Food safety, understood as a guarantee of food products without a dangerous effect on the health of consumers, is an interdisciplinary matter that requires knowledge in the field of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, food hygiene in its broadest sense: it involves the Veterinary Services of the ASL in its articulations, Animal Health, Hygiene and Food Inspection of o.a., Animal hygiene and animal production, the corresponding Medical Services of food hygiene and nutrition and for certain specific aspects the Public Hygiene Service (Sisp), all within the Department of Prevention.
Every year 600 million people (about 1 in 10) get sick from eating contaminated food and 420,000 are those who die (FAO and who source). Food can be contaminated by viruses, bacteria, parasites, chemical agents, including drugs, and contain foreign bodies of various kinds, and the diseases they cause undermine the socio-economic development of populations.
Safe food is essential for the health of consumers and to ensure adequate livelihoods for all. Investing in consumer education on food safety contributes to high profits.
The Veterinary Inspection Services of Food of Animal Origin of the ASL of Frosinone have implemented over time initiatives to convey reliable and usable information to interested parties (companies, consumers, professionals) and be a point of reference.
Food Safety Events ASL Frosinone
- Giornata Mondiale della Sicurezza Alimentare 2024 – Convegno “La sicurezza alimentare nell’ottica One Health”.
- Art. 5 Law 283/62 and Legislative Decree150/22 (Cartabia Law): Application procedures and theoretical-practical reflections.
- Basic course “Official Control” pursuant to EU Regulation – 2017/625.
