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The Minister of State for Agriculture, Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, on Monday ordered the constitution of a three-member committee to investigate the issue of the quality of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccines. He also ordered that a notice be issued to three companies involved in manufacturing and supply of such vaccines.
The committee, which will conduct sterility tests of the same batch of FMD vaccines used by the National Institute of Animal Health and Indian Veterinary Research Institute (Bengaluru), will submit its report within 45 days and will be chaired by Gaya Prasad, Assistant Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, an official release said.
Among the terms of reference for the committee is the examination of the protocol followed by National Institute of Animal Health, Baghpat, and the competence of its staff for conducting FMD vaccine sterility as well as to examine the use of the anti-biotic Enrofloxacin as a preservative in the vaccines by Intervet India.
The committee will also investigate for the role of B.R. Singh, Acting Director, NIAH, in leaking test report findings to the media, the release added.
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