Resolution No. 18 of the Board of the Food Safety Agency on approving the Regulations of the Animal Health and Biosecurity Department of the Office of the Food Safety Agency.

The Animal Health and Biosecurity Department under the Food Safety Agency shall carry out activities in the following areas but not limited to: (i) implementing state policy and regulation on veterinary control; (ii) performing tasks arising from the normative activity in the field of animal health and veterinary control, preparing sanitary norms and rules related to feed products; (iii) organizing the approval of veterinary drugs, giving an opinion on their relevance to their examination and testing; (iv) carrying out awareness-raising programs and managing risks and crisis situations in the field of animal health and biosecurity within the framework of the One Health concept; (v) carrying out measures related to the establishment of an animal identification and registration system and monitoring of animal health; (vi) conducting accounting and reporting in the veterinary field; (vii) taking necessary measures to ensure the development of the field of veterinary control; (viii) organizing the work of the Agency's regional divisions, coordinating and monitoring their activities in the field of animal health; and (ix) operating in other areas determined by legislation.