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On February 1st, 2023, the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation hosted a round table on the topic “Bees as an ecological indicator of the state of the environment and a guarantor of food security”. The event was organized by the Commission on Ecology and Environmental protection and the National Association for Genetic Safety.

On January 26th, 2023, specialists of the Russian State Center for Animal Feed and Drug Standardization and Quality (FGBU “VGNKI”) took part in two events of the business program during the International Exhibition of Breeding, Feed, Veterinary Medicine and Technologies for Livestock, Pigs, Poultry and Feed Production "AGROS-2023" at IEC "Crocus Expo".

The Russian State Center for Animal Feed and Drug Standardization and Quality (FGBU “VGNKI”) conducts applied and experimental R&D projects, in accordance with the determined priority areas in the Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation.

On January 11th, the heads of the Russian State Center for Animal Feed and Drug Standardization and Quality (FGBU “VGNKI”) held a videoconference with representatives of the Iran Veterinary Organization (IVO) of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The meeting was devoted to the topic of harmonization of laboratory research for the purposes of mutual export of natural resources between Russia and Iran. During the videoconference, the participants discussed the possibility of training Iranian specialists on programs developed by the specialists of FGBU "VGNKI for determining the residual content of harmful (prohibited) compounds in livestock products using gas chromato-mass spectrometry. In addition, Iranian colleagues got acquainted with a list of methods for mastering the skills of sample preparation and setting methods within the program. At the end of the videoconference, the parties thanked each other for the fruitful dialogue and raised their hope for further development of mutual cooperation in the area of product quality control.

In the period from November 1st to December 30th of 2022, employees of the Inspection department of the Russian State Center for Animal Feed and Drug Standardization and Quality (FGBU "VGNKI") conducted 17 inspections of foreign manufacturers of medicines for veterinary use for compliance with the requirements of good manufacturing practice (GMP).