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December 8th, 2010 | 
Author: A very interesting and professional article has been published recently by John Ensminger in his blog.
John is a lawyer running a blog about the functions of and the laws that apply to dogs, particularly skilled dogs – detection dogs, search & rescue dogs and other working dogs issues.
One of his latest posts is:
We think it is well written and worth reading.
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Tomorrow, the 29th of April 2010, the new European legislation on the use of explosive detection dogs for cargo screening enters into effect.
The new regulation sets the standards of use of explosive detection dogs, which enables users in the cargo industry – airlines, cargo handlers and forwarders, to use EDDs with some real added value in most cargo screening scenarios.
This document is aimed at summarizing the fields of cargo screening in which the use of dogs is permitted, under the standards being set by the EU in the EU Avsec doc 5211.
"REST" or RASCargO
The document defines two main cargo screening methods using dogs:
- Free-running dogs, also known as “conventional detection dogs”
- “REST”, which stands for Remote Explosive Scent Tracing.
Such a system is operated by DiagNose under the commercial name of “RASCargO”.
Since DiagNose has been providing services by using both of these methods over the past five years, we will be very happy to assist any organization in setting up the infrastructure for meeting those standards and/or to operate a screening service in strict respect of the new standards.
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DiagNose’s RASCargO™ cargo screening system is now operational at the O.R. Tambo airport, Johannesburg, South Africa.
The South African operations of the RASCargO™ system are being performed by ACTS, DiagNose’s sister company.
ACTS RASCargO unit near OR Tambo airport - Johannesburg
RASCargO™ is a commercially available cargo screening technology that utilizes Remote Air Sampling for Canine Olfaction (RASCO). The RASCargO™ product is managed, researched and supported by DiagNose SAS – France.
RASCargO™ systems are already operational at Paris CDG, Lyon, London Heathrow, Manchester UK, Schiphol, and now also in South Africa.
RASCargO team South Africa - well trained and already serving first cargo screening customers
The RASCargO™ technique was specially developed to serve the mass-screening cargo market that requires a solution for screening high volumes of dense cargo, with actually, no cargo size limitation, a solution that combines high detection rate with cost effectiveness.
“Safety and security remains a key priority for the cargo industry”, says Eytan Nevo, MD of ACTS “And not just in South Africa, but globally and one way of addressing it is by using advanced canine techniques such as RASCargO™, an innovative cargo screening system using highly trained dogs.”
“This program has been specially conceived for large volumes of merchandise as it is fast and effective,” says Nevo. “RASCargO has the screening ability for up to 40 trucks per hour and using a matrix based on analyses of two dogs it has a very high detection rates and very low false alarms.”
It also provides better security and operational efficiency at very fast turn-around times with no need to off-load and screen each parcel individually. Whilst the training of the dogs is very costly, the system is cost-effective once in place, mainly because it is based as a service providing cargo screening for cargo handlers, freight forwarders and airlines. these customers do not have to invest in expensive machinary, they pay only for the cargo actually screened.”
More details about the RASCargO – Cargo Screening system
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