FAO Training on Quarantine and Border Inspection Procedures
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Baghdad, 8 January 2023 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources (MoAWR)-KRG hosted the Quarantine and Border Inspection Procedures Workshop, as part of the United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) funded project, Improving Delivery of Animal Health Services and Disease Surveillance in Iraq. The workshop aimed at strengthening the knowledge and skills of quarantine and border inspection staff to implement the quarantine procedures.
Thirty specialists from the veterinary services in Baghdad, Erbil, Duhok, Nineveh, Anbar, Wasit, Muthanna and Basra and two from the Ministry of Health (MoH) participated to the training. The opening session was attended by the FAO Representative in Iraq and officials from relevant ministries.
Maintaining the health and safety of animal wealth; developing the livestock sector and upgrading its production, also as a food security tool; preserving the safety of products of animal origin and preventing the incoming and outgoing of animal diseases through strong border inspection is important to protect human health and safety of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery and environment said the FAO Representative, Dr Salah ElHajj Hassan.
During the workshop, the national and international experts discussed the legal framework in Iraq on quarantine inspection and borders control of live animals and animals’ products; the international standards including the World Organisation for Animal Health (founded OIE), the FAO-WHO Codex Alimentarius for food safety, and the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) for plant health; Animal Health Hazards Identification for the Trade of Animals and Animal Products.
The training focused on qualitative, semi-quantitative and quantitative risk assessments, the key tools for countries quarantine protection measures identifications and risk mitigations of introduction of pathogenic agents from other countries.
The workshop also covered the principles and process of veterinary certifications and border inspection systems. Overall, the five days training should contribute to strengthen the Quarantine Departments capacities to monitor importations’ requirements for live animals and animal’s products through improved, risk evaluation and mitigation.
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