Lok Sabha Question No. 3645 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-17
Subject: Quality Standards in Animal Husbandry Sector
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Jyotirmay Singh Mahato

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3645 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## QUALITY STANDARDS IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SECTOR

3645. SHRI JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

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be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken any steps to improve the quality standards in the animal husbandry,  fisheries  and  dairy  sector  particularly  in  relation  to  animal  health  product safety;
- (b) the  details  of  the  measures  implemented  to  ensure  adherence  to  the  quality  standards across the country;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  collaborated  with  any  research  institute  or  international organisation to adopt best practice for quality improvement; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

- (a) Yes, Sir.
- (b) The  details  of  the  measures  implemented  to  ensure  adherence  to  the  quality  standards across the country are as follows:
- (i) Department has constituted an "Empowered Committee for Animal Health' (ECAH) for  policy  inputs  related  to  animal  husbandry  sector  and  to  provide  analytics  based recommendation  to  Central  Drugs  Standard  Control  Organisation  (CDSCO)  which regulates  the  quality,  safety  and  efficacy  of  veterinary  drugs  and  vaccines  in  the country.  Indian  Veterinary  Research  Institute,  Izatnagar  has  been  established  as Central  Drugs Laboratory (CDL),  for testing of Immunobiological  meant  for Veterinary  use  in  India  as  per  the  provisions  of  the  Drugs  &  Cosmetic  Act  1940. Chaudhary  Charan  Singh  National  Institute  of  Animal  Health  (CCSNIAH)  under Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  (DAHD)  undertake  the  quality control and assurance of standard, efficient and safe Veterinary biological (vaccines) and diagnostics including recommendation of license of veterinary vaccines.
- (ii) Department is implementing 'National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)' scheme across the country with the objectives of creation/strengthening infrastructure for  quality  milk  testing,  procurement,  processing,  value  addition  and  marketing  of milk & milk Products.
- (iii) Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) conducts research on Animal Health and  nutrition  for  enhancing  Animal  Health.  Besides,  Central  and  Regional  Disease Diagnosis Laboratories, the ICAR laboratories like ICAR-NIHSAD, Bhopal, ICAR-

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NIVEDI, Bangalore, ICAR-NRCE, Hisar,  ICAR-NIFMD, Bhubaneswar and ICARIVRI,  Bareilly  are  supporting  in  testing  of  animal  and  animal  products,  disease surveillance  and  testing  of  vaccines  for  potency,  sterility  and  safety  as  per  the international standards.

- (iv) National  Fisheries  Development  Board  (NFDB)  promotes  research  in  fisheries  to ensure quality and productivity and approved disease diagnostic centre, quality testing and  referral  laboratories  and  mobile  centres.  The  Central  Aquaculture  Authority (CAA)  regulates  the  hatcheries  and  farming  of  shrimp  and  issued  certificates  of compliance to aquaculture inputs as free from adulterants and contaminants.
- (v) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) regulates the  manufacturing, storage,  distribution,  sales,  and  imports  of  safe,  quality  animal  products  like  milk, meat, egg etc. in the Country.  Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 provides and regulate the safety and standards in respect to products like milk products, egg products, meat products, fish products, feeds etc.
- (vi) Under Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) compliance to Indian Standards in the field of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and the Dairy Sector in respect to animal feed and nutrition, fisheries and aquaculture, dairy products and animal husbandry equipment is made compulsory by the Government with mandatory use of Standard Mark under a  licence  or  certificate  of  conformity  (CoC)  through  issuance  of  Quality  Control Orders (QCOs).
- (c) & (d): Yes, Sir. Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying is technically supported by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) which collaborates with various national and  international  research  institutions  like  Food  and  Agriculture  Organization  of  the United  Nations  (FAO),  World  Organization  for  Animal  Health  (WOAH),  World  Trade Organization  (WTO)  to  adopt  best  practices  for  quality  improvement  and  quality standards  in  the  animal  husbandry,  fisheries  and  dairy  sector.  CCS  NIAH  has  a collaborative  programme  between  ICAR  and  World  Reference  Laboratory  (WRL), Pirbright  (UK)  for  FMD  vaccine  quality  testing  and  enhancing  India's  animal  vaccine testing capabilities.

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