Ministry of Agriculture Holds National Veterinary Laboratory Assessment and Testing Capability Meeting
Website News August 12-13, the National Veterinary Laboratory Assessment and Testing Capability Comparison Summary Meeting was held in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. The meeting comprehensively summarized the laboratory assessment and testing capability comparison work of the national veterinary system over the past 5 years, fully affirmed the results achieved in the development of veterinary laboratories in recent years, analyzed the existing problems, situations and tasks facing the current development of veterinary laboratories, and discussed measures to promote better development of veterinary laboratories.
The meeting pointed out that since 2004, the state has increased investment in the construction of veterinary system laboratories, and the central, provincial, municipal and county levels have all newly built or expanded veterinary laboratories to varying degrees. At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture and veterinary authorities in various regions have actively taken effective measures, organized and carried out veterinary laboratory assessments and testing capability comparisons, continuously strengthened the construction of the veterinary laboratory talent team and quality system, and strengthened biosafety supervision. The overall capacity and level of veterinary laboratories have been greatly improved, making important contributions to the effective prevention and control of major animal diseases and zoonoses, and to the protection of animal health and public health security.
The meeting required that under the current situation, to do a good job in veterinary laboratory management, first, it is necessary to address the establishment of rules and regulations for veterinary laboratory management, carefully sort out legal provisions, revise and improve them, and do a good job in top-level design. Second, it is necessary to further rationally design the functional positioning of veterinary laboratories at all levels and of all types. Third, it is necessary to take effective measures to further enhance the capacity of veterinary laboratories. Fourth, it is necessary to integrate and utilize various veterinary laboratory resources to form an efficient laboratory network system. The meeting emphasized that all regions should widely publicize veterinary laboratory biosafety through multiple channels, enhance the biosafety awareness and protection level of relevant personnel, urge relevant veterinary laboratories to implement the laboratory biosafety responsibility system, comprehensively investigate and address laboratory biosafety hazards, improve veterinary laboratory management systems, and effectively ensure laboratory biosafety.
Relevant responsible comrades from the veterinary authorities and animal disease prevention and control centers of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and responsible comrades from the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory and the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory, totaling more than 70 people, attended the meeting.