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.