The Cabinet approved the initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry on the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes, IPN reports.
The bill ensures the transposition of the EU Directive on the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes that was published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The law will enable the National Food Safety Agency, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Health as well as the Academy of Sciences of Moldova to have a more efficient mechanism for protecting the animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes in Moldova by laying out minimum requirements concerning the maintenance, welfare and health of animals and for preventing the ill-treatment of animals.
