"BIOR" organizes training course on Laboratory quality management system for Russian colleagues
From 6 to 10 February group of experts from FSFI «Centre for Grain Quality Assurance» (Moscow, Russia) is visiting the Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment “BIOR” to acquire training course on Laboratory quality management system. Under the guidance of “BIOR” experts Russian colleagues acquire principles of European Union (EU) laboratory accreditation system as well as get to know requirements for laboratory accreditation in EU and ISO/IEC 17025 standards.
Representative from the World Organization for Animal Health (OiE) visits “BIOR”
From 31 January to 3 February the Head of Lyssavirus Unit of Nancy rabies and wildlife laboratory (European Union Reference Laboratory for Rabies/ OIE Reference Laboratory for Rabies) Dr Florence CLIQUET visited the Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment „BIOR”. Purpose of the visit was to evaluate eligibility of the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory of the institute “BIOR” to be nominated as the OIE Reference Laboratory for Rabies in Eastern Europe.
Prospective veterinarians from Latvian University of Agriculture are doing their field practice at "BIOR"
From 30 January to 9 February last year students of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Latvian University of Agriculture are doing their field practice in laboratory diagnostics in the Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment “BIOR”. During the practice students have an opportunity to get to know the specifics of the laboratory work and possibly to choose the laboratory as their workplace in future.
"BIOR" organizes staff training for Russian “Federal Centre of Quality and Safety Assurance for Grain and Grain products”
From 30 January to 3 February group of experts from Federal State Institution „Federal Centre of Quality and Safety Assurance for Grain and Grain products” (Moscow, Russia) is visiting the Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment “BIOR” to acquire training course on determination of quality and safety criteria for animal feed.
Guests learned about the history of the institute, its development priorities and trends, as well as visited the Laboratory of Food and Environmental Investigations. During the week russian colleagues attended workshops and practical training for determination of various feed quality criteria like microelements and macronutrients, dry feed quality parameters, presence of starch and micro-fiber as well as veterinary drugs and pesticide residues.
Latvian Fisheries Yearbook 2011
A new „Latvian Fisheries Yearbook” was published in November 2011. It is a 15th issue of the Yearbook dedicated to the Latvian Fisheries. This volume of the Yearbook presents more than 20 papers of specialists and researchers devoted fishing and fish resources, fisheries management and control, fish production and fish market, aquaculture and angling.
The 8th meeting of the Nordic Biosafety Network
On October 26-27, the 8th meeting of the Nordic Biosafety Network will be taking place in Riga, Latvia, at the Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment "BIOR".
The goal of the Nordic Biosafety Network is to provide a communication platform for biosafety professionals and to create a Nordic platform of applied biosafety. The Nordic biosafety Network is an expanding community with members from national authorities and institutes, public health, academia and industry.
Homepage: www.nordicbiosafety.org
Researchers' Night 2011 at BIOR
On September 23 all over Europe occurred the annual Researchers' Night. Latvia participated at this event for the 6th time, but for the Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment BIOR, as a new scientific institute, it was a new opportunity and experience opening its doors for visitors.
During the evening about 400 people visited BIOR. Among the visitors were students, teenagers, families with pre-school age children and other enthusiasts of science.
Representatives from „BIOR” visit the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Berlin
From 4-5 July, management of the Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment “BIOR” on a working visit attended the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Berlin.
Objective of the visit - to get acquainted with the experience of German colleagues in the field of food safety risk assessment and to discuss possible cooperation in research and development.
„BIOR” takes part in workshop for the specialists of Baltic Food and Veterinary Laboratories in Vilnius
From 30 June to 1 July representatives of the Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment „BIOR” take part in the Workshop on Laboratory Diagnostic and Quality Assurance in Baltic Food and Veterinary Laboratories in Vilnius, Lithuania. The above event for the specialists of Baltic Food and Veterinary Laboratories is organized by the Lithuanian National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute.
Director of the Ukraine State Scientific-research Institute of Laboratory Diagnostic and Veterinary-sanitary Expertise visits “BIOR”
On June 22, the director of the Ukraine State Scientific-research Institute of Laboratory Diagnostic and Veterinary-sanitary Expertise V. A. Zagrebelnij visited the Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment “BIOR”.
During the visit the parties discussed possible future cooperation between both institutes in areas of the execution of residue control program and providing of specialist training. V. A.Zagrebelnij met with management of the Institute “BIOR” and was presented with the Institute's laboratories and research work.
