Legal support of veterinary safety in the face of modern risks and threats

Abstract

The article shows the main risks and threats of a biological, veterinary nature that affect the national security of the Russian Federation in general, and food security in particular. The author examines the content of regulatory legal documents in the field of ensuring food, biological, environmental, veterinary safety. The activities of the World Organization for Animal Health, the International Epizootic Bureau, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance are reflected. Particular attention is paid to the federal state systems in the field of veterinary safety: “Mercury” (veterinary certification), “Argus” (assessment of the country’s epizootic well-being), “Vesta” (centralized control over the work of laboratories), “Cerberus” (registries of enterprises with a compartment level, enterprises certified for the export of products to the countries of the Customs Union and not included in the CU, etc.), “Cyrano” (suppression of the facts of circulation of potentially unsafe products that do not meet veterinary and sanitary requirements), etc.