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Study programmes 2007-2008Last update : 7/05/2008
VETE0047-1  Inspection of animal food
Duration :  10h Th, 12,5h PCL
Credits/ECTS :  
"docteur" in veterinary medicine, 2nd year1
Holder(s) :  Nicolas Korsak Koulagenko
Language :  Langue française
Course contents :  Following the euopean regulation (EC) n°854/2004, inspection means "the examination of establishments, of animals and food, and the processing thereof, of food business, and their management and production systems, including documents, finished product testing and feeding practices, and of the origin and destination of production inputs and outputs, in order to verify compliance with the legal requirements in all cases"

In this course Inspection of carcasses of meat animals in slaughter houses: ante-mortem inspection and special emergency slaughterings, post-mortem inspection: techniques and processes
post-mortem inspection: disease conditions.

Inspection techniques in other animal species will be also briefly exposed (poultry and rabbits, wild deer and fish)
Course objective :  - Inspection of bovine, porcine and equine carcasses
- European and national legislations
Prerequisites :  Teaching from the previous courses.
Workshops :  Practical works (examinations of bovine and porcine carcasses in slaughter house) complete the theoritical course.
Organization :  10 hours theoritical course
12,5 hours practical works
Written notes :  Students' course office. European regulations (EC) n° 854/2004 and 882/2004.

Further reading :

  • Food animal Pathology and Meat Hygiene, D.C. Herenda, Don A. Franco, ed. by Mosby Year Book, 1991.
  • W.G. Wilson. Wilson's practical meat inspection (7th edition), Blackwell publishing.
Assessment :  Theoritical course : written exam (MCQ + short open questions).
Practical works: evaluation by the end of the week.
Contacts :  
Remarks :  The attendence at the practical works is compulsory. Absences have to be justified by phone at the service and confirmed by an official certificate. The unjustified absences will be taken into account at the time of deliberations.

Items online :  
I. general introduction
Aims

References

Regulation (EC) N°854/2004

II.1-3 Definitions / anatomy / macroscopic differences
Definitions

Anatomy

Macroscopic differences

II.4.1-2. General points / Ante-mortem examination
Definitions

Ante-mortelm examination

II.4.3. Post-mortem examination
Post-mortem protocol and techniques

II.4.4. Complementary analyses
Complementary analyses in relation with the traditionnel post-mortem examination protocol

II.5. Health marking
Management of procedures for health marking

II.6. Meat to be declared unfit to human consumption
Explanation and decription of cases to declare meat unfit for human consumption.

III. Inspection elements in other animal species
Polutry, rabbit

Wild deer

Fish


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