ABSTRACT
Better Training for Safer Food (BTSF) is a European Commission training initiative with a view to:
ensuring and maintaining a high level of consumer protection and animal health, animal welfare and plant health;
improving and harmonizing official controls in EU countries;
ensuring the safety of food imports from non-EU countries on the EU market;
ensuring harmonization of control procedures between EU and non-EU partners; and
building confidence in the EU regulatory model with competent authorities of other international trade partners.