Proteccion alimentaria y actividades de salud publica veterinaria

Abstract

The activities of veterinary public health in protecting food are increasingly numerous and complex, as they aim to prevent food-borne diseases, reduce contamination of foodstuffs, minimise food losses and penalize fraudulent practices. The abrupt changes in social conditions taking place in developing countries, coupled with advances in food technology, have created serious health problems from food-borne diseases and increasing contamination of food which results in massive losses from spoilage. Governments need to implement a wide range of activities, as part of an overall programme, the components of which should be designed to cover closely-related areas; these could be implemented by countries according to their needs and priorities.