Which guarantees are offered to the consumer concerning the quality and safety of animal derived food?
Firstly, all partners in the food chain are professionals. Without them it would be impossible to feed the 350 million consumers of Europe correctly. They are undertaking their responsibilities. Secondly, increasingly performing techniques are used by governmental controls in the various steps of production on the farm and in the slaughterhouses, in food processing factories and in restaurants and sales points. Lastly, there is an interdisciplinary control that becomes increasingly stringent and better defined.
