{"id":58534,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/58534/?format=json","text_counter":377,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister shall establish— (a) a veterinary medicines directorate to regulate the manufacture, importation, exportation, registration, distribution, prescription and dispensing of veterinary medicines and poisons; (b) an animal health inspectorate service for quality assurance of animal production inputs and animal products; (c) a special inspectorate to oversee the use and utilization of non-traditional animal resources such as genetically modified organisms, and guarantee bio-safety to human consumers, animal health and welfare. (3) The Minister shall, through a competitive process, appoint an animal resources secretary whose function shall be to coordinate the animal resources industry in order to foster economic development and improve livestock-based livelihoods both nationally and in the counties, and perform such other functions as may be"}