3 Measures on Bio-security of Veterinary

3.1 Control of Animal Diseases by MOA
MOA and its related departments at local levels exert control over domestic animal diseases through measures on disease prevention, quarantine, control and eradication, supervision of animal disease prevention and transportation administration.
All disease no matter it’s foreign or local, it should be reported and controlled in strict accordance with OIE regulations and requirements.

3.2 Sanitary Control on Animals for slaughtering by Supervision and Quarantine Authorities

3.2.1 Disease Control and Quarantine Supervision on Farms
AQSIQ requires that all processing plants producing poultry meat for export should establish ‘five-unification’ management system, i.e., unification of chick supply, unification of feed supply, unification of drug supply, unification of vaccination, and unification of slaughtering; that all chicken for slaughtering must be from farms that have been put on file by supervision and quarantine authorities.
Plant veterinarians and laboratories are subject to the control of local veterinary authorities and CIQs, who also supervise and regulate feeding, disease-prevention, drug-application, immunization and disease control, and slaughtering in plants.

3.2.2 Ante- and Post-mortem Quarantine
Regulation for Entry-exit Meat Inspection and Quarantine, issued in October 2002 by AQSIQ, prescribes that CIQ at all levels should perform ante-mortem and post-mortem quarantine supervision on poultries.

3.2.3 Detection and Monitoring of Animal Diseases
Competent quarantine and supervision authorities carry out ante-mortem detection and monitoring of AI and ND on poultries. To identify AI or ND virus or its toxicity, swabs should be taken from or pharynx or cloacae of poultries 3-5 days prior to the date of slaughtering. No less than 30 samples should be taken from each flock. Fluorescent RT-PCR method or other methods recommended by OIE may be used for the identification.

3.3 Animal Disease Alert Notification System
Stringent detection and control measures are always put in place in China to prevent against animal disease. The new Administration approved by the first session of the tenth National People’s Congress are treating the prevention of animal diseases in a more stringent and pragmatic way; as a result, the Alert Notification System is being operated in a more accurate and efficient way. Having regard to the relevant regulations of OIE, once an animal disease is detected, the following reporting and notification procedures will be strictly followed:
When list 1 disease, or a suspected disease is detected somewhere in China, the local animal production and health department or CIQ shall respectively report to the MOA or AQSIQ within 12 hours, and at the same time, corresponding measures should be promptly put in place based on relevant laws and regulations. MOA will report to FAO and other relevant international organization on what’s being detected according to relevant laws and regulations.