Course info

The overall objectives of the BTSF Training Programme/Course on Regional workshop on the safety of plants and plant products are:

• EU rules on plant health aim to protect crops, fruits, vegetables, flowers, ornamentals and forests from harmful pests and diseases (harmful organisms) by preventing their introduction into the EU or their spread within the EU;
• EU process of the approval of active substances, the authorization of plant protection products, calculation of the MRLs, the use of the Pesticides database and principles GAP;
• EU legislation on contaminants especially the Plant toxins and mycotoxins, the basis of the Sampling and analysis, the organisation of the EU Reference Laboratories;
• EU legislation on food hygiene, requirements on the microbiological criteria, Food irradiation and the Sampling and analysis and methods