After Xi Jinping gave the direction to include biosafety as part of the national security system, Science and Technology Daily reported that Henan Province issued an order on February 18 on safely managing laboratory animals.
The order requires strengthening the monitoring and control of the entire process of laboratory animals and strengthening the disinfection and sterilization of each stage including production, transportation, and use. The dead bodies and waste of laboratory animals must be strictly and harmlessly treated so as to prevent the escape of animals and the spread of pathogens that could endanger human health, public health, and environmental safety. It must be ensured that the production and use of experimental animals are safe and controllable; it should immediately be reported to the local veterinary department and the Provincial Science and Technology Department if irregular batch deaths of laboratory animals are found to have occurred.
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Excerpt in Chinese:
加强流程监控。加强实验动物全流程监测防控，强化生产、运输、使用各环节消毒灭菌工作；实验动物尸体及废弃物要严格进行无害化处理，防止可能危及人体健康、公共卫生安全和环境安全的实验动物逃逸及病原体扩散，确保实验动物生产和使用安全可控；如发生实验动物非正常批量死亡，立即上报当地兽医主管部门和省科技厅，查明原因，妥善处置。
Source: Science and Technology Daily, February 19, 2020
http://stdaily.com/index/kejixinwen/2020-02/19/content_882469.shtml