Thoughts and Recommendations on Further Legislation on Veterinary Drugs
Veterinary drug industry has been greatly developed in China since the Regulations on Administration of Veterinary Drugs(the Regulations)was enacted.However,some shortcomings incompatible with current conditions have emerging during the implementation of the Regulations with the development of society and the progress of the industry.Here,the achievements since the implementation of the Regulations were introduced from the areas of development,production,operation,use,supervision and management of veterinary drugs,and such shortcomings as lack of authority,overbroad scope of application,unreasonable division between matters and authority as well as other shortcomings found in practice were analyzed.To this end,recommendation of"speeding up the legislation on the management of veterinary drugs,formulating the Law on Veterinary Drugs"was proposed.Based on the discussion of necessity,feasibility,guiding ideology and general principles of the legislation,subsequent legislative efforts were prospected from the aspects of clarifying the timetable and procedure of legislation as well as the application scope of the Law on Veterinary Drugs,and the main contents to be adjusted,with a view to further standardizing the production,operation,use and supervision of veterinary drugs,upgrading the quality of veterinary drug products and safeguarding the quality and safety of animal-derived products.
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