The establishment of the Regional Centre status for Veterinary Public Health at Chiang Mai University is relevant to the vision of the government that want Thailand being as kitchen of the world. It is also relevant to the strategies of increasing the competition capacity of the country, reinforcing the sustainable development of the country, developing society, solving the poverty of the country, and improving life's quality of the government.
read moreThe VCHCAP calls for application of the international Master program in MSc(VPH), a 2-year coursework & thesis Master program managed by the centre, under the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University. We are now open for registration for the Academic year 1/2022 with scholarship avaialble.
Read MoreThis event will be held in September 2022. We are honored by Prof. Dr. Thomas Alter, the Managing director of the Institute of Food Safety and Food Hygiene, Department of Veterinary Medicine at the Freie Universität Berlin to share knowledge on food safety, molecular biology, and current updates in veterinary public health.
The centre was established since 2003. We have provided a Master program in MSc(VPH) (former the MVPH program) with more than 80 alumni from 15 countries in Asia, annual seminar/symposium, and 100+ training courses in Veterinary Public Health.
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3 June 2022
A global research consultation convened by the WHO R&D Blueprint gathered over 500 experts and more than 2000 participants to discuss knowledge gaps ...
FAO - 13 June 2022
$195 million emergency project aims to provide critical life-saving and livelihood assistance to smallholder farmers.
FSN - 14 June 2022
Improving food safety will include using better data, according to the deputy commissioner for food policy and response at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
FSN - 14 June 2022
A regional unit of the Food and Agriculture Organization and a university in Finland are looking for good practices to improve food safety management.
Food-safety - 13 June 2022
Chemical hazards that are present in the environment and agriculture may contaminate food in a circular economy, according to a recent literature review.
WOAH - 7 June 2022
The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE) observed World Food Safety Day on 2 June 2022, when staff from WOAH Regional Representation for Asia and the Pacific participated in a webinar jointly organized by FAO, UNEP, WFP, WHO and WOAH.
The VPHCAP has provided knowledge on food safety to the general public via a Youtube Channel: "FOOD SAFETY EDUCATION BY VPHCAP".
GO TO THE CHANNELThe VPHCAP developed education media in three languages (Thai, Tai, Burmese) for the workers in food industries. High turn-over rate of workers and hiring of workers from neighboring countries were contributed to food hygienic issues as communication is the main problem between the workers and supervisors. The education media on personal hygiene helps the food facilties on training their workers for safety of food.
GO TO VIDEOA semiannually e-newsletter has captured half-year activities of the centre and updates of MVPH/MSc(VPH) alumni. Start from 2014, we have produced 14 issues of the newsletter.
READ NEWSLETTER Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety Centre for Asia Pacific (VPHCAP), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai Univeristy
155 Moo.2, Mae Hia, Muang, Chiang Mai, 50100 Thailand
Tel.: +66 5394 8073
Fax: +66 5394 8072