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

The Plant Health and Biosecurity Department under the Food Safety Agency shall carry out activities in the following areas but not limited to: (i) developing and implementing state policy on plant health and phytosanitary control; (ii) performing tasks arising from the normative activity in the fields of plant health and phytosanitary control; (iii) monitoring the production, import, export, storage, sale and application of pesticides, biological preparations and agrochemicals; (iv) carrying out awareness-raising programs and managing risks and crisis situations in the field of plant health and biosecurity; (v) analyzing the phytosanitary situation in the country; (vi) taking necessary measures to ensure the development of the field of plant health and phytosanitary control; (vii) representing the Agency in international organizations in the field of plant health; (viii) organizing the work of the Agency's regional divisions, coordinating and monitoring their activities in the field of plant health and phytosanitary control; (ix) participating in ensuring the development of the food safety sector and in the formation of a unified state policy in the field of food safety; and (x) operating in other areas determined by legislation.