diseases, animal drug treatments and antimicrobial resistance.

VirtualVet has created surveillance software as a service with companion web portal which facilitates the collection and representation of disease information captured in near real-time. Their aim is to enable the digitisation of important animal treatment data early and once. The use of a smartphone device brings significantly stronger standards of animal health traceability to the food producing value chain, and the digitised data has a value to various stakeholders in the industry.

Yet technology & data are only parts of the solution. Animal Disease Tracking Ltd is working to create industry wide collaborations to address the shortcomings in the existing drug packaging as well as the shortcomings in the surveillance methods and approaches within EU Member States and abroad.

While the recent vote by UK to leave the EU is a situation to monitor, it is their belief food safety rules and requirements will not be reduced. These rules safeguard public health and will be critical for food exports.