China News Service, August 25. According to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a notice today calling for a severe crackdown on the illegal development, production and operation of the use of African swine fever vaccine.
The notice requires severe crackdown on the illegal development of African swine fever vaccine. All provincial-level animal husbandry and veterinary authorities should organize investigations on all veterinary laboratories including scientific research and teaching units and enterprises within their jurisdiction, focusing on checking whether the African swine fever vaccine development activities are illegal; unlabeled vaccines and disease materials stored in the refrigerator Or reagents with unknown ingredients should be inspected and confirmed; experimental activity records should be carefully checked. If any seed virus or trial-produced vaccine is found for vaccine production of African swine fever, further verification of the use and destination of seed virus and trial-produced vaccine is required. If any clues are found to be suspected of illegally producing and selling African swine fever vaccines, they must be immediately filed for investigation and dealt with in accordance with the "Regulations on Administration of Veterinary Drugs" and "Regulations on the Administration of Biosafety of Pathogenic Microbiology Laboratories"; responsibility. It is necessary to strengthen the supervision and inspection of African swine fever vaccine laboratory research, clinical trial units and pilot production enterprises, and focus on checking whether the laboratory conditions for carrying out African swine fever vaccine research meet the requirements, whether experimental activities and clinical trials have been approved, and clinical trials Whether the scope, etc. is consistent with the approved test plan, whether the pilot test conditions and biosafety precautions meet the requirements, whether there is illegal transfer of the pilot product and its poisoning behavior, etc. If it is discovered that the African swine fever vaccine-related laboratory research activities, clinical trials, or illegal transfer of pilot products and their seeds are found without approval, they must be investigated and dealt with, and in accordance with the "Regulations on Administration of Veterinary Drugs" and "Biosafety Management of Pathogenic Microorganism Laboratories" The Regulations shall be severely punished strictly and quickly.
The notification requires that the illegal production of African swine fever vaccine be severely cracked down. The provincial animal husbandry and veterinary departments shall organize comprehensive inspections of veterinary biological products production enterprises in their jurisdictions to investigate whether there is illegal production and sale of African swine fever vaccine. Focus on inspections of hidden places of production enterprises, the warehousing of raw materials, the purchase and use of experimental animals, and the exchange of funds, etc., and comprehensively search for clues to illegal production and sale of fake vaccines. If illegal production and sales of African swine fever vaccines are found, further verification of the vaccine production and sales volume, sales targets, and source of the vaccines produced, etc. shall be conducted, and severe penalties shall be imposed in accordance with Article 56 of the “Regulations on Administration of Veterinary Drugs” and “Serious Violations of Veterinary Drugs” Circumstances shall be dealt with strictly and expeditiously, and the “Veterinary Drug Production License” shall be revoked. The principal and directly responsible persons in charge of veterinary drug production enterprises shall not engage in veterinary drug production activities for life. Anyone suspected of committing a crime shall be promptly transferred to the public security organ for investigation of criminal responsibility.
The notice requires severe crackdowns on illegal operations of African swine fever vaccine. All provincial-level animal husbandry and veterinary departments should organize a comprehensive inspection of veterinary drug companies in their jurisdictions to investigate whether there are illegal vaccines such as "African swine fever trial vaccines, own vaccines, and imported vaccines". Focus on inspections of unlabeled vaccines, storage and exit records, and capital transactions, and comprehensively search for clues to illegally operating fake vaccines. If an illegal operation of African swine fever vaccine is found, the source, sales target and quantity of the fake vaccine shall be further checked, and the provisions of Article 56 of the “Regulations on Administration of Veterinary Drugs” and “Severe Penalties for Serious Violation of Veterinary Drugs” shall be strictly followed. Deal with it quickly, revoke the "Veterinary Drug Business License", and the main person in charge and directly responsible person in charge of a veterinary drug business enterprise shall not engage in veterinary drug business activities for life. Anyone suspected of committing a crime shall be promptly transferred to the public security organ for investigation of criminal responsibility.
The notice requires that the illegal use of African swine fever vaccine be severely cracked down. All provincial-level animal husbandry and veterinary departments shall organize inspections of pig breeding enterprises (farms and households) within their jurisdiction to investigate whether there is any illegal use of African swine fever vaccine. Focus on checking whether there are suspicious vaccines, vaccine purchase records, immunization records, testing records, fund exchanges and other information stored in the refrigerator and freezer, and comprehensively search for clues about the illegal use of fake vaccines. If illegal use of the African swine fever vaccine is found, further check the source and quantity of fake vaccines and other information, and in accordance with Article 62 of the "Regulations on the Administration of Veterinary Drugs" and "Severe Penalties for Serious Violations of Veterinary Drugs", severely and promptly be punished. When necessary, consult the public security organs to jointly handle the case and investigate the case thoroughly. For pigs vaccinated with illegal African swine fever vaccines by breeding enterprises (farms, households), once the test is positive, they will be regarded as African swine fever infected pigs and will be culled without subsidies.
The notice stated that in order to ensure the implementation of African swine fever vaccine supervision responsibilities, local animal husbandry and veterinary authorities and relevant practitioners must strictly implement the "five prohibitions" supervision measures for African swine fever vaccines, namely: prohibiting unapproved experimental activities and prohibiting Approve clinical trials, prohibit the production of illegal vaccines, prohibit the sale of illegal vaccines, and prohibit the use of illegal vaccines. Units that have illegally developed, produced, and operated African swine fever vaccines and their main persons in charge and directly responsible persons in charge will all be included in the list of punishments for dishonesty and listed as key supervision objects, and the administrative license approval items will be strictly reviewed.