The Manila veterinary inspection board and its role in the prevention of human diseases

ABSTRACT

The Veterinary Inspection Board of the City of Manila is the sole government agency in the Philippines involved in purely veterinary public health work. It performs veterinary and food hygiene regulator services which comprise of systems for slaughter, handling, and inspection of meat, poultry, fish, milk and their products and pound services in relation to public health. It emphasizes the role of food hygiene and regulation of animal movements in the control and prevention of food-transmitted and animal-borne human diseases. (Author)