This article describes topics related to animal production, aquaculture, veterinary medicine, animal diseases, food safety, food policy, marketing, disease prevention, disease control and public health in Norway in 1990-2000.

Pancreas disease (PD) is caused by Salmonid alphavirus (SAV). The disease affects salmonids in the sea. Occurs endemically in Norway in a PD zone (from Jærens reef to Skjemta) in the form of the subtypes SAV2 (north of Hustadvika) and SAV3 (south of Stadt). The rest of the coast are national...

A number of laws, regulations and EU directives regulate systems designed to detect and prevent food borne outbreaks and events. The principle regulations are provided for in the Communicable Disease Act (Smittevernloven) and the Food Act (Matloven). The food producers and the whole sellers of food ...

This article describes the use of lead-based ammunition by hunters in Norway, the negative impacts of lead residues and poisoning in wildlife and humans (due to ingestion of contaminated game meat) and the regulatory measures to address this issue.

This article describes the activities and recommendations of the Aquaveterinarian's Association (AVF) in Norway regarding the treatment, prevention and control of fish diseases and during fish processing, as well as discussions between the AVF and the Norwegian Food Safety Authority on food safety, ...

Some possibilities of strengthening innovation in the creation of niche markets for food produced in Norway are considered. Due to high production costs, most food produced in Norway cannot compete successfully in international markets. It is suggested that an export market for specialized food,...

The article gives an overview of how outbreaks of food-borne diseases are handled in Orkla Brands. Organizing and decision making is outlined in Orkla Brands' contingency plan, which is basically applied in all companies producing food and drink. Collecting facts is described as key in order to...

In the last few decades in Norway, there has been a large increase in the quantities of poultry meat (mainly chicken and turkey) and eggs consumed. Currently (2012) approximately 65 million birds are slaughtered for meat and one billion eggs produced. Some historical data from earlier poultry...

Since there has been international focus on the health benefits of omega 3 oils in foods, the dairy industry has been including them in their products, and research has been concentrated on the unacceptability for consumers of a fishy taste, and on the quantity of EPA and DHA that has to be...

Eradication of disease outbreaks in animals and fishes includes complicated and often controversial measures. Many stakeholders in the food production chain will be directly involved; moreover, the society at large will also be concerned. The food law with instructions and guidelines regulate the...