Symposium fish disease control under the revised pharmaceutical administration and regulations law

Abstract

The Pharmaceutical Administration and Regulations Law has been revised in Japan during 2003, resulting in a big confusion on fish disease control practice, because limited fish drugs and vaccines have been allowed to use in only a few fishes. This context motivated the Japanese Society of Fish Pathology to organize a symposium (4th/April/2004) at Kagoshima. The symposium was focused on the up-to-date disease control methods with respect to food safety, drug administration with scientific evidences, extension of available fish species in drug and vaccine administrations, responses of fish farming associations and pharmaceutical companies to the revised law. Finally, it was reconfirmed that the drug and vaccine administrations under the tight law and HACCP operations give the safety of farmed fish products to consumers.