The objective of the present programme is to provide technical training sessions on food hygiene and control of meat, fishery and dairy products. This programme is mainly dedicated to EU Member States. However, some seats are allocated to participants from from third-countries.

The programme aims at spreading knowledge and Community best practices in order to increase the level of expertise with regard to food hygiene and control issues concerning all stages of production, processing and distribution of meat, milk and fishery products. As a matter of fact, the legislation on Hygiene and Controls for food of animal origin is a complex one. Community's experience should be shared and the understanding of legislation's requirements be uniform throughout the EU.

The targeted audience is the staff of the competent authorities of Member States involved in official controls of the food and feed businesses.

The courses will provide reminders on the legislation:

• Regulations (EC) 853/2004,
• Regulations (EC) 854/2004 (including implementation of procedures based on the HACCP principles),
• Regulation (EC) N0 882/2004

They will comprise visits of establishments to illustrate hygiene and control requirements and stimulate exchanges of opinion between the trainees. The sessions will be mainly held in English, but also in French and German (provided a sufficient number of participants registered).

Travel

For each supported participant, the project will reimburse (upon provision of an original receipt from a travel agency or airline company - electronic tickets will not be considered as original documents) or will provide a return flight ticket - in economy class - using the most direct route. For participants from third countries, the project will also reimburse visa costs upon provision of the original receipts by the participants for the incurred expenses. Upon arrival, transfer from the airport to the hotel will be arranged by the event managers, as well as the transfer frhttp://www.exlineo.net/clients/foodinfo/administrator/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=edit&id=6om the training site to the airport on the last day of the training. The project also provides health and repatriation insurance for all the trainees.

Accomodation

The project will provide full-board accommodation for subsided trainees for the period of the training:

• on the day prior to the training: room charge (single occupancy) and dinner (depending on the arrival time)
• from the 1st to 4th day of the training: full board accommodation including breakfast, 2 coffee breaks, lunch, dinner and room charge (single occupancy)
• on the 5th day of the training: breakfast, 2 coffee breaks and lunch for participant departing before 19:00, dinner and room charge (single occupancy) as required for the participants departing later or the day after the training

All other expenses (dry cleaning, minibar, telephone...) are not covered by the project and will be charge to the participant when leaving the hotel. NO PER DIEM OR POCKET MONEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.

Training courses

The following costs related to the implementation of the training courses will be covered by the project:

• Access to fully equipped meeting rooms
• Transportation to the training centre
• Transportation t o the visited establishments

The project will provide also the following material:

• Stationary (notepad, pen, notepad-holder),
• A folder including hand-outs of all the lectures,
• CD containing all the training material in electronic version
• Security and safety equipment (hygiene kit, helmets)

The training programme is open to participants whose application was received from the BTSF National Contact Points of their country. The profiles of the applicants should respect the following criteria:

• Be officers of the national competent authority, relevant government ministries, inspection services and official food-testing laboratories;
• Be involved in the inspection and control of establishments producing food of animal origin for at least 3 years;
• Be preferably in a position to disseminate the knowledge acquired during the workshop within the national competent authority and/or to private sector operators.
• Proficiency in the language of the training (English, French or German)

The selection process is carried out jointly by the National Contact Point of the beneficiary country and the concerned Project Manager of AETS Consortium.

>> Number of expected seminars in 2010 and 2011: 33 (11 on milk and dairy products / 11 on meat and meat products / 11 on fishery products and live bivalve molluscs)

>> Seminar duration: 5 days

>> Regional coverage: EU member states

>> Possibility of technical assistance: NO