Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity
Recommendations for hygiene measures when keeping ruminants
The recommendations of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity are intended to help check existing hygiene measures. Animal owners and other groups of people who come into contact with animals (e.g. livestock traders and carriers) should be made aware of the necessary hygiene measures. The recommendations for Q fever and paratuberculosis are addressed in a special section.
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Committee of the German Veterinary Medicine Society
Disinfection in veterinary medicine
The homepage of the Committee of the German Veterinary Medicine Society provides, among other things, a database of disinfectants and information for users of disinfectants.
LEARN MORE ABOUT DISINFECTION IN VETERINARY MEDICINE (in English)
Robert Koch Institute
List of tested and approved disinfectants and procedures (published in Bundesgesundheitsblatt 60/2017:1274–1297)
To protect people from communicable diseases, only agents and procedures that have been tested for efficacy by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and for safety in terms of health and the environment by either the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) or the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), and which are included on a list to be published by the RKI, may be used in officially ordered disinfection measures in accordance with Section 18 of the Infection Protection Act. Products and procedures are included on the list if they are sufficiently effective and have no unacceptable effects on health and the environment. The RKI assesses effectiveness based on expert opinions, specified methods and/or its own investigations.
Source: Foreword to the List of Disinfectants and Procedures Tested and Recognised by the Robert Koch Institute, Bundesgesundheitsblatt 2017; 60(12): 1270–1273, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-017-2633-7 © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany 2017.
Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity
Hygiene requirements for the primary production, production, processing and distribution of foods
All food business operators, including agricultural enterprises, are subject to the EU hygiene legislation. At all stages of production, processing and distribution, including primary production, they must ensure that the foodstuffs they place on the market are safe.
HYGIENE REQUIREMENTS AND LEGAL PROVISIONS (English)
