Meeting on quality controls and indicators for animal welfare
4 to 5 December 2019
CR1 Grange-SANTE F building
Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland
FINAL AGENDA
Objective: to discuss the use of indicators for planning and reporting farm animal welfare
inspections
Wednesday, 4 December
09:00 – 09:30 Reporting of inspections - lessons learned from Commission Decision 2006/778
(SANTE F2)
09:45 – 10:15 Future reporting – Commission implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/723
(SANTE F7)
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30 Objectives for official controls of animal welfare in MANCPs
(SANTE F2)
11:45 – 12:30 Indicators for official controls of animal welfare in the broiler sector
(SANTE F2)
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:00 Farm certification and quality assurance as part of risk-criteria for official
controls
(Finnish Food Authority)
14:15 – 14:45 Private assurance schemes in risk-oriented supervision
(Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority)
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:45 Discuss planning of inspections in break out groups
16:45 – 17:30 Plenary discussion on planning of inspections
17:30 – 18:00 Criteria for choosing cattle farms – two examples
(DGAV – Portugal) &
(DGAL – France)
Thursday, 5 December
09:00 – 9:15 EU reference centres for animal welfare and their role in developing indicators
(EURCAW– Pigs) &
(EURCAW– small farm animals)
09:15 – 9:45 Nordic Council project on use of animal based indicators
(Danish Veterinary and Food Administration)
10:00 – 10:20 Norwegian experience in the use of indicators
(Norwegian Food Safety Authority)
10:45 – 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:30 Discuss reporting of inspections in break out groups
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:30 Plenary discussion on reporting of farm animal welfare inspections
14:30 – 15:00 Conclusions and close of meeting
(SANTE F2)