Food Safety
The EU integrated approach to food safety aims to assure a high level of food safety, animal health, animal welfare and plant health within the European Union through coherent farm-to-table measures and adequate monitoring, while ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market. The implementation of this approach involves the development of legislative and other actions: To assure effective control systems and evaluate compliance with EU standards in the food safety and quality, animal health, animal welfare, animal nutrition and plant health sectors within the EU and in third countries in relation to their exports to the EU; To manage international relations with third countries and international organisations concerning food safety, animal health, animal welfare, animal nutrition and plant health; To manage relations with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and ensure science-based risk management |



IVD is valued at $6.60 billion in 2005, the European in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.0 per cent from 2005 to 2012, reaching $9.95 billion in 2012.
$213 million reported for the global production of Aloe Vera, with a potential production 4 times as much. CAT is now colaborating in this field to ensure high quality products with global certification in mind.
In recent years Food laws have become more severe at international level.
Food Safety