DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC–PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT VETERINARY
SERVICES
Privatization and use of the sanitary mandate
concept in Turkey
Prof. Dr. İrfan EROL
Director General of Food and Control
Turkey
PRIVAT-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS (PPPs)
• PPPs are an approach to provide better Veterinary Service
to target groups (livestock farmers and general public)
through
coordinated and concerted efforts between
government Veterinary Service and non-governmental
actors.
• PPPs offer unique opportunities to leverage comparative
strengths among government, private veterinarians,
industry, NGOs and academia.
PRIVAT-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS (PPPs)
• Successful PPPs :
• Focus on common concerns and interests.
• Identify mutual benefits.
• Clearly define goals, objects and responsibilities.
• Regularly monitor and evaluate the outcome of partnerships
and make necessary adjustments.
LIVESTOCK SECTOR IN TURKEY
2015
(September)
CATTLE
WATER
BUFFALOES
SHEEP
GOATS
HEADS
14.595.506
135.984
33.837.097
10.835.717
2015 (September) FOREIGN, CROSSBRED AND LOCAL CATTLE BREEDS
FOREIGN
%
CROSSBRED
%
LOCAL
%
6.477.969
44,38
6.147.665
42,12
1.969.872
13,49
2015 (September) POULTRY
BREEDING
BROILER
LAYER
TURKEY
GEESE
DUCKS
19.339.876
222.566.182
89.083.936
2.925.473
755.286
367.821
LIVESTOCK SECTOR IN TURKEY
ANIMAL PRODUCTION
Red Meat Production (2014)(tonnes)
1.008.273 (88% cattle)
Poultry Meat Production (2014)
(tonnes)
1.894.669
Aquacultural Production (2014)
(tonnes)
537.345
Milk Production (2015 September)
(tonnes)
18.498.630 (90% cattle)
Egg Production (2014) (Million)
17.145
Honey Production (2014) (tonnes)
102.486
STRUCTURE OF VETERINARY SERVICES
1. MINISTRY OF FOOD, AGRICULTURE
AND LIVESTOCK
2. GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF FOOD
AND CONTROL
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
FOOD SAFETY POLICY
PLANT HEALTH
ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE
FOOD AND FEED SAFETY
RISK ASSESSMENT
DATABASES
ORGANIZATION CHART (CENTRAL)
DIRECTOR GENERAL
DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL
DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT
HEALTH AND QUARANTINE
DEPARTMENT OF FOOD
ESTABLISHMENTS AND
CODEX
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL
HEALTH AND QUARANTINE
DEPARTMENT OF BORDER
INSPECTION FOR PLANT AND
PLANT PRODUCTS
DEPARTMENT OF FOOD
CONTROL AND
LABORATORIES
DEPARTMENT OF
VETERINARY HEALTH
PRODUCTS AND PUBLIC
HEALTH
DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT
PROTECTION PRODUCTS
DEPARTMENT OF RISK
ASSESMENT
DEPARTMENT OF FEED
DEPARTMENT OF BORDER
INSPECTION FOR ANIMAL
AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
DEPARTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS
AND COORDINATION
AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS
GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF
FOOD AND CONTROL
Agricultural Quarantine
Directorates
(12)
Directorate of National Food
Reference/ Bursa Research/Food
Control Laboratories
(41)
Etlik Central Veterinary Control /
Research Institutes
(8)
PROVINCIAL DIRECTORATES
(81)
Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD)
Institute Directory
Veterinary Border Inspection Posts
Directorates
(23)
• Food and Feed Division
• Plant Production and Plant Health
Division
• Animal Health, Husbandry and
Aquaculture Division
LEGISLATION
- Law No. 5996 on Veterinary Services, Plant Health, Food
and Feed
- Law No. 6343 on the Pursuit of Veterinary Medicine
Profession, Establishment and Duties of the Association
of Turkish Veterinary Medicine and Chamber of
Veterinary Medicine
TASKS OF VETERINARIANS CONCERNING
ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE
• Fighting against a total of 34 terrestrial animal diseases and
17 aquatic animal diseases which are notifiable in Turkey
• Plans and programmes for the protection of animal health
• Identification and registration of animals
• Animal movements
• Animal welfare
• Official controls at BIP’s
• Licensing veterinary health products
• Foodborne zoonotic diseases and antimicrobial resistance
TASKS OF VETERINARIANS CONCERNING
FOOD AND FEED SAFETY
• Official Controls of Food and Feed
• Registration and Approval of Food and Feed
Establishments Processing Products of Animal Origin
• Minimum Technical and Hygienic Conditions and Specific
Hygienic Conditions of Food Establishments Processing
Products of Animal Origin
• Turkish Food Codex
• Food contact materials, food supplements, feed additives
DATABASES
• Animal Registration System for Cattle (TURKVET)
• Sheep & Goat Registration System (KKKS)
• Food Safety Information System (GGBS)
• Recording of the Licensed Veterinary Medicinal
Products
PERSONNEL
• 22.187 VETERINARIANS
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
(PUBLIC)
Other Ministries, Army Forces and Veterinary
Faculties (PUBLIC)
