To strengthen the safe use of drugs among Taichung's animal drug manufacturers and sellers, veterinarians, livestock, poultry, and aquaculture operators, and feed sellers, the Animal Protection and Health Inspection Office held the "Talk on 2024 animal drug law, drug management technician training class, and awareness session on prevention of drug residues in livestock and poultry and drug use safety at livestock farms" at the Houli campus of the Taichung Animal Shelter on August 28. At this event, Senior Specialist Huang Yi-Ming and Senior Specialist Chu Wen-Yu, who both work at the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, spoke on the respective topics of "The Veterinary Drugs Control Act and Related Statutes" and "The Veterinarian Act and Related Statutes." In addition, Director Chen Cheng-Wen of the Animal Technology Research Center, Agricultural Technology Research Institute, gave a talk on the subject of "International standards and guidelines concerning antibiotic resistance issued by the World Organisation for Animal Health."

The participants at this session felt that the talks were extremely beneficial, and gave them a much deeper understanding of animal drug management and use. Another benefit of the session was that it imparted a clear grasp of the country's actions to fight bacterial antibiotic resistance. The class content not only covered the Veterinary Drugs Control Act and Veterinarian Act, but also explained the roles and responsibilities of the various types of participants in combating the threat of antibiotic resistance.

The Health Inspection Office reminds livestock and poultry raisers that when they encounter sick animals, they must get a practicing veterinarian to perform diagnosis, and must bring a prescription made out by the veterinarian to a lawful animal drug seller when buying drugs. When using drugs, usage, dosage, and discontinuation period must comply with the instructions in the veterinarian's prescription and the drug label and package insert. The correct, safe use of animal drugs can not only effectively prevent and treat diseases, but also avoid the presence of drug residues, and protect the health of humans, animals, and the environment.

Health Inspection Office conducts animal drug safety and livestock and poultry farm quality and safety monitoring work on an annual basis, including monitoring of drug residues after livestock and poultry raisers use animal drugs that have not yet been approved for marketing, and provide assistance with correct drug use. We regularly send personnel to perform audits and spread awareness, deal with violations in accordance with law, and track drug use improvement cases and provide assistance. We hope to instill correct drug use knowledge in animal raisers, ensure that they uphold discontinuation periods, and continue to protect consumers' food safety.