About the Elanco Food Safety Program

The Food Safety Program (FSP) supports your aim to keep Salmonella off your farm and to remain Salmonella-free for the long term. It’s a science-based, internationally tested tool, grounded in real world application – practical and pragmatic in its approach with the unique algorithm that will generate a bespoke Food Safety Index (FSI) score for your farm.

The FSI is a score that has been developed to determine the relative risk of Salmonella on farm. By facilitating measurement of risk factors, the FSI can be used to guide interventions to minimise the risk of Salmonella to your flocks.

Evaluating risks at the different stages of egg production and highlighting where gaps need to be controlled, FSP will enable you to put actions in place and establish a monitoring program to protect against potential Salmonella outbreaks during the journey of the egg - from pullet to plate.

A systematic process

Benchmark farms Establish a monitoring program Evaluate and reduce risks Analysing data

The three pillars of FSP

General infection prophylaxis Biosecurity Cleaning and disinfection Health management Education and awareness Reduce infection pressure Interrupt infection chains Vaccination Vaccination against S. Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium Comprehensive management External biosecurity measures - farm protection, general tidiness of the farm, other livestock, carcass storage and disposal Internal biosecurity measures - barriers and entering the poultry houses, tidiness, cleaning and disinfection, pest control, climate control

Four steps to achieving integrated Salmonella prevention

Measure A field visit to identify possible risk areas to calculate a Food Safety Index (FSI) score Understand Recognise and document points of control with the FSI Monitor Establish and maintain a monitoring program including benchmarking between farms Improve Identify the areas where appropriate improvement measures can be recommended