Head of Ministry of Agriculture Answers Questions on Serious Punishment of Veterinary Drug Violations

March 3, 2014, the Ministry of Agriculture issued the "Announcement on the Punishment of Veterinary Drug Violations" (Ministry of Agriculture Announcement No2071, hereinafter referred to as "Announcement")The head of the Ministry of Agriculture answered questions from reporters on related issuesk2uasked: Why should the Ministry of Agriculture make a public announcement on the illegality of the drug from severe punishment?k2u
A: Veterinary drugs are substances used to prevent, treat and diagnose animal diseases or purposefully regulate the physiological function of animals, and their quality is directly related to animal health, animal product quality safety and people's healthIn order to strengthen the management of veterinary drugs, the State Council has promulgated the Regulations on the Administration of Veterinary Medicine, which comprehensively regulates the development, production, operation and use of veterinary drugsVeterinary management departments at all levels have carried out solid work on the safety supervision of veterinary drugs, achieved positive results, and the quality and safety level of veterinary drugs has been steadily improvedAccording to statistics, in 2013, our Ministry of sampling veterinary drugs 15218 batches, qualified 14,184 batches, the pass rate of 93.2%, than in 2004 (70.34%) increased by 22.86 percentage points, to maintain a steady and good situationk2u
But we should also see that the current number of veterinary drug production and operation enterprises, small scale, the quality of employees are not high, management irregularities and other issues have not been fundamentally reversed, some production and operation enterprises law-abiding awareness is not strong, illegal production and sale of fake veterinary drugs phenomenon is more prominent, especially last year the media exposure of Henan Hairun, Jiangxi Hailian illegal addition of veterinary drug standards other components and other illegal acts, to animal product quality and safety risksk2u
The purpose of the Announcement is to further strengthen the quality and safety of veterinary drugs and animal product quality and safety supervision and management, crack down on illegal acts of veterinary drugs, from heavy punishment to touch the red line, the bottom line of illegal acts, to protect the health and safety of the peopleFor the veterinary administrative departments at all levels to crack down on veterinary drug violations in accordance with the law to provide a more targeted, operable and strong basisk2uask: Would you like to talk about the principles and specific processes followed in the development of the Bulletin?k2u
A: The formulation of the Proclamation mainly follows the following three principles: First, the principle of investigation and punishment in accordance with the lawThe circumstances listed in the Notice are within the scope and range of penalties prescribed in the Administrative Penalties Law and the Regulations on the Administration of Veterinary DrugsThe second is to highlight the key principlesFocus on illegal acts that seriously endanger the quality and safety of animal productsThe third is the principle of heavy punishmentAll serious violations listed shall be punished, including a maximum fine, revocation of a license and registration certificate for imported veterinary drugs, revocation of the approval number of veterinary drug products, a lifetime ban on the relevant personnel until criminal liability is investigatedk2u
In order to ensure the legality, scientificand and operability of the contents of the Notice, and facilitate the implementation of veterinary administrative departments at all levels, the Bulletin has been thoroughly investigated and studied by the Veterinary Bureau and the Department of Policy and Regulation of our Ministry, comprehensively combed the legal liability of the Regulations on the Administration of Veterinary Medicines on illegal acts of veterinary drugs, combined with the current situation of illegal acts in the production and operation of veterinary drugs in China, focused on the analysis of the "serious circumstances" of the illegal acts, and invited experts engaged in legislation, veterinary drug management, veterinary drug enforcement and the professional management of the lawk2uask: "What are the penalties for the revocation of veterinary drug production licenses in the Proclamation?" k2u
　　A: The quality of veterinary drugs is produced and regulated The production link is the source of veterinary drug quality and safety, in order to reflect the strict punishment of veterinary drug production illegal acts, "Announcement" from illegal addition of prohibited drugs, unauthorized change selling of other veterinary drug ingredients, failure to obtain veterinary drug product approval number production veterinary drugs, not to implement veterinary drug GMP and do not correct, to the breeding link to sell raw materials and other serious illegal acts, provided for six kinds of serious punishment, including: the production of veterinary drugs to add state prohibited drugs and other compounds, or add other illegal drugs; The group adds more than 2 batches of other veterinary drug ingredients, the production of veterinary vaccines that have not obtained the approval number of veterinary drug products, or the production of other veterinary drug products that have not obtained the approval number of veterinary drug products, accumulated more than 2 varieties or 5 batches; The head of the Ministry of On the Serious Punishment of Veterinary Drug Violations
