Animal trade placed under more scrutiny By WANG XIAODONG | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-01-23 07:15 Share CLOSE Farmer Lin Jinghong nurses a bamboo rat in Qinzhou city, South China s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on July 24, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Tighter rules will help reduce risk of serious diseases jumping to humans
Trading of animals will be put under greater scrutiny for epidemic prevention and control and public health, according to a revised law adopted by China s top legislature on Friday.
Related departments such as health, rural affairs and wildlife protection at county level or above should establish cooperative mechanisms for the prevention and control of diseases that jump from animals to humans, according to the Animal Epidemic Prevention Law.
Compared with the past version, which came into effect in 2008, the newly amended law highlights the prevention of rabies, which is mainly carried by dogs. The law makes it clear that any person or organization raising a dog must vaccinate it routinely, and register with the vaccination certificate.
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BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) The Standing Committee of the National People Congress (NPC) held a meeting of its Council of Chairpersons on Thursday to hear repo
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