International Trade Standards for Commodities and Products Derived from Animals: The Need for a System that Integrates Food Safety and Animal Disease Risk Management

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 507-515

  Thomson, G R ^a,b   Penrith, M L ^a,b   Atkinson, M W ^c   Thalwitzer, S ^d   Mancuso, A ^e   Atkinson, S J ^f   Osofsky, S A ^f  

^a TAD Scientific CC   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Wildlife Health and Health Policy Program   (Botswana)

^d Meat Board of Namibia   (Namibia)

^e ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^f WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodity based trade; Foot and mouth disease; HACCP; Value chains

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMODITY-BASED TRADE; FOOD SAFETY; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HACCP; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIVESTOCK; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT SAFETY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; VALUE CHAINS;

COMMODITY-BASED TRADE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; HACCP; VALUE CHAINS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; COMMERCE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD SAFETY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIVESTOCK; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84887188127     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12164     Document Type: Article

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