USDA - APHIS - OIE Aquatic Animal Health Standards

Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission (Proposed Drafts and Updates)

Instructions for Submitting Comments*
Step 1: Identify the "specific text" you are commenting on;
Step 2: Write The specific proposed text changes (Rewrite the text the way it should read); and
Step 3: Include the supporting scientific rationale for your proposed change of the text.

(All comments should be clearly stated, specific to the text within the proposed document, and supported by a scientific rationale.)*

Section 1

The following three (3) chapters are new, therefore, you may comment on any part of the document. Please identify the article or specific text in the chapter you are commenting on, propose new language (if any) and provide a scientific rationale for your proposed language.

Note: Please do not use the automatic "track-change" function provided by word processing software as such changes are lost in the OIE's process of collating submitted comments into the Code Commissions working documents.

September 2011 Report (comments due by December 29, 2011)

Draft Proposals September 2011	Comments Submitted to OIE	Proposed for Adoption at the General Session
Communication (pdf) (rtf)	No comments submitted	Communication (pdf) (rtf)
Development and Harmonization of National Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance and Monitoring Programmes for Aquatic Animals (pdf) (rtf)	Development and Harmonization of National Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance and Monitoring Programmes for Aquatic Animals (pdf) (rtf)	Development and Harmonization of National Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance and Monitoring Programmes for Aquatic Animals (pdf) (rtf)
Monitoring of the Quantities and Usage Patterns of Antimicrobials Used in Aquatic Animals (pdf) (rtf)	Monitoring of the Quantities and Usage Patterns of Antimicrobials Used in Aquatic Animals (pdf) (rtf)	Monitoring of the Quantities and Usage Patterns of Antimicrobials Used in Aquatic Animals (pdf) (rtf)

Section 2

There are ten (10) chapters for comment in Section 2. You may comment on the proposed changes in the documents. Text proposed for deletion has a strike-through and text proposed to be added is double underlined. Again, please identify the article in the chapter you are commenting on, propose new language (if any) and provide a scientific rationale for your change.

September 2011 Report

Draft Proposals September 2011	Comments Submitted to OIE	Proposed for Adoption at the General Session
Assessment for listing of Infection with Ostreid Herpesvirus-1 (including OsHV-1 uvar) as an emerging disease (pdf) (rtf)	Assessment for listing of Infection with Ostreid Herpesvirus-1 (including OsHV-1 uvar) as an emerging disease (pdf) (rtf)	Diseases Listed by the OIE (pdf) (rtf)
Criteria for Listing Aquatic Animal Diseases (pdf) (rtf)	Criteria for Listing Aquatic Animal Diseases (pdf) (rtf)	Criteria for Listing Aquatic Animal Diseases (pdf) (rtf)
Diseases Listed by the OIE (pdf) (rtf)	No comments submitted	Diseases Listed by the OIE (pdf) (rtf)
Disinfection of Salmonid Eggs (pdf) (rtf)	No comments submitted	Disinfection of Salmonid Eggs (pdf) (rtf)
Glossary (pdf) (rtf)	Glossary (pdf) (rtf)	Glossary (pdf) (rtf)
Import Risk Analysis (pdf) (rtf)	Import Risk Analysis (pdf) (rtf)	Import Risk Analysis (pdf) (rtf)
Infectious Salmon Anemia (pdf) (rtf)	Infectious Salmon Anemia (pdf) (rtf)	Infectious Salmon Anemia (pdf) (rtf)
Killing of Farmed Fish for Disease Control Purposes (pdf) (rtf)	Killing of Farmed Fish for Disease Control Purposes (pdf) (rtf)	Killing of Farmed Fish for Disease Control Purposes (pdf) (rtf)
Welfare Aspects of Stunning and Killing of Farmed Fish for Human Consumption (pdf) (rtf)	Welfare Aspects of Stunning and Killing of Farmed Fish for Human Consumption (pdf) (rtf)	Welfare Aspects of Stunning and Killing of Farmed Fish for Human Consumption (pdf) (rtf)
Welfare of Farmed Fish During Transport (pdf) (rtf)	No comments submitted	Welfare of Farmed Fish During Transport (pdf) (rtf)