Development of an analytical tool to assess Biosecurity legislation
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Globalization of trade in agricultural products brings opportunities and risks. On the one hand, it generates wealth in countries exporting their produce to foreign markets and brings that produce to the tables of consumers in faraway lands. On the other hand, it opens new pathways for pests and diseases that can damage natural resources with accompanying economic and environmental consequences. In order to capture those opportunities and manage those risks, there is an increasing re cognition of the need to integrate and improve coordination of regulatory activities designed to protect human, animal and plant life and health and the environment. Interest in Biosecurity comes in response to these needs. It attempts to draw together the policy and regulatory frameworks for risk assessment and risk management across the sectors of food safety, animal life and health (including fisheries) and plant life and health. Biosecurity aims to manage biological risks in th ese three sectors while protecting the environment and contributing to its sustainable use. In essence, Biosecurity balances enthusiasm for international trade with the need to protect against risks. Transparent and efficient controls in these sectors need not create unnecessary barriers to international trade; rather they facilitate it.