Modernizing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures in CAREC by Asian Development Bank;

Author:Asian Development Bank;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Asian Development Bank Institute
Published: 2019-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

c. Shared Phytosanitary Laboratories for the CAREC Region

Consideration has been made on whether investment is necessary on an individual country basis or that of a shared CAREC-wide regional laboratory or laboratories. Ideally, a regional laboratory that achieved a standard of excellence could serve as a reference laboratory for validating results as well as center for training and demonstration of state-of the-art diagnostic technology. However, regional laboratories require sustained commitment that will ensure funds for operating costs, equipment maintenance, and renewal of accreditation. Thus, regional phytosanitary laboratories are not generally proposed.

Operating regional laboratories may be feasible when samples, such as DNA and RNA extracts, may be sent by courier for rapid testing. However, there are two main issues. First, technically, a national laboratory capable of extracting DNA and RNA should also be capable of conducting diagnostic tests such as a PCR, thereby negating the need to send DNA and RNA extracts to a regional laboratory for testing. Second, if import restrictions causing delays are not addressed, it might be futile to send to a regional laboratory, say food samples, in the case of food contaminant analysis using advanced chromatographic techniques, because extracts cannot be easily stabilized (ADB 2013a).

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