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Food Safety

Facts & figures

Worldwide presence (2019 data)

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Currently, more than 42.000 users from about 85 countries worldwide are using TRACES interactively, meaning that they complete certificates and documents online.

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TRACES covers DG SANTE’s policy areas in relation to public health, animal health and plant health:

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More facts on TRACES accessibility

Multilingual interface

TRACES is a multilingual online management tool with a user interface translated in 34 languages: 23 EU official languages plus Albanian, Bosnian, Chinese, Icelandic, , Korean, of the Republic of North Macedonia, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

Availability

TRACES is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, free of charge.

Training

EU countries - Under the 'Better Training for Safer Food' (BTSF) programme, TRACES training sessions are organised for the EU countries on how to use the different modules of TRACES.

Non-EU countries - For non-EU countries, TRACES training sessions are organised under the BTSF World programme and on request, at the premises of DG SANTE in Brussels or remotely.

If you are interested in a TRACES training session, please contact the TRACES Helpdesk (sante-tracesatec [dot] europa [dot] eu).