The Republic of Srpska Inspectorate has procured inspection surveillance equipment within the Wold Bank Improving Investment Climate and Institutional Strengthening Project in the total value of 150,000 BAM. This equipment will be used by the Food Safety, Phytosanitary and Agricultural, and Health Inspection Services.
In order to improve the quality and effectiveness of inspection surveillance, both during import and in the internal market, this equipment will enable inspectors to quickly and easily inspect basic parameters and indicators that are essential for further inspection procedures.
Some of the procured equipment is: microscopes for phytosanitary examination, sampling probes for various goods, portable refrigerators for transport of samples to laboratories, GMO test kits, phytosanitary examination desk, protective equipment for inspectors and other.
Among other uses, this equipment is going to improve inspection of goods during import, with special emphasis on import of food and plants, which is essential for the protection domestic agricultural production and health of the population. One of the examples is the use of microscopes for phytosanitary examination where inspectors will, while inspecting plants during import will be able to immediately detect pests on plants and take timely measures to prevent the introduction of harmful quarantine organisms into the Republic of Srpska.
