The traceability systems are the principal tool to both ensure the effective responsibility of food manufacturers, farmers and food operators in relation to the final product quality, and at the same moment to assess and manage risks effectively. This means that we should be able to trace our food from “farm to the fork” and track it back too. Indeed, Regulation EC/178/2002 defines traceability as the “ability to trace and follow food, feed, and ingredients through all stages of production, processing and distribution”. The international caprine milking sector comprised 215 million animals in. To protect the consumer’s health, but also to meet requirements from international trade, a major concern to food safety regulation is the ability to demonstrate the origin and the authenticity of food products. Rapid Bovine and Caprine species Identification in Ruminant Feeds by Duplex Real-Time PCR Melting Curve Analysis Using EvaGreen Fluorescence Dye Author: M. The knowledge of candidate genes, their location on the goat genetic map and. All of the alphaherpesviruses of ruminants are members of the Varicellovirus genus except BHV2, which is a member of the genus Simplexvirus and thus related to herpes simplex virus of humans. Food safety and quality have become increasingly important world-wide following the bovine spongiform encephalopathy outbreak in 1992, when the role of infected animal products for spreading transmissible animal diseases was brought to light. Other known alphaherpesviruses infect goats (caprine herpesvirus 1), buffalo, and several deer and other wild ruminant species.