China - Non-compliance with Animal Vaccination or Surveillance Can Result in Criminal Prosecution

[sharon sanders]

Animal Epidemic Prevention

Q: Some people at home raising a lot of pigs and chickens, the bird flu epidemic if the truth comes, they will assume the legal responsibility for what?

（市民）

(Public)

A: The refusal to block the implementation of its compulsory immunization animals, and animal epidemic prevention supervision institutions will be given a warning, ordered to make corrections.

Refuses to correct, by the animal epidemic prevention supervision and organization to deal with, in addition to the costs of treatment, the will be 300 yuan to 3,000 yuan shall be imposed; on with the virus suspected of having epidemic, died, the cause of death unknown animals, animal products and infected with an epidemic animal waste, bedding not in accordance with state regulations proper treatment and disposal, destruction, animal epidemic prevention supervision institutions will be given a warning, ordered to make corrections.

Refuses to correct, by the animal epidemic prevention supervision and organization to deal with, in addition to the costs of treatment, the will be 300 yuan to 3,000 yuan shall be imposed; use of non animal feed, substandard veterinary drugs, veterinary drugs and the state Ming prohibited drugs, people's governments above the county level shall order to correct feed management, will be 5,000 yuan 30,000 yuan shall be imposed or the punishment of law, serious enough to constitute a crime, criminal responsibility; refused to block animal major animal epidemic prevention supervision institutions surveillance, or find groups of animals, disease or death occurs, not to the local animal epidemic prevention supervision agency's report will be given a warning of animal epidemic prevention supervision institutions, and more than 30,000 by 10,000 yuan shall be imposed, constitutes a crime , will bear criminal responsibility.

(Farming Agriculture Market Information Bureau Chief, Ke-Qin Cai)

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[Sally Furniss]

Re: China - Non-compliance with Animal Vaccination or Surveillance Can Result in Criminal Prosecution

