Press Release: ‘Prevention is better than Cure’: Commission presents the new Community Animal Health Policy

The European Commission has adopted a Communication setting out the EU's animal health strategy for 2007-13. The Communication provides the framework for animal health measures over the next 6 years, taking into account extensive feedback from stakeholders and potential challenges in the future. The aim is to put greater focus on precautionary measures, disease surveillance, controls and research, in order to reduce the incidence of animal disease and minimise the impact of outbreaks when they occur. The Communication also stresses that all those with an interest in animal health with have clear responsibilities in ensuring that the goals of the new strategy are met, so that the EU's animal health policy is as robust, efficient and effective as possible in the years ahead. It also highlights the need for an integrated approach in animal health policy-making, inter-linking it with other Community policies.

European Commission: DG Communication: MEMO/07/365 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/365&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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