Role of veterinarian in securing sanitary hygiene of food of animal origin

Abstract

The consumer demands that to be provided with a sufficient quantity of articles of animal origin that meet the requirements of sanitary hygiene and are available at acceptable prices. Food articles of animal origin that are safe for human consumption can be obtained only from healthy animals. Veterinarians are daily concerned with the health of animals and are taking measures to prevent the transmission of pathogenic microorganisms from animals to humans. The knowledge of epizootiology, microbiology, the sources and pathways of contamination of food articles of animal origin by microbiological and chemical pollutants, the procedures in the process of producing food articles in which such pollutants can be eliminated or reduced to an acceptable level, and the connection between these factors and human health, give veterinarians the key position in the securing of sanitary hygiene of articles of animal origin. The safety of articles of animal origin is a specialized field in the area of veterinary medicine that links all the activities of a veterinarian. In partnership with other professions, engaged in the chain of food production, veterinarians guarantee that food articles are safe for the health of consumers.

Potrošač zahteva da mu se obezbedi dovoljno zdravstveno bezbednih namirnica životinjskog porekla po prihvatljivim cenama. Namirnice životinjskog porekla bezbedne po zdravlje ljudi mogu da se dobiju samo od zdravih životinja. Veterinari se svakodnevno staraju o zdravlju životinja i preduzimaju mere da se spreči prenošenje patogenih mikroorganizama sa životinja na ljude. Poznavanje epizootiologije, mikrobiologije, izvora i puteva kontaminacije namirnica životinjskog porekla mikrobiološkim i hemijskim zagađivačima, postupaka u procesu proizvodnje namirnica kojima se ti zagađivači mogu da eliminišu ili svedu na prihvatljiv nivo i povezanost tih faktora sa zdravljem ljudi, daje veterinarima ključno mesto u obezbeđenju zdravstvene ispravnosti namirnica životinjskog porekla. Higijena namirnica životinjskog porekla je specijalizovano polje u oblasti veterinarske medicine koje povezuje sve aktivnosti veterinara. U partnerstvu sa drugim strukama, koje su u lancu proizvodnje hrane, veterinari garantuju da su namirnice za potrošača zdravstveno bezbedne.