Municipalities (PUBLIC)
Private Veterinarians/Practitioners
VETERINARIAN
VET. HEALTH
TECHNICIAN
9.298
2.231
1.645
3.000
8.244
PRIVATE VETERINARIANS (8244)
Veterinary Clinics
5223
Veterinary Polyclinics
492
Veterinary Hospitals
205
Medical Industry (PRIVATE)
2.000
ROLE OF PUBLIC VETERINARIANS
• Regulatory Functions
– Regulation of Animal Health and Animal Welfare
• Disease Control Activities
– Disease surveillance and reporting
– Disease investigation and diagnostic confirmation
– Control of animal movement and quarantine
– Emergency response plans in place
– Disease control programs
• Public Health Activities
– Zoonotic disease surveillance, investigation and control
– Meat inspection and food safety
WORKING AREAS OF VETERINARIANS
Official Veterinarians
- Ministries, Municipalities, Armed Forces, Universities
- Veterinary Diagnostics and Analysis Laboratory (public and private),
- Food Control Laboratories (public and private)
Private Veterinarians/Practitioners
- Practices, Clinics, Polyclinics, Veterinary Hospitals,
- Livestock Establishments (Production, Improvement, Breeding),
- Research Laboratories for Experimental Animals,
- Production and Sales Establishments of Veterinary Medical Products,
- Production and Sales Establishments of Non-Medical Veterinary Health
Products,
- Food Production, Processing and Distribution Establishments,
- Production, Sales and Training Establishments and Shelters of Pet Animals,
- Animal Markets, Live Animal Stock Markets, Parks and Fairs,
- Feed Production, Processing and Distribution Establishments,
- Agricultural Consultancy Bureaus,
- Agricultural Insurance Expertise Institutions
REQUIREMENTS OF PRIVATE VETERINARIANS
• Diploma of Veterinary Medicine following a 5-year of
veterinary education,
• Compliance with Law No. 6343 and Law No. 5996,
• Turkish citizenship,
• Registration to one of the 57 Regional Chambers of Veterinary
Medicine,
• "Work Permit" obtained from Regional Chamber of Veterinary
Medicine,
• "Work Permit/Authorization" from our Ministry
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR VETERINARIANS
• Professionally, veterinarians in Turkey are organized as regional
chambers that are assembled under a central organization called
Turkish Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA).
• The association is administered by a central council. Turkish
Veterinary Medical Association aims to ensure the development of
veterinary medicine, with the ability to protect the rights and the
benefits of the profession. The headquarters of TVMA is in Ankara.
• Currently, there are 21 faculties of veterinary medicine in Turkey with
the annual capacity of around 1500 graduates and 5 more veterinary
faculties are under establishment phase.
SANITARY MANDATE ACTIVITIES
• Training courses for private veterinarians are held regularly by our Ministry
and Turkish Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA).
– Veterinary legislation, professional ethics and deontology, collection and submission of
samples, medical documentation, animal welfare
• The Ministry may assign private veterinarians directly to fight against
diseases under emergency situations and may authorize them to carry out
vaccination.
• Private veterinarians are assigned at slaughterhouses and cutting plants.
• They also carry out artificial insemination practices.
• Authorised private laboratories carry out disease diagnosis.
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Increasing the capacity of all countries by aiming national animal health and
veterinary public health systems of which covering all national territories in
order to provide surveillance, early detection, and rapid response in case of
animal disease outbreaks;
• Addressing the emergence of new or re-emergence of previously existing
animal diseases, e.g. vector-borne diseases, as well as new societal
demands in the field of food security, food safety, veterinary public health,
animal welfare and the “One Health” concept;
• Developing continuing education programs for public and private
veterinarians in order to respond to new threats and to meet the new
societal expectations at global, regional and national levels;
RECOMMENDATIONS - 2
• Ensuring the prudent use and control of veterinary medicinal products and
quality vaccines; and
• Developing, implementing and ensuring compliance with ethics and the
code of good veterinary practices, with particular reference to the
prescription and delivery of antimicrobial agents by well-trained
veterinarians with respect to the safeguarding of food security, veterinary
public health, food safety and animal welfare.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Contact:
MINISTRY OF FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND
LIVESTOCK OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
General Directorate of Food and Control
Eskişehir Yolu 9.Km., Lodumlu / Ankara
TURKEY
www.tarim.gov.tr