BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) According to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a notice on further cracking down on illegal activities related to African swine fever fake vaccines on the 8 th (hereinafter referred to as the notice). The circular pointed out that local animal husbandry and veterinary departments should effectively improve their political positions, effectively strengthen the supervision and management of the development, production, operation and use of African swine fever vaccines, resolutely guard against the risks of fake vaccines, and severely crack down on the production, sale and use of African swine fever fake vaccines with the greatest determination and resolute measures.
Notice requirements, strictly implement the responsibilities of all parties. Up to now, no country in the world has approved the marketing of African swine fever vaccine. Vaccines that have not been approved by strict procedures are fake vaccines, which have great security risks. Local animal husbandry and veterinary departments should effectively improve their political positions, effectively strengthen the supervision and management of the development, production, management and use of African swine fever vaccines, resolutely guard against the risks of fake vaccines, and severely crack down on the production, sale and use of African swine fever fake vaccines with the greatest determination and resolute measures.
In accordance with the "Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Strengthening the Prevention and Control of Classical Swine Fever in Africa" (Guo Ban Fa [2019] No.31), it is necessary to promote the implementation of the territorial management responsibility of local people’s governments at all levels, with the main person in charge as the first responsible person; Further compact the regulatory responsibilities of all relevant units of animal husbandry and veterinary medicine, and clarify the responsible departments and division of responsibilities; Supervise and implement the main responsibilities of scientific research units (including veterinary laboratories), veterinary drug production and operation enterprises, pig farmers and other practitioners according to law, carry out African swine fever vaccine development activities according to laws and regulations, and consciously resist illegal activities. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will continue to strengthen supervision and guidance, and inform the units whose implementation work is not in place.
The notice pointed out that it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive investigation. All localities should follow the requirements of the national video conference on the prevention and control of major animal diseases and the prevention and control of major animal diseases in 2021, continue to maintain a high-pressure and severe crackdown on African swine fever fake vaccines, immediately organize a special investigation by pulling the net, and make full use of the "four noes and two straights" (no notice, no greeting, no listening to reports, no accompanying reception, going straight to the grassroots and going straight to the scene) to conduct unannounced visits. If illegal clues are found, we should actively coordinate the public security departments and other departments to file a case for investigation, follow them to the end, thoroughly investigate the source, and severely punish them.
In the inspection and investigation work, it is necessary to strictly implement the requirements of the Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on Further Cracking Down on the Illegal Development, Production, Operation and Use of African Classical Swine Fever Vaccine (Nongban Animal Husbandry [2020] No.39), refine the supervision and inspection on the development, production, operation and use, and implement the strictest supervision. Found cross-regional clues, major issues clues and matters that need the assistance of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, it is necessary to report to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in a timely manner.
The relevant provinces should strengthen supervision over the legal development of African swine fever vaccine, intermediate trial production, clinical trials and other activities, and establish a supervision ledger to record in detail the information such as the quantity, flow and use of seed virus and pilot products, supervise the whole process of clinical trials, and ensure biological safety.
The notice said that it is necessary to strengthen the identification and testing. All localities should carefully analyze and sort out the clues found in the investigation, and strengthen the identification and detection of artificial gene-deleted strains in accordance with the "Standards for the Identification and Detection of African Classical Swine Fever Virus Epidemic Strains and Gene-deleted Strains". Detection units in various places should carry out differential detection on all positive samples of African classical swine fever virus found in daily monitoring, and report to the provincial animal husbandry and veterinary authorities as soon as possible if artificial gene deletion strains are found. The provincial animal husbandry and veterinary authorities should carry out tracing and tracing at the first time, fix the evidence at the first time, file a case for investigation in time, and improve the supervision efficiency. China Center for Animal Disease Prevention and Control, China Center for Animal Health and Epidemiology, and other units that undertake the entrance monitoring task of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, in addition to monitoring samples from breeding, slaughtering and harmless treatment, can also conduct sampling tests on pork sold in the market, accurately record and report the source of samples, and carry out identification tests on all positive samples found in the monitoring.
The circular also requires that epidemiological investigations be carried out continuously. China Center for Animal Disease Prevention and Control and China Center for Animal Health and Epidemiology should strengthen the epidemiological investigation of the "new strain" of African classical swine fever virus, adopt various technical means, timely and accurately grasp the relevant situation, organize consultation and judgment, analyze the virus variation and epidemic situation, and put forward targeted prevention and control suggestions. It is necessary to strengthen technical guidance to local animal disease prevention and control institutions, improve detection ability, and ensure accurate detection. China Veterinary Drug Control Institute should strengthen the detection of African swine fever virus pollution in live pigs to ensure the quality and safety of the vaccine; The Veterinary Drug Evaluation Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs should carry out emergency evaluation on the serological diagnostic products of African swine fever and the diagnostic products for distinguishing epidemic strains from gene deletion strains to meet the detection needs.
The notice is clear and the punishment is severely dealt with. All localities should further increase the punishment for illegal acts related to African swine fever fake vaccine, and strengthen the effective connection between administrative law enforcement and criminal justice. All cases suspected of constituting a crime and meeting the conditions for transfer should be promptly transferred to judicial organs for criminal responsibility according to law, forming a powerful shock. We should make full use of administrative punishment measures and follow-up supervision measures.
The illegal scientific research institutions shall be immediately ordered to stop relevant activities, and the relevant approval documents shall be revoked or revoked according to law. If the administrative license is obtained by cheating or other improper means, the relevant administrative license application will no longer be accepted within three years according to law, and the illegal situation will be notified to the science and technology, finance and other departments; For illegal scientific research personnel, urge the unit to give them dismissal, expulsion and other sanctions according to law, refuse to approve the application for related projects, and inform the relevant departments of science and technology.
Enterprises engaged in illegal veterinary drug production and operation shall be fined according to the upper limit, and their production and operation licenses shall be revoked. The main person in charge and the directly responsible person in charge shall not engage in veterinary drug production and operation activities for life. African swine fever virus nucleic acid positive pigs from illegal pig farms should be disposed of in strict accordance with the Law on Animal Epidemic Prevention and the Emergency Implementation Plan for African swine fever epidemic; Pigs with positive antibodies to African swine fever virus are regarded as infected pigs, and they are not allowed to issue quarantine certificates, slaughter or go on the market; The illegal behavior of farm households should be investigated and dealt with strictly according to law.