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| Product title : | The importance of governance and reliable veterinary certification |
| Author(s) : | P.-P. Pastoret & D. Chaisemartin |
Summary :Good veterinary certification is possible only if a country’s veterinary governance complies with the quality standards of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The standards in the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code stipulate that the main prerequisite for good veterinary governance is for Veterinary Services to be independent, that is to say they are able to carry out their mandate while remaining autonomous and free from any commercial, financial, hierarchical or political pressures that could lead them to make technical decisions that were contrary to OIE standards. Veterinary Services should include, in particular, a veterinary administration with nationwide jurisdiction for implementing the animal health measures and veterinary certification procedures recommended by the OIE and for overseeing or auditing their implementation. They should also include veterinary authorities and persons authorised by the veterinary statutory body to perform tasks under the responsibility and supervision of a veterinarian (veterinary paraprofessionals). This veterinary governance must be sustainable over time in order to administer long-term animal health policies.
Keywords
International trade – OIE – Quality – Standards – Veterinary certification – Veterinary governance – Veterinary Services – World Organisation for Animal Health.
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