Written Ministerial Statement by Jonathan Shaw on Performance Targets set for Veterinary Medicines Directorate - 11 June 2008
The Minister for Marine, Landscape and Rural Affairs and Minister for the South East (Jonathan Shaw)
I have set the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) the following Performance Targets for 2008/09.
- To authorise veterinary medicines against legislative requirements according to published standards and monitor reports of suspected adverse reactions to identify emerging trends and take appropriate action.
- To ensure that UK policy objectives are reflected in EC legislation and guidance and that UK legislation and guidance enables veterinary medicines to be used responsibly, effectively and safely.
- To ensure the regulatory system is effective and contributes to protecting public health by taking risk-based action on the findings from surveillance of residues in food-producing animals.
- To ensure that the appropriate infrastructure is in place to achieve targets 1, 2 and 3 and provide value for money and VMD achieves full cost recovery. Further details are given in the VMD Business Plan for 2008/9 copies of which will be deposited in the Libraries of the House.
Page published: 11 June 2008