{"id":10114,"date":"2022-07-11T11:42:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T11:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains"},"modified":"2022-07-11T12:35:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T12:35:37","slug":"national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains","title":{"rendered":"National vet lab supports beef value chains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>The Botswana National Veterinary Laboratory (BNVL) is reviewing and evaluating its capacity to support the beef value chains\u2019 readiness for export to the European Union (EU) and other markets.<\/b><\/p>\n

The review will include the BNVL\u2019s current status of accreditation with the Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service (SADCAS), quality assurance and adequacy of human, financial and material resources.<\/p>\n

It will also cover the effectiveness of corrective actions from previous EU audits, customer satisfaction, continuous training of staff, financial control as well as policies and procedures.<\/p>\n

The review, which is supported by the EU-SADC EPA support programme in Botswana, is a three and a half year programme launched in February last year.<\/p>\n

Its objective is to boost Botswana\u2019s capacity for trade and to realise the full benefits of the economic partnership agreement between the EU and SADC.<\/p>\n

Speaking during a management system review meeting on Monday, BNVL deputy director, Chandapiwa Marobela-Raborokgwe said the information generated by the laboratory is used for diagnosis, control and prevention of animal diseases occurring in Botswana as well as certification of animals and livestock products to facilitate local and international trade.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a trading partner, the EU observes a non-negotiable requirement of test results from accredited test laboratories,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

BNVL started a five-year accreditation cycle with SADCAS and has undergone annual assessment with the cycle ending in August 2022 due ahead of renewal in September.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have made considerable progress in fulfilling our obligations to achieve test accreditation status and implementation of a quality management system according to ISO 17025 Standard in 2000,\u201d Marobela-Raborokgwe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also accredited seven tests in 2007 increasing the number to 47 as at 2018,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

She also applauded her colleagues for their submission of thorough reports to be unpacked during the management review and expressed gratitude to the EU-SADC EPA Implementation Support Programme for its sponsorship of this year\u2019s review.<\/p>\n

Marobela-Raborokgwe said agriculture contributes about three percent to the economy and 80% of this contribution stems from the livestock industry making it vital to the livelihoods of the many Batswana who are subsistence farmers.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Botswana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. The Botswana National Veterinary Laboratory (BNVL) is reviewing and evaluating its capacity to support the beef value chains\u2019 readiness for export to the European Union (EU) and other markets. The review will include the BNVL\u2019s current status of accreditation with the Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service (SADCAS), quality assurance and adequacy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":10113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7,8,16],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-10114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"\nNational vet lab supports beef value chains - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Botswana National Veterinary Laboratory (BNVL) is reviewing and evaluating its capacity to support the beef value ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"National vet lab supports beef value chains\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Botswana National Veterinary Laboratory (BNVL) is reviewing and evaluating its capacity to support the beef value ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-11T11:42:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-11T12:35:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_30-62cc18f9e126a.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"532\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"National vet lab supports beef value chains\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-11T11:42:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-11T12:35:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains\"},\"wordCount\":361,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_30-62cc18f9e126a.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains\",\"name\":\"National vet lab supports beef value chains - Botswana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_30-62cc18f9e126a.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-11T11:42:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-11T12:35:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Botswana National Veterinary Laboratory (BNVL) is reviewing and evaluating its capacity to support the beef value ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_30-62cc18f9e126a.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_30-62cc18f9e126a.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":532,\"caption\":\"National vet lab supports beef value chains\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"National vet lab supports beef value chains\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/\",\"name\":\"Botswana\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"National vet lab supports beef value chains - Botswana","description":"The Botswana National Veterinary Laboratory (BNVL) is reviewing and evaluating its capacity to support the beef value ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"National vet lab supports beef value chains","og_description":"The Botswana National Veterinary Laboratory (BNVL) is reviewing and evaluating its capacity to support the beef value ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains","og_site_name":"Botswana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-07-11T11:42:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-07-11T12:35:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":532,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_30-62cc18f9e126a.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"National vet lab supports beef value chains","datePublished":"2022-07-11T11:42:55+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-11T12:35:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains"},"wordCount":361,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_30-62cc18f9e126a.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Botswana","Botswana"],"articleSection":["all news","economy","head lines","homepage-english","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains","name":"National vet lab supports beef value chains - Botswana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_30-62cc18f9e126a.jpg","datePublished":"2022-07-11T11:42:55+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-11T12:35:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Botswana National Veterinary Laboratory (BNVL) is reviewing and evaluating its capacity to support the beef value ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_30-62cc18f9e126a.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_30-62cc18f9e126a.jpg","width":800,"height":532,"caption":"National vet lab supports beef value chains"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/national-vet-lab-supports-beef-value-chains#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"National vet lab supports beef value chains"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/","name":"Botswana","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}