Translation of "International Committee on Laboratory Animals " (English → French) :

We have four laboratories that are recognized as reference laboratories for the World Organization for Animal Health and are considered to be international centres of expertise for designated diseases.

Dr. Norman Willis (Executive Director, National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease (Winnipeg), Canadian Food Inspection Agency): Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, members of the committee, I also would like to thank the committee for the opportunity to address you on behalf of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in regard to the new animal health laboratory in Winnip ...[+++]eg.

To raise Nation-wide awareness of internationally agreed normative documents of relevance, namely the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Workshop Agreement, ISO 15793:2011 Laboratory biorisk management, ISO 15189:2007 Medical laboratories — Particular requirements for quality and competence, ISO 15190:2003 Medical laboratories — Requirements for safety, ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing ...[+++] and calibration laboratories, ISO 9001:2008 Quality management systems — Requirements, as well as ISO 14001:2004 Environmental management systems — Requirements with guidance for use, involving national health policy makers as well as laboratory managers and staff who are encouraged to commit to a transparent and accountable culture of biosafety, biosecurity and laboratory quality systems.

European and international scientific bodies, such as the European Medicines Agency , the European Food Safety Agency , the former Scientific Steering Committee and the former Scientific Committee on Medicinal Products and Medical Devices , adopted several opinions on specified risk materials and on minimising the risk of transmitting animal spongiform encephalopathy agents which are of relevance to the safety of medical devices.

In performing the risk analysis and risk management strategy, the manufacturer must give due consideration to the relevant published opinions adopted by the relevant European or international scientific committees or bodies, such as the Scientific Steering Committee (SSC), the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).

(Return tabled) Question No. 68 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to the Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative (CHVI) and the Level 5 Laboratory (L5L): (a) what are the details of the initial request for proposals for the CHVI; (b) what amount were the government and the Gates Foundation planning to invest in the CHVI and what were the scheduled dates for investment; (c) how many bids for the CHVI were submitted and by which organizations; (d) what are the details of the CHVI process for determining suitable award winners; (e) what were the selection criteria for awarding the CHVI bid and who was responsible for identifying the criteria; (f ...[+++]) how many people made up the independent evaluation committee for the CHVI bids, how were they selected, and from which disciplines and geographic areas were they drawn; (g) were representatives from the pharmaceutical industry invited to be part of the independent evaluation committee for the CHVI bids and, if so, on what date did each representative serve and, if not, why not; (h) what were the results for each of the selection criterion for each of the organizations bidding on the CHVI and how were the bids ranked; (i) did the independent evaluation committee for the CHVI bids reach a recommendation, and, if so, on what date, and to whom was the information conveyed in the government; (j) was there a steering committee for the CHVI bids and, if so, who were the members, who was the chair and what was its mandate; (k) were there changes to the steering committee for the CHVI bids and, if so, on what dates and for what reasons; (l) was any organization bidding on the CHVI informed, formally or otherwise, that it had been chosen to host the facility and, if so, how and on what date; (m) did the federal government put up a notice on its Web site to announce that the CHVI project had been cancelled or would not proceed and, if so, on what date; (n) was the notice in (m) removed from the Web site and, if so, on what date and fo ...