the Head of the Ministry of Agriculture on the serious punishment of veterinary drug violations (2) 1 / 2 1 2 The next page March 3, 2014, the Ministry of Agriculture issued the "Announcement on the illegal act of severe punishment of veterinary drugs" (Ministry of Agriculture Announcement No 2071, referred to as "Announcement") The head of the Ministry of Agriculture answered questions from reporters on related issues k2u asked: Why should the Ministry of Agriculture make a public announcement on the illegality of the drug from severe punishment? k2u
　　A: Veterinary drugs are substances used to prevent, treat and diagnose animal diseases or purposefully regulate the physiological function of animals, and their quality is directly related to animal health, animal product quality safety and people's health In order to strengthen the management of veterinary drugs, the State Council has promulgated the Regulations on the Administration of Veterinary Medicine, which comprehensively regulates the development, production, operation and use of veterinary drugs Veterinary management departments at all levels have carried out solid work on the safety supervision of veterinary drugs, achieved positive results, and the quality and safety level of veterinary drugs has been steadily improved According to statistics, in 2013, our Ministry of sampling veterinary drugs 15218 batches, qualified 14,184 batches, the pass rate of 93.2%, than in 2004 (70.34%) increased by 22.86 percentage points, to maintain a steady and good situation k2u
　　But we should also see that the current number of veterinary drug production and operation enterprises, small scale, the quality of employees are not high, management irregularities and other issues have not been fundamentally reversed, some production and operation enterprises law-abiding awareness is not strong, illegal production and sale of fake veterinary drugs phenomenon is more prominent, especially last year the media exposure of Henan Hairun, Jiangxi Hailian illegal addition of veterinary drug standards other components and other illegal acts, to animal product quality and safety risks k2u
　　The purpose of the Announcement is to further strengthen the quality and safety of veterinary drugs and animal product quality and safety supervision and management, crack down on illegal acts of veterinary drugs, from heavy punishment to touch the red line, the bottom line of illegal acts, to protect the health and safety of the people For the veterinary administrative departments at all levels to crack down on veterinary drug violations in accordance with the law to provide a more targeted, operable and strong basis k2u ask: Would you like to talk about the principles and specific processes followed in the development of the Bulletin? k2u
　　A: The formulation of the Proclamation mainly follows the following three principles: First, the principle of investigation and punishment in accordance with the law The circumstances listed in the Notice are within the scope and range of penalties prescribed in the Administrative Penalties Law and the Regulations on the Administration of Veterinary Drugs The second is to highlight the key principles Focus on illegal acts that seriously endanger the quality and safety of animal products The third is the principle of heavy punishment All serious violations listed shall be punished, including a maximum fine, revocation of a license and registration certificate for imported veterinary drugs, revocation of the approval number of veterinary drug products, a lifetime ban on the relevant personnel until criminal liability is investigated k2u
　　In order to ensure the legality, scientificand and operability of the contents of the Notice, and facilitate the implementation of veterinary administrative departments at all levels, the Bulletin has been thoroughly investigated and studied by the Veterinary Bureau and the Department of Policy and Regulation of our Ministry, comprehensively combed the legal liability of the Regulations on the Administration of Veterinary Medicines on illegal acts of veterinary drugs, combined with the current situation of illegal acts in the production and operation of veterinary drugs in China, focused on the analysis of the "serious circumstances" of the illegal acts, and invited experts engaged in legislation, veterinary drug management, veterinary drug enforcement and the professional management of the law k2u ask: "What are the penalties for the revocation of veterinary drug production licenses in the Proclamation?" k2u
　　A: The quality of veterinary drugs is produced and regulated The production link is the source of veterinary drug quality and safety, in order to reflect the strict punishment of veterinary drug production illegal acts, "Announcement" from illegal addition of prohibited drugs, unauthorized change selling of other veterinary drug ingredients, failure to obtain veterinary drug product approval number production veterinary drugs, not to implement veterinary drug GMP and do not correct, to the breeding link to sell raw materials and other serious illegal acts, provided for six kinds of serious punishment, including: the production of veterinary drugs to add state prohibited drugs and other compounds, or add other illegal drugs; The group adds more than 2 batches of other veterinary drug ingredients, the production of veterinary vaccines that have not obtained the approval number of veterinary drug products, or the production of other veterinary drug products that have not obtained the approval number of veterinary drug products, accumulated more than 2 varieties or 5 batches;