Special Committee on Biorisk Management (SCBRM)
The Special Committee on Biorisk Management (SCBRM) provides guidance on training including the Minimum Standards. It supports the needs of the FMD Biorisk management community. Therefore providing assistance to training initiatives of the commission It aims to maintain an overview of development in biocontainment and improve the channel of communication with experts in member nations who have FMDV Biorisk management responsibilities.
Name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|
Kirsten Tjørnehøj (Chairperson) | Denmark | Senior Adviser Biosafety Officer, Division for Diagnostics and Scientific Advice, National Veterinary Institute Technical University of Denmark |
Ulrika Allard | Sweden | Biosafety Officer, Swedish National Veterinary Institute |
Santina Grazioli | Italy | Researcher, Instituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna (IZSLER) |
Can Çokçalιşkan | Türkiye | Researcher, Typing and Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory, Foot and Mouth Disease Institute (ŞAP) |
Michael Eschbaumer | Germany | Head of FMD National Reference Laboratory, Friedrich-Loeffler Institute; Chair of the working group on the revision of the EuFMD Minimum Biorisk Management Standards (MBRMS) |
Graeme Harkess | United Kingdom | Biosafety Officer, The Pirbright Institute; Chair of the Annex/database of accepted inactivation/disinfection methods |
Sharon Karniely | Israel | Head of FMD Laboratory, Kimron Veterinary Institute (KVI) |
Douwe Kuperus | Netherlands | Biosafety Officer, Wageningen Veterinary Research |
Ronan O’Neill | Ireland | Head of the Virology Division, Department of Food, Agriculture and the Marine, Ireland; Chair of the working group on training in biorisk management |
Gonzalo Pascual | Spain | Head of Biosecurity and Biocontainment and Director of the FAO Reference Center on Biological Risk Management, Centro De Investigación en Sanidad Animal |
Barbara Wieland | Switzerland | Director, Institute of Virology and Immunology (IVI) |
Minimum standards for Laboratories working with Foot-and-Mouth Disease virus in vitro and in vivo
On the 28th April 2009, the Minimum Standards for Laboratories working with Foot-and-mouth disease virus in vitro and in vivo" was adopted at the 38th General Session of EUFMD. The Minimums Standards had superseded the prior Standards (1993 and 1985). During the 40th General Session of the EuFMD Commission, the Minimum Standards were revised. At the 44th General Session in April 2021, the Minimum Standards were further revised.