Continue to promote the reduction of the use of veterinary antimicrobials

In order to implement the requirements of "feed stopping resistance and breeding reducing resistance", on August 22, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs continued to promote the reduction of the use of veterinary antimicrobial drugs, organized the demonstration and promotion of healthy farming comprehensive technical programs, optimized and improved the evaluation system of new feeds and new feed additives, and accelerated the expansion of efficient and safe feed raw materials and feed additives. On the basis of minimizing the use of antimicrobial drugs for veterinary use, the stable and safe supply of livestock products was maintained.

Representative Xing Qingsong

Your suggestions on reducing resistance in breeding and prohibiting resistance in feed have been received. My reply is as follows:

In order to safeguard China's animal-derived food safety and public health safety, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued an announcement in July 2019, deciding to stop the production, import, operation, and use of all growth-promoting drug feed additives except traditional Chinese medicine, and to adjust relevant management policies.

In order to implement the requirements of "feed stopping resistance and breeding reducing resistance", the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs continues to promote the reduction of the use of veterinary antimicrobials, organize the demonstration and promotion of comprehensive technical programs for healthy farming, optimize and improve the evaluation system for new feeds and new feed additives, accelerate the expansion of efficient and safe feed raw materials and feed additives, and on the basis of minimizing the use of veterinary antimicrobials, The stable and safe supply of livestock products has been maintained.

On increasing policy support

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs continues to improve the evaluation system of new feed and new feed additives, and supports and encourages feed enterprises and research and development institutions to create green, efficient and safe new feed and new feed additive products. The first is to establish a working mechanism for examination and approval consulting services (Announcement No. 227 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), and organize expert consultation meetings according to the intentional application made by the applicant to issue advisory opinions to the applicant free of charge. The second is to revise and announce the new feed additive application material requirements (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Announcement No. 226), clarify the evaluation report issued by domestic and foreign authorities, authoritative publications published literature and other information, can be used as the basis for evaluating the effectiveness and safety of products, reduce the applicant's research and development investment through data resource sharing, shorten the product research and development cycle. The third is to formulate and issue the Guide for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Strains for Direct Feeding Microorganisms and Fermented Products Production, and the Guide for Application of Feed Additives Derived from Plants, to provide institutional guarantee for the development, creation and marketing of new products derived from microorganisms and their fermented products and plant extracts. The fourth is to formulate and issue the "Feed and Feed additives Evaluation work Specifications", clearly refine the evaluation work process and requirements, and use the voting method to determine whether the product has passed the evaluation to ensure the professionalism, authority and fairness of the review. The fifth is to re-evaluate and publish the list of new product evaluation test institutions (Announcement No. 279 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), expand the effectiveness, tolerance, toxicology evaluation test institutions to 34, and provide more options for applicants to carry out evaluation tests.

In the next step, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will continue to improve the relevant new product evaluation system, provide better policy and institutional guarantees for feed enterprises and relevant research and development institutions to create new products, and fully meet the feed farming industry's demand for functional new products to promote the quality and efficiency of the farming industry after the withdrawal of growth promoting drug feed additives and the reduction of veterinary antibacterial drugs.

On strengthening professional and technical training

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs formulated and issued the National Action Plan for Reducing the Use of Veterinary Antimicrobials (2021-2025). It clarified 12 key tasks in 5 aspects, including the whole chain supervision of veterinary antimicrobials, strengthening the risk control of the use of veterinary antimicrobials, supporting the application of veterinary antimicrobials substitute products, strengthening the publicity and training of the use reduction of veterinary antimicrobials, and building the incentive mechanism of the use reduction of veterinary antimicrobials. Support and encourage the majority of farmers to actively participate in the breeding of "resistance reduction" action, on the basis of standardized drug use, increase the application of legally approved veterinary antimicrobial substitute products. In recent years, through the organization of the "scientific use of veterinary antimicrobials" tens of millions of relay public welfare publicity activities, the publication and distribution of popular science materials, the ministerial level held 28 activities, covering 82,000 farm households, to guide farmers to scientifically understand and standardize the use of veterinary antimicrobials.

In the next step, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will continue to strengthen the publicity and education of standardized drug use for farmers, increase technical guidance, urge them to implement the main responsibility, and strictly implement the safe drug use system provisions such as veterinary prescription drugs and drug rest periods.

About exploring resource sharing mechanism

In order to help the feed farming industry scientifically select safe and efficient feed and feed additive products, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs continues to update the catalog of feed raw materials and feed additives. At present, the current "Feed Raw Materials Catalog" lists 117 kinds of natural plants that can be fed with the same origin as medicine and food, and the "Feed Additives Catalog" lists 14 kinds of plant extracts such as Eucommia ulmoides leaf extract, 35 kinds of microbial additives such as Lactobacillus yogi, and 20 kinds of enzyme preparations such as phytase. It can fill the technical gap after the withdrawal of growth promoting drug feed additives to different degrees.

At the same time, through the review and approval of the use of new feed and new feed additive products, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in the form of announcements to the public its key information, including product name, product category, product composition, production process, product function, scope of use, method of use and quality standards, so as to facilitate other feed enterprises and research and development institutions to understand the approval of the latest products. Reducing the repeated research and development investment of similar products also helps farmers choose and use.

In the next step, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will further accelerate the review and approval progress of new feed and new feed additive products, continue to disclose relevant information in the form of announcements, and promote the sharing of technical resources.

About promoting ecological and healthy farming

In response to the increase in common diseases such as diarrhea after the withdrawal of growth promoting drug feed additives, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs organized technical units such as China Agricultural University and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to assemble, integrate and actively promote comprehensive technical programs from the aspects of feed fermentation, precision nutrition, intestinal health, digestive promotion, immune enhancement, and improved management, and strive to achieve "no reduction in drug effectiveness".

At present, the relevant technical solutions have been demonstrated and applied in more than 30 large farming enterprise groups, and the animal production performance and farming benefits have remained basically stable without the use of growth promoting drug feed additives and less therapeutic drugs. Encourage places where conditions permit to carry out the screening and evaluation of safe, efficient and low-residue veterinary antimicrobial substitute products, guide farmers to correctly choose alternative products, and reward farmers who promote the use of veterinary traditional Chinese medicine and other alternative products with great efforts and good results.

At the same time, the organization to carry out the "three rectification and one strengthening" special rectification action to regulate the use of livestock and poultry drugs, that is, to regulate the illegal sale of raw materials, regulate the exaggerated efficacy of veterinary drug labels and instructions, regulate the non-standard veterinary drug use records, strengthen the publicity and education of standardized drug use, organize the monitoring and early warning of product quality and safety risks of feed production enterprises, and severely crack down on illegal drug use in feed.

In the next step, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will continue to strengthen technology promotion, demonstration and guidance, strengthen supervision, take multiple measures at the same time, combine blockage, and continue to guide and guide the majority of breeding enterprises to implement healthy farming methods.

Thank you for your concern for the work of our ministry and hope to continue to support the work of agriculture, rural areas and farmers.

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs