| April 24 is #WorldVeterinaryDay

This year, to celebrate veterinarians all around the world, we have asked you to tell us how they contribute to #FoodSafety.



Here's what you said []

| "It is important to recognize the critical contribution the veterinary profession makes to #FoodSafety, particular for foods derived from animals treated with veterinary medicinal products"

- Kevin Greenlees, Chair of CCRVDF

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| "Veterinarians play a crucial role in the health and well-being of animals and their contribution to #Codex is essential"

- Alexander Boettner

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| "Whether it is the development of #Codex texts, the care of animals to prevent a zoonotic diseases like salmonellosis or Lyme’s, veterinarians are a critical part of the global public health infrastructure"

- @jessesevcik

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| "Veterinarians ensure #food is healthy even before it looks like food"

- Dane L. Hartley

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| "In veterinarians work together to ensure that the #food for our consumers is safe and nutritionally valuable".

- Džemil Hajrić

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| "Veterinarians contribute every day to #FoodSafety by offering livestock producers with information on good agricultural and hygienic practices"

- @FridaSparaciari

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| "At the interface between human beings, animals and ecosystems and following the #OneHealth concept, veterinarians play a crucial role in ensuring food safety around the world".

- @angotjl

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| "Nuestra visión integral, aporta al enfoque de #UnaSalud, desarrollamos e implementamos Políticas a través de articulación pública/privada".

- Claudio Nuñez Contardo @ACHIPIA

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| "Veterinarians play an important role in the #OneHealth approach. Recognizing and understanding the interconnection among humans, animals and environment is essential to address current and emergent #FoodSafety issues".

- @SimoneRaszl

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| "Surveillance of the food supply to mintor trends and rapidly detect any emerging #FoodSafety hazards is another aspect on which veterinarians directly intervene"

- @jlejuni

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| "A #OneHealth approach is embedded in the work of veterinarians, which contributes to ensuring good animal health, which is crucial for #FoodSafety and food security"

- @KruseHilde

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| “Considering Human Health is intrinsically dependent on Animal Health, the role played by veterinarians in #Codex committees is essential to ensuring #FoodSafety, as well as food security, the best example of One Health.”

- Clea Camargo

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| "Vets contribute to protecting public health by improving & controlling #FoodSystems, developing research, preventing and tackling zoonotic diseases, enhancing environmental #health, facilitating trade and generating employment and incomes in countries"

- Guilherme da Costa

| "Veterinarians contribute to ensuring healthy and safe food for consumers, guaranteeing the sutainable production of #food from the first link in the food chain"

- Mercedes Flores @Senasa_Peru

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| "We, #Veterinarians, are in each part of the food production chain minimizing risks to public health, our contributions to the elaboration of #CodexStandards are based on the scientific knowledge that we acquire in our training and professional development".

- @cotavergara

| "In #Jamaica veterinarians are employed in the govenrment, the private sector and in the food industry. They contribute to #Codex and #FoodSafety by ensuring animals are healthy and food is safe to eat".

- Team

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| "En el #Veterinario contribuye a mantener la salud de los animales y la inocuidad de los productos y subproductos de origen animal a través de la vigilancia epidemiológica continua en toda la producción nacional y la importada, beneficiando al consumidor y al comercio "

| "In veterinarians contribute to #FoodSafety by raising wareness on the rational use of drugs to face #AntimicrobialResistance".

- Constant Rakiswendé

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| "We, #veterinarians, need tighter connection and more collaboration globally now more than ever because health and safety cannot be confined locally and our devotion makes sustainable development of our world!"

- 정상희

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| " #Veterinarians have key roles in all aspects of the control of food-borne hazards of animal origin, but additional specialist skills are necessary for assessing, managing and communicating risk".

- Sabine Schüller

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| "Alimentos como la carne tienen controles sobre los LMR, que están regulados por la Comisión y usados en el comercio. Por eso en Mexico, como #veterinarios, participamos activamente en CCRVDF".

- @ecidirue26

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| Thank you very much for joining us in celebrating #veterinarians

Let us close this thread with the words of Ida, 6yo from Germany:

"I want to be a vet for animals that live a happy life"



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