Preventive measures designed to reduce the risk of infectious disease transmission
Not to be confused with Biosafety.
Biosecurity refers to measures aimed at preventing the introduction and/or spread of harmful organisms (e.g. viruses, bacteria, plants, animals etc.) intentionally or unintentionally outside their native range and/or within new environments. In agriculture, these measures are aimed at protecting food crops and livestock from pests, invasive species, and other organisms not conducive to the welfare of the human population. The term includes biological threats to people, including those from pandemic diseases and bioterrorism. The definition has sometimes been broadened to embrace other concepts, and it is used for different purposes in different contexts.
The COVID-19 pandemic is a recent example of a threat for which biosecurity measures have been needed in all countries of the world.
example of a threat for which biosecurity measures have been needed in all countries of the world. The term "biosecurity" has been defined differently...
for Biosecurity is a minister in the New Zealand Government with the responsibility of managing biosecurity. The current Minister for Biosecurity is Andrew...
times a week (previously called Biosecurity Briefing, then Biosecurity News in Brief starting in 2009, then Biosecurity News Today starting in 2010 or...
and Forestry. The Biosecurity Act 2015 (C'wealth) and related legislation is administered by the two departments and manages biosecurity risks at the national...
Biosecurity Act may refer to: Biosecurity Act 1993, New Zealand Biosecurity Act 2015, Australia This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
than any other health care institution in the region. The Center for Biosecurity at UPMC (CBUPMC) is led by Thomas V. Inglesby, MD. Their mandate is to...
for Biosecurity. Retrieved 2018-11-30. "Our Mission". Alliance for Biosecurity. Retrieved 2017-02-13.[permanent dead link] "Alliance for Biosecurity praises...
This list of laboratory biosecurity incidents includes accidental laboratory-acquired infections and laboratory releases of lethal pathogens, containment...
ISBN 958-608-036-6. OCLC 17106360. "Banana passionfruit | MAF Biosecurity New Zealand". www.biosecurity.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 2008-10-16. Smith...
medicine like nutrition, vaccination and parasitic control as well as biosecurity and zoonotic disease surveillance and prevention. In many countries,...
people and goods between specified places, and evacuations. The Biosecurity (Human Biosecurity Emergency) (Human Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential) Declaration...
The Biosecurity Act 2015 is an Act of the Parliament of Australia which manages biosecurity risks in Australia. It was enacted on 16 June 2015, after...
Inspector-General of Biosecurity (29 April 2021). "Inspector-General of Biosecurity review of at-border delivery of human biosecurity functions – Ruby Princess...
to the broader concept of biosecurity; for example, Australian biosecurity is governed by the single overarching Biosecurity Act 2015. The word quarantine...
managing and regulating the farming, fishing, food, animal welfare, biosecurity, and forestry sectors of New Zealand's primary industries. MPI was formed...
these threats the Virtual Biosecurity Center (VBC) was set up. The Virtual Biosecurity Center provides and promotes biosecurity information, education,...
harm, to human health on a nationally significant scale". The Biosecurity (Human Biosecurity Emergency) (Human Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential) Declaration...
if any invasive species are introduced. The Biosecurity Act 1993, which was a world first for biosecurity control, was passed to "restate and reform the...
official put in charge of new UK biosecurity centre, The Guardian, 12 May 2020. Accessed 24 May 2020. "Joint Biosecurity Centre" (Press release). London:...
of experts on this narrow, extremely unlikely, aspect of biosecurity risk". Other biosecurity experts, however, have counseled against "failures of imagination"...
and advice on specific matters relating to biosecurity from various other government agencies. Biosecurity is set of measures aimed at preventing the...
treatment of coir. Coco fibre can harbor organisms that pose a threat to the biosecurity of countries into which it is imported. Coco peat has been imported into...
September 2009, a division of DAFF known as Biosecurity Services Group took over their functions. Biosecurity Australia provided policy advice to AQIS concerning...
agricultural subsidies, plant diseases, invasive species and the management of biosecurity. Some countries have multiple agriculture ministries, devoting entire...
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