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Better Training for Safer Food BTSF

Better Training for Safer Food BTSF. The Practical Implementation of Biosecurity on a Fish APB in England and Wales. Nicholas Stinton Fish Health Inspector The Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, Weymouth. The Aquatic Animal Health (England & Wales) Regulations 2009.

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Better Training for Safer Food BTSF

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  1. Better Training for Safer Food BTSF The Practical Implementation of Biosecurity on a Fish APB in England and Wales. Nicholas Stinton Fish Health Inspector The Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, Weymouth

  2. The Aquatic Animal Health (England & Wales) Regulations 2009. • Sites must be authorised to operate before commencement • Conditions of authorisation specific to APB and the activities undertaken • All authorised APB’s required to operate in accordance with an approved Biosecurity measures plan • Ultimate sanction is removal of authorisation to trade

  3. Waterlane Fish Farm EW02-L-975

  4. Reared Species • Multiple species reared including both salmonids and cyprinids. • Production: 30t salmonid, 5t cyprinids (2011) • Facilities: • Hatchery - Cyprinid • Ongrowing - Salmonid (raceways/concrete ponds) • Ongrowing - Cyprinid (earth ponds)

  5. Water Management • Inlet: River water from adjacent small river with significant seasonal flow variation. • Outlet: water after going through settling ponds is discharged back into the river. • Site subject to major but infrequent flooding.

  6. Biosecurity Measures (main) • Facilities are completely covered by predator netting. • Access is limited to authorized staff and approved visitors • Maintain farm screens to prevent movement of fish into and out of site. • Drain, clean and lime earth ponds between batches where possible. • Disinfect fish transport vehicle and associated equipment before an after every delivery

  7. Monitoring and Data Records Daily detailed records of biosecurity operations: • Movements onto and off site • Stock health inspections and mortality records • Stock treatments • Transport records

  8. Council Directive 2006/88 • Article 9 : Good hygiene practice • Member States shall ensure that APB’s implement good hygiene practice as relevant to the activity concerned to prevent the introduction and spreading of disease. • UK interpreted Good Hygiene Practice as Biosecurity Measures.

  9. Guidance Books

  10. Minimum Requirements

  11. Fin Fish

  12. Compliance • Risk based inspection programme of visits to all APBs • Validation of data held • Checks to verify APB operating in accordance with their BMP • Warning letters and enforcement notices issued where non conformances identified

  13. Outcomes • Forced all APB’s to think about their risks. • Understanding and willingness linked to Impact of disease • Impact of control measures. • Communication amongst staff and common sense carry far more weight than a large document which will “gather dust”…. Tim Small Lechade 2009

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