As part of the implementation of the roadmap for Ukraine’s European integration, Oleh Osiyan, Acting Director of the Department of International Cooperation, Trade and Communications, and Volodymyr Stybel, Acting Director of the State Scientific-Research Control Institute of Veterinary Medicinal Products and Feed Additives, met with Stanisław Winiarczyk, Director of the National Veterinary Institute – National Research Institute of Pulawy (Poland).

The meeting agreed on important areas of cooperation between the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection and the National Institute of Poland, including

development of new methods of diagnostics and treatment of animals;
optimisation of the process of selecting analyses, taking into account the needs of the regions, depending on the volume of food production resources;
exchange of experience in ensuring animal health and welfare, prevention and diagnosis of infectious animal diseases, including zoonoses, as well as laboratory tests to determine food safety indicators.
As Oleg Siyan noted: ‘Reorganisation of the control system in Ukraine is one of the main priorities of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection, including the introduction of a risk-based approach to laboratory testing. It is necessary to choose a different concept of activity: ‘analyses should be done where there is a need, not just for formality’, as implemented in the European Union’.

Following the meeting, the parties expressed confidence in effective and mutually beneficial further cooperation between the institutions.