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Order SEAPA No. 457 approving the State Contingency Plan for Animal Health (PECSA) as instructions of actions to be performed in Health Emergency events.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Rio Grande do Sul
Document type
Regulation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal health Animal production Hygiene/sanitary procedures Pests/diseases Drugs Early warning system/emergency intervention system Policy/planning
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN FAO, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Order enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Order approves the State Contingency Plan for Animal Health (PECSA) as instructions of actions to be performed in Health Emergency events. This Contingency Plan, consisting of 11 Chapters, is a set of emergency procedures and decisions to be taken in case of an unexpected occurrence related to animal health of a particular event production system, in order to control and eradicate the disease as quickly as possible, while minimizing the production and economic losses resulting from a focus, as well as risks to human health and animal health. The PECSA specific purposes aims at sharing responsibilities between process participants in emergency animal health, through the establishment of functions and duties of the components of the Special Group of Suspected Disease Care Emergency (GEASE), the definition of intersectoral relations involved in the containment of process focus, the ranking of relationships between participants, THE determination of general strategies for emergency response in animal health and the organization of specific teams.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.normasbrasil.com.br

References - Legislation

Implements

Law No. 13.467 providing for the adoption of State measures for animal health protection.

Legislation | Brazil | 2010

Keyword: Animal health, Animal production, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Pests/diseases, Basic legislation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX