The Chief Veterinary Officer of Hungary, as a
chief veterinary officer Chief veterinary officer (CVO) is the head of a veterinary authority (typically a national government service comprising veterinarians, other professionals and paraprofessionals). They have the responsibility and competence for ensuring or supervisi ...
, is the supervisor of the
National Food Chain Safety Office National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih/NFCSO) is the integrated food safety authority of Hungary, established on 15 March 2012.
History
The roots of NFCSO are dated back to the first officially organized animal health service founded by the An ...
, and in general, the governmental veterinary services including
animal health
Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...
,
animal protection and welfare and food chain safety control. Besides organizing and operating
veterinary public health
Veterinary public health (VPH) is a component of public health that focuses on the application of veterinary medicine, veterinary science to protect and improve the physical, mental and social well-being of humans. In several countries activities ...
, he plays a significant role in international agricultural and trade affairs, in which the animal health and
food safety
Food safety (or food hygiene) is used as a scientific method/discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent food-borne illness. The occurrence of two or more cases of a similar illness resulting from t ...
status usually an important issue. His responsibilities are detailed in the law XLVI of 2008 on food chain and its authority control.
List
This is a list of the chief veterinary officers of Hungary in chronological order:
* 1945-1948: Dr. Kolgyári László
* 1948-1953: Dr. Kádár Tibor
* 1953-1953: Dr. Láng Miklós
* 1953-1963: Dr. Pusztai Oszkár
* 1963-1973: Dr. Kádár Tibor
* 1973-1978: Dr. Dénes Lajos
* 1978-1990:
Dr. Glózik András
* 1990-1992: Dr. Simor Ferenc
* 1992-1995: Dr. Nagy Attila
* 1995-1996: Dr. Fehérvári Tamás
* 1996-2000: Dr. Bálint Tibor
* 2000-2002: Dr. Németh Antal
* 2002-2005: Dr. Bálint Tibor
* 2005-2010: Dr. Süth Miklós
* 2010-2014: Dr. Kardeván Endre
* 2014-2022: Dr. Bognár Lajos
* 2022- :Dr. Pásztor Szabolcs
References
Hungarian veterinarians
Veterinary professions
1945 establishments in Hungary
Hungarian health officials
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