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Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of State and General Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 32 of 2003).

Country/Territory
Ireland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal production Animal health Pests/diseases Marking/identification
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Order provides for the modernisation of tagging arrangements in respect of cattle identified with an individual tag and prohibits movement and sale, except for slaughter, of cattle identified with a “brass tag”. An animal which is over six weeks of age shall not be moved out of a holding or other land, other than direct to a premises where it is to be slaughtered, unless: (a) (i) during the twelve months immediately preceding the date of movement, it has given a negative result to a test, or (ii) it is moved under and in accordance with the terms of a movement permit: and (b) it has attached to each prescribed ear eartags.

Full text
English
Website
www.ucc.ie

References - Legislation

Amends

Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 276 of 1999).

Legislation | Ireland | 1999

Keyword: Animal production, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Marking/identification, Traceability/product tracing

Source: FAO, FAOLEX