Strengthening country capacities to control and monitor residues for veterinary drugs in food

The growing global attention on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and food safety in the recent years led to increased recognition of the significance of veterinary drug / antimicrobial residues and having the appropriate capacities to detect and monitor them. The webinar entitled “Strengthening country capacities to control and monitor residues for veterinary drugs in food” was conducted last 27 October 2020 in the aim to call for more countries to be involved on the second phase of piloting the tool in determining the country’s capacities in measuring residues for veterinary drugs in food. Organized and facilitated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO), the webinar discusses the initiated tool and the experiences of the piloting countries Singapore and Thailand in using the tool. A total of 375 people has participated worldwide in where their and concerns about the topic and the tool were addressed by the facilitators and experts. The series of discussions was able to help the participants realize their need for the tool by letting knowing how it help assess laboratory capacities, conduct gap analyses, determine stakeholders and getting support for allocated resources. Moving ahead, the selected countries to launch the second phase of piloting program by the year 2021 aiming to a more comprehensive tool applicable for many more countries.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	FAO
Format:	Booklet biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	FAO ; 2021
Online Access:	https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/CB2996EN http://www.fao.org/3/cb2996en/cb2996en.pdf
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