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2 October 2020
Farm to Fork Strategy
Brona Carton
Head of Internal control and services of the Food audits and analysis Directorate
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
Head of Internal control and services of the Food audits and analysis Directorate
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
In this newsletter edition of October 2020, Brona Carton, Head of Internal control and services of the Food audits and analysis Directorate, talks about the Farm to Fork Strategy. Since September 2020, her unit is responsible for the oversight of the BTSF initiative, working together with the Commission’s Consumer, Health, Agriculture and Food Agency (Chafea) for the management and implementation of the training courses..
21 MAY 2020
EU’s response to COVID-19
Donata Meroni
Head of Unit – Health and Food Safety
Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency
Head of Unit – Health and Food Safety
Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency
In this newsletter edition of May 2020, Donata Meroni talks about the EU’s response to COVID-19 and in particular, the impact of the crisis on the Better Training for Safer Food initiative.
The BTSF Academy is a cloud-based Learning Management System (on an open source Moodle-platform) that manages both the blended training offer (face-to-face and online courses) as well as the administration of future and former participants. It is a new product from the BTSF initiative which has been running since February 2018.
6 AUGUST 2019
Two thumbs up and positive feedback: Participants find BTSF training courses have real value
Recent Better Training for Safer Food (BTSF) newsletters have featured Peter Bokor, Head of Unit responsible for the Better Training for Safer Food initiative (Unit D1, Food chain science and stakeholder relations) and the team at the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (Chafea) that manages all the contractual, financial and administrative aspects of the initiative. National Contact Point representatives were also interviewed in the past, to give the Member States' views of the BTSF initiative.
27 NOVEMBER 2018
Small, but mighty! Meet the team behind the BTSF initiative!
For the high impact they have and the impressive number of training courses given both in and outside of the EU, the BTSF initiative is implemented by a small team at the Consumers Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency. We spoke to the team about how such a small team manages to do so much!
Peter Bokor is Head of Unit for the European Commission's Directorate General for Health and Food Safety's unit D1, Food chain science and stakeholder relations, and specifically is responsible for the Better Training for Safer Food initiative. He took over as Head of Unit just last September, after ten years as a Head of Unit in the Directorate General for Agriculture (DG AGRI), and before that, he was working for the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture. He studied business and economics in Hungary before beginning his professional career.
12 SEPTEMBER 2016
September 2016 edition
Interview of Monise Theobald
French BTSF National Contact Point (NCP)
French BTSF National Contact Point (NCP)
3 JUNE 2016
'Functioning as a national contact point requires a high level of responsibility, consistency and initiative'
Interview of Mr. Božo Zakrajšek, BTSF national contact point (NCP) for Slovenia
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Interview of Mr. Božo Zakrajšek, BTSF national contact point (NCP) for Slovenia
ALSO IN THIS EDITTION
21 JANUARY 2016
January 2016 edition
Defining training subjects: a key role of DG SANTE Training Sector
Interview of Mr. Thierry Chalus, Head of the DG Health and Food Safety's Training Sector
27 November 2015
November 2015 edition
“Our policy work is very extensive”
Interview of Mr. Koen Van Dyck
Head of the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE)
Food, Alert System and Training Unit
Interview of Mr. Koen Van Dyck
Head of the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE)
Food, Alert System and Training Unit
3 JULY 2015
May/June 2015 edition
Expansion brings new demands
Interview of Mr. Bruno Debois
Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain's Directorate-General for Control Policy
BTSF National Contact Point
Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain's Directorate-General for Control Policy
BTSF National Contact Point
5 MARCH 2015
February 2015 edition
BTSF: a real EU success story
Interview of Mr. Salvatore Magazzù
Head of the Chafea Consumers and Food Safety Unit
Interview of Mr. Salvatore Magazzù
Head of the Chafea Consumers and Food Safety Unit
11 NOVEMBER 2014
December 2014 edition
Chafea's mission: Excellent service, underpinned by high standards of management and transparency
Interview of Mr. Luc Briol
Director of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency
Interview of Mr. Luc Briol
Director of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency
7 JUNE 2013
May 2013 edition
The EU Export Helpdesk: a one-stop-shop for exporters to Europe
Interview of Ms. In&etilde;s Escudero Sãnchez
Interview of Ms. In&etilde;s Escudero Sãnchez
14 MARCH 2013
February 2013 edition
"More opportunities for synergies between BTSF and related activities"
Interview of Ms. Koen Van Dyck
Head of the Food, Alert System and Training Unit
Directorate-General for Health and Consumers
DG SANCO - European Commission
Interview of Ms. Koen Van Dyck
Head of the Food, Alert System and Training Unit
Directorate-General for Health and Consumers
DG SANCO - European Commission
21 DECEMBER 2012
December 2012 edition
A testament to the good work done by EAHC
Interview of Ms. Koen Van Dyck
Head of the Food, Alert System and Training Unit
Directorate-General for Health and Consumers
DG SANCO - European Commission
Interview of Ms. Koen Van Dyck
Head of the Food, Alert System and Training Unit
Directorate-General for Health and Consumers
DG SANCO - European Commission
2 MARCH 2012
February 2012 edition
Interview of Mr. Bernard Van Goethem
Director of the Directorate for Veterinary and International Affairs
Directorate-General for Health and Consumers' (DG SANCO) - European Commission
Director of the Directorate for Veterinary and International Affairs
Directorate-General for Health and Consumers' (DG SANCO) - European Commission
10 NOVEMBER 2011
December 2011 edition
Interview of Ms. Isabelle Rollier
European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Consumers' (DG SANCO)
European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Consumers' (DG SANCO)
OCTOBER 2011
October 2011 edition
Interview of Mr. Koen Van Dyck
Head of European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Consumers Unit G4
Head of European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Consumers Unit G4
1 APRIL 2011
April 2011 edition
Interview of Mr. Paolo de Castro
MEP - Chair of the EP’s Agriculture Committee
MEP - Chair of the EP’s Agriculture Committee
AUGUST 2010
August 2010 edition
Editorial: Luc Briol
Director of the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers
Director of the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers
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