the general public. These actions should be developed, as appropriate, in business, region or country level. In order to effectively mobilise the appropriate personnel training and simulation exercises should be part of preparedness. In preparedness, planning for early warning and early reaction should be considered as part of the overall contingency planning. In the various steps in dealing with emergencies the key tool for decision making is risk analysis, served through its three components, that is risk assessment, risk management and risk communication. This last one is very important in relation to communicating with the general public, so that a balanced informing will allow for general public diligent actions without panic.

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The vestey chair in food safety and veterinary public health

Public Health ◽

10.1016/s0033-3506(05)80605-5 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 105 (5) ◽

pp. 415-416

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Food Safety ◽

Veterinary Public Health

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of 100K pathogen genome project: 306 listeria draft genome sequences for food safety and public health.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.727776331.793533942 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Pascale Cossart

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Food Safety ◽

Draft Genome ◽

Genome Project ◽

Genome Sequences ◽

Pathogen Genome

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The health implications of distrust in the food system: findings from the dimensions of trust in food systems scale (DOTIFS scale)

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-021-11349-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Emma Tonkin ◽

Trevor Webb ◽

Julie Henderson ◽

Paul R. Ward ◽

John Coveney ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Food Safety ◽

Content Validity ◽

Food Systems ◽

Food System ◽

Dietary Guidelines ◽

Consumer Trust ◽

Safety Practices ◽

Health Related ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background Consumer trust in food systems is essential for consumers, food industry, policy makers and regulators. Yet no comprehensive tool for measuring consumer trust in food systems exists. Similarly, the impact that trust in the food system has on health-related food behaviours is yet to be empirically examined. The aim of this research was to develop a comprehensive instrument to measure trust in the food system (the Dimensions of Trust in Food Systems Scale (DOTIFS scale) and use it to explore whether trust in the food system impacts consumers’ health-related behaviours. Methods The DOTIFS scale was developed using sociological theories of trust and pre-existing instruments measuring aspects of trust. It was pilot tested and content validity was assessed with 85 participants. A mixed-methods exploration of the health-related behaviours of 18 conveniently sampled Australian consumers with differing trust scores determined by the DOTIFS scale was then conducted. During March–July 2019 shopping- and home-observations were used to assess participants’ food safety practices and exposure to public health fortification programs, while the CSIRO Healthy Diet Score determined their adherence to national dietary guidelines. Results The DOTIFS scale was found to have high comprehension, ease of use and content validity. Statistical analysis showed scale scores significantly trended as predicted by participants’ stated level of trust. Differences were found in the way individuals with more or less trust in the food system comply with national dietary guidelines, are exposed to public health fortification programs, and adhere to recommended food safety practices. Conclusions The DOTIFS scale is a comprehensive, sociologically- and empirically- informed assessment of consumer trust in food systems that can be self-administered online to large populations and used to measure changes in consumer trust over time. The differences in health-related behaviours between individuals with varying levels of trust warrant further investigation.

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