MHPF 16th Meeting: 20 February 2008

Welcome and introduction
Peter Hewson, Acting Veterinary Director

Apologies & domestic arrangements
Liz Stretton

Adoption of draft minutes of 15th meeting
Peter Hewson (Paper MHPF 20/02/03)

Matters arising and action points
Liz Stretton

New Structure of Meat Hygiene and Veterinary Division and TSE Division
Peter Hewson

Reports from Policy Development Working Groups

• Poultry Meat – Jeremy Hall
• Red Meat – Jo Head
• Game – Tim Hoggarth

FVO Follow-up Mission – October 2007
Milorad Radakovic (Paper MHPF 20/02/04)

H123 issues

• Food Chain Information: pigs/sheep/cattle – Kenneth Clarke
• Visual inspection of pigs – Milorad Radakovic (Paper MHPF 20/02/05)
• Update on national measures and the number of days between slaughter and the mincing of meat – Rosalind Glover (Paper MHPF 20/02/06)

Lunch break

Publication of the Audit Reports
Joanna Fullick

Salmonella in pigs / Back to Basics Workshops / ZAP scheme – EU fattening pig survey / Zoonosis National Control Plan
Mary Howell

Advisory Body for the Delivery of Official Controls, including the Transformed MHS, the Control Body Pilot and Charging
Peter Hewson

Future of the MHPF
Joanna Fullick (Paper MHPF 20/02/07)

Any other business
Peter Hewson

Date of next meeting – 9 September 2008 (moved to 6 November 2008)