The Executive Branch

Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision

Sergei
Dankvert
Head of the Federal Agency for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Rosselkhoznadzor) is a federal executive body responsible for control and oversight in the field of veterinary medicine, the marketing of veterinary medicines, quarantine and plant protection, safe handling of pesticides and agricultural chemicals, soil fertility, quality and safety of grain, cereals and compound animal feedstuff and components for their production, grain milling by-products, land relations (with regard to agricultural land), as well as the protection of the public from diseases shared by animals and humans.