University of Utrecht, Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Utrecht, Netherlands.
Ir Vet J. 2008 Sep 1;61(9):594-602. doi: 10.1186/2046-0481-61-9-594.
Driven by consumer demands, European legislation has suggested the use of HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) as the quality risk management programme for the whole dairy chain. Until now, an exception has been made for primary producers, but as regulations evolve, on-farm HACCP-like programmes should be ready to assure food safety as well as animal health and animal welfare. In our field experiment, the HACCP-concept was used to combine both optimal farm management and formalisation of quality assurance in an on-farm situation in the Netherlands. The process of young stock rearing was chosen, since its importance for the future of the farm is often underestimated. Hazards and their associated risk factors can be controlled within the farm-specific standards and tolerances, as targets can be controlled by corrective measures and by implementation of farm-specific worksheets. The veterinarian is pivotal for the facility-based HACCP team, since he/she has knowledge about on-farm risk assessment and relations between clinical pathology, feed and farm management. The HACCP concept in combination with veterinary herd health and production management programmes offers a promising approach to optimise on-farm production processes (i.e., young stock rearing) in addition to a structural approach for quality risk management on dairy farms.
受消费者需求的推动，欧洲法规建议将危害分析关键控制点（HACCP）用作整个乳制品链的质量风险管理计划。到目前为止，初级生产者是一个例外，但随着法规的发展，农场层面的类似 HACCP 的计划应该已经准备好确保食品安全以及动物健康和福利。在我们的田间试验中，HACCP 概念被用于将最佳农场管理和荷兰农场现场的质量保证正式化结合起来。选择了幼畜饲养过程，因为它对农场的未来往往被低估了。危害及其相关的风险因素可以在农场特定的标准和公差内得到控制，因为目标可以通过纠正措施和实施农场特定的工作表来控制。兽医对于基于设施的 HACCP 团队至关重要，因为他/她了解农场风险评估以及临床病理学、饲料和农场管理之间的关系。HACCP 概念与兽医畜群健康和生产管理计划相结合，为优化农场生产过程（即幼畜饲养）提供了一种有前途的方法，此外还为奶牛场的质量风险管理提供了一种结构性方法。