PRC Ministry of Commerce carried out jointly by the second half of the 6 departments meat regulation<br>http://www.cdnews.com.tw 2010-06-29 11:57:22<br>Shenzi Han / order<br><br>China news agency reported, according to the Ministry of Commerce web site reports, to ensure people eat "safe meat", the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Agriculture, Commerce, Administration of Quality Supervision, Food Drug Administration decided in June 2010 to December jointly launched a nationwide "strengthen supervision to ensure that meat and poultry quality and safety of" special rectification.<br><br>It is reported that affect meat quality and safety for the current key issues and weaknesses and improve our focus on the following eight areas:<br><br>First is the illegal trade of livestock and poultry died remediation. Strengthening of the live poultry and pigs (cattle, sheep) origin and quarantine, to enhance livestock and poultry farms (households) of the regulation, and severely punish the slaughter, business, transport without quarantine certificates, quarantine failed, or dead livestock and illegal livestock behavior. Strictly carry out the slaughter and quarantine on entry to the slaughter plant (field) of live poultry and pigs (cattle, sheep), strict animal quarantine certification inspection, no quarantine certificate, according to the relevant provisions; conscientiously slaughter and quarantine work simultaneously, effectively standard quarantine badge use, supervision and make innocuous treatment of livestock died, crack down on illegal slaughter of livestock and poultry died.<br><br>The second is to carry out rectification of clenbuterol and other banned substances. Popularizing the use of clenbuterol and other banned hazardous substances, improve farm (household) the quality of safety awareness; to increase the breeding areas of supervision and crack down on the use or abetting the use of clenbuterol and other acts of prohibited substances. Supervise slaughtering plant (site) to improve the detection conditions of clenbuterol and other banned substances to improve detection capabilities. Strengthen the work of slaughter sampling areas clenbuterol, clenbuterol feeding pigs into the slaughter to prevent the link.<br><br>Third, to carry out injection of meat regulation. Strengthen regional and high injection time of inspection, according to the law strictly investigated on pig (cattle, sheep) injected water or other substances, as well as the venue for illegal activities. Strengthen the slaughtering plant (site) supervision and inspection of meat moisture content, strictly investigated slaughter injected water or other substances in pigs (cattle, sheep) behavior; found slaughtering plant (field) of the pig (cattle, sheep) injection or into other substances, to be immediately ordered to suspend business for rectification, in serious cases, cancellation of eligibility slaughtering.<br><br>Fourth, to carry out Situlanzai remediation. Strengthen Situlanzai high time and geographical inspection, closely monitoring the fringe areas, Sizai specialized villages (households) and meat processing are concentrated in the region. Found Situlanzai, misuse or use of forged certificates or slaughtering signs, they should be banned according to law, the confiscation of live pigs, pig products, slaughtering tools and equipment, and illegal income, severely punish the criminals. Severely punished slaughtering plant (field) Rental (rent), the transfer certificate and signs slaughtering the behavior, once found, slaughtering canceled qualification; on the Situlanzai premises or storage facilities offer units or individuals, should be ordered to correct , shall be confiscated and be fined.<br><br>Fifth, to carry out clean-up slaughtering business focus. Of the slaughtering plant (field) centralized rectification, and resolutely eliminate substandard business, strictly control market access. Do not meet the set plan, serious illegal acts, and resolutely abolish slaughtering qualifications; on compliance with local planning, but can not reach the set conditions and standards, order rectification compliance even after the abolition of slaughtering qualifications. On livestock and poultry slaughter plant (field), the original "animal epidemic prevention certificate" re-registration, to develop transitional work programs, to promote the "animal epidemic prevention certificate" Review of aid distribution.<br><br>Sixth, carry out quality meat slaughter business regulation. Effectively strengthen the slaughtering plant (field), and particularly on behalf of the slaughterhouse kill-based (field) of the daily monitoring, and urge them to strictly enforce the factory (field) examination and acceptance, slaughtering operation rules, meat quality inspection, harmless processing and other systems, strengthen Ledger management, improve internal traceability system to implement food safety responsibilities, to ensure quality and safety of the meat factory. Strengthen the slaughtering plant (field) test the quality of supervision and inspection of meat, focus check whether they have a basic meat quality testing equipment and inspection personnel to operate it in accordance with the inspection program, whether the request failed to sound the meat processing, the existence of illegal use of test case badge. Of the factory (site) without quality inspection or failed quality inspection pig (cattle, sheep) meat products according to the law of the slaughter plant (facility) and its principal responsible person of severely punished severely.<br><br>7 is the flow of food and other sectors engaged in processing meat quality of regulation. Supervise meat processing and meat sales, catering enterprises strictly purchase inspection, licenses, require invoices, keep accounts of transactions and other systems to ensure that all meat from the slaughtering plant (field), inspection and quarantine; strengthen the meat inspection and quarantine badge of supervision and inspection, supervision and implementation of food safety, production and management responsibilities, prevent Si Zairou, pork with clenbuterol, illness, injected water or other substances, without fail the inspection and quarantine or quarantine meat into processing, distribution, Food spending is, crack down on processing and marketing of livestock and poultry disease died acts such as meat and meat injection. Implementation of the "field of plant hook", "linked sites", listing management, implementing the market opened and the venue operator responsibilities, strict market access of livestock and poultry meat quality. Meat production enterprises to strengthen the supervision and inspection of raw materials purchasing meat, strictly investigated using substandard raw meat behavior. On the procurement of catering enterprises to carry out special checks of livestock and poultry and their products, and severely punish the procurement, use of Si Zairou and illness or death of unknown acts such as livestock and poultry and their products.<br><br>8 is a step up fight against criminal and severely punish criminals. Suspected of criminal behavior was found to be transferred to public security organs according to law; on a strong response, serious and very bad case of meat safety, public security organs in the early intervention to coordinate rapid and effective punishment of criminals. Crack down on Situlanzai, using clenbuterol and diseases of livestock died and selling meat, meat and other illegal acts injection; administrative law enforcement officers to investigate and deal according to the law to obstruct the conduct of official duties, of the alleged crime, should be held criminally responsible.<br><br>http://www.cdnews.com.tw/cdnews_site/docDetail.jsp?coluid=119&amp;docid=101209833<br>