The European Training Platform for Safer Food, TrainSaferFood, has been contracted to organise, implement and manage training programmes within the Better Training for Safer Food initiative since 2006.
Better Training for Safer Food is a European Commission initiative aimed at organising an EU training strategy in food law, feed law, animal health and animal welfare rules, and plant health rules.
Training is designed for EU Member State competent authority control staff. It aims to keep them up-to-date with EU law in the above areas and ensure that controls are carried out in a uniform and efficient manner.
Third, and particularly developing countries must also be familiar with EU import requirements. EU-based training is thus open to third country participants, and training is also organised exclusively for developing country participants.
The provision of this kind of training has a range of benefits:
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Ensuring high levels of consumer protection and of animal health and welfare and plant health;
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Promoting a harmonised approach to the operation of Community and national control systems;
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Creating a level playing field for food businesses;
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Enhancing trade of safe food;
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Ensuring fair trade with third countries and in particular developing countries.