Zootechnical Legislation and Food Safety

The course aims to provide students with knowledge of international and national legislation regarding animal health, food safety, and environmental protection from the perspective of the 'One Health' principle.
Course content is presented, analyzed, and interpreted with reference to its connections with professional practice, evaluating the content, applicability, and effectiveness of legislation in practical fields.
After an introduction to the basic principles of positive law, useful for understanding the fundamental criteria of special legislation, the course identifies a practical perspective on legislative approaches to contributions to animal husbandry in the field of animal health and welfare, food safety (from feed to food), and the relationship between animal husbandry and environmental protection.
Provisions from international organizations, EU regulations, and national legislation concerning animal health related to legal principles of food safety emphasize the close link between research and evaluation with scientific knowledge of behavior and critical analysis of the effectiveness of the norm in terms of practical application in the territory.

The student should be able to draft and manage a biosafety plan in livestock farming as an "animal professional", prepare a food control process in accordance with learned legislative provisions, and be able to engage and interact at a "legal-scientific" level with operators, veterinarians, as well as competent authorities responsible for official controls.