Biotech Updates

OIE Ad Hoc Group on Biotechnology Report

March 2, 2007

The report of the meeting of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Biological Standards Commission (BSC) that took place on 13-15 September 2006 is now available on the web. The role of the BSC is to use current scientific information to study problems of epidemiology and the prevention and control of animal diseases, to develop and revise OIE's international standards and to address scientific and technical issues raised by Member Countries. The reports of Ad Hoc Groups working under the auspices of the BSC, including one on biotechnology, are included in the BSC meeting report.

Read the report at http://www.oie.int/downld/SC/2006/A_BSC_2006S.pdf or contact scientific.dept@oie.int for more